The Best TV Shows on MDR Fernsehen
Every MDR Fernsehen Show Ranked From Best To Worst
MDR Fernsehen has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1965 and as recent as 2020. Premiering in 1965 and 1972, Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort and Ein Kessel Buntes are among MDR Fernsehen’s most celebrated shows. Check out the most acclaimed shows on MDR Fernsehen, with a catalog of over 20 series updated for May 2026.
Elefant, Tiger & Co. (2003)7.4
Das Gipfeltreffen (2020)7.3
Make Love (2013)6.5You can learn how to make love – in the documentary series, a therapist and sexologist Ann-Marlene Henning discuss their sex lives with couples and gives help – always with a pinch of humor.
In aller Freundschaft (1998)6.3German soap opera about the staff of the fictional hospital "Sachsenklinik" in the city of Leipzig.
Riverboat (1992)5.3
MDR um 4 (2014)5.0
Ein Kessel Buntes (1972)4.2The show was meant to compete with those on West German television. To this end it was fairly successful even attracting a following in parts of West Germany which could receive Eastern TV. Its production values were high. Apart from song and dance numbers and appearances from East German celebrities, almost every broadcast featured well-known stars from the west, often after their popularity had peaked in their home countries.
Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1965)3.8Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort was an East German television series.
MDR Thüringen Journal (1992)N/A- Weihnachten bei uns (1993)N/A
- Musik für Sie (1995)N/A
- Goldene Henne (1995)N/A
- Unterwegs in Thüringen (1998)N/A
- Lebensläufe (1998)N/A
- MDR Sachsenspiegel (1999)N/A
- Echt (2005)N/A
- Unterwegs in Sachsen-Anhalt (2006)N/A
- Exakt – Die Story (2009)N/A
- Heute im Osten (2013)N/A
- MDR um 11 (2017)N/A