The Best TV Shows on Das Erste

Every Das Erste Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Dive into our updated selection of Das Erste’s finest, featuring more than 20 series as of May 2025. Notable series such as Tagesschau and Zum blauen Bock from Das Erste first graced the screens in 1952 and 1957. With its programming history stretching from 1952 to 2015, Das Erste offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows.

  • The Show with the Mouse
    The Show with the Mouse (1971)8.4

    The children's show has been a fixed Sunday morning ritual in German living rooms since 1971. Not only children, but also many adults sit in front of the television every week when the clever orange mouse, his blue elephant buddy and the yellow duck lead the way with short, funny cartoon clips between the "funny and factual stories".

  • Wer weiß denn sowas?
    Wer weiß denn sowas? (2015)7.6

  • In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte
    In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte (2015)7.1

    The spin-off to the original series 'In aller Freundschaft' focuses on the young doctors in a fictional clinic in Erfurt. In this emotional drama series, hospital staffers and patients navigate life's challenges.

  • Tagesschau
    Tagesschau (1952)6.8

    German daily news program, the oldest still existing program on German television.

  • The Peppercorns
    The Peppercorns (1999)6.8

    Die Pfefferkörner is a German television series produced by Der Kinderkanal. The peppercorns are five friends from Hamburg: Jana Holstein Coutre, Natasha "Tascha" Jaonzäns, Philip "Fiete" Overbeck, Cem Gülec and Vivien "Vivi" Overbeck, Fiete's eight year old sister. After school, the young detectives meet at a high level of a spice warehouse of the company Overbeck & Associates, which belongs to Fiete and Vivi's parents in the first part, but is later given to Fiete and Vivi to look after. Here, in the historic warehouse district, the five friends have their headquarters. With smarts, combined delivery and support of the Internet, they find their cases here. The detectives convict polluters, animal dealers and drug smugglers. They also help each other with personal problems they encounter. Cem has lost his parents in a car accident and sometimes feels sad and lonely. Jana lives with her divorcee mother, a lawyer who is rarely at home. Natasha comes from Latvia. Her parents initially have very strict rules in terms of her education, that make Natasha unhappy. Fiete has problems showing his feelings and hides them behind grumpiness and hostility towards girls, until he falls in love with Natasha. Vivi is suffering from her role of the youngest member of the group. She believes that she must constantly struggle for recognition.

  • For Heaven's Sake
    For Heaven's Sake (2002)6.5

    Sister Hanna is a spirited, witty, resolute, warm-hearted, and - attractive nun. With her wit and street cred, she takes charge of Kaltenthal Cloister, transforming it into a popular refuge for all those seeking help of one kind or another. She also brings new life to the sleepy provincial community, proving herself quite a match for her great rival and opponent, the mayor Wolfgang Wöller.

  • Menschen bei Maischberger
    Menschen bei Maischberger (2003)6.3

  • Scene of the Crime
    Scene of the Crime (1970)6.1

    Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

  • Sturm der Liebe
    Sturm der Liebe (2005)6.1

    These are the stories of relationships taking place in the fictional five-star hotel Fürstenhof, located in Feldkirchen-Westerham near Rosenheim with the plot revolving around members of the family room area, the hotel owners, and employees.

  • Zum blauen Bock
    Zum blauen Bock (1957)6.0

  • In aller Freundschaft
    In aller Freundschaft (1998)6.0

    German soap opera about the staff of the fictional hospital "Sachsenklinik" in the city of Leipzig.

  • Großstadtrevier
    Großstadtrevier (1986)5.9

    Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.

  • Castle Einstein
    Castle Einstein (1998)5.7

    Schloss Einstein is a long-running, popular German television series which is designed as a teenage soap opera. It portrays the lives of teenagers in Schloss Einstein, a fictional boarding school. The intended audience is 10- to 14-year-olds. The series combines the genres of comedy, action, drama, and natural science. Scripts for the series are written by prominent television script writers.

  • Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden
    Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden (2012)5.6

    Morden im Norden is a German Police that has been broadcast by Das Erste. The show is set in Lübeck, Germany Morden im Norden is part of a series of commonly branded shows with similar themes called "Heiter bis tödlich".

  • alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
    alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio (1994)5.0

  • Hart aber fair
    Hart aber fair (2001)5.0

  • Morgenmagazin
    Morgenmagazin (1992)3.5

  • Heut' abend
    Heut' abend (1980)N/A

  • Sabine Christiansen
    Sabine Christiansen (1998)N/A

  • Planet Wissen
    Planet Wissen (2002)N/A