The Best TV Shows on MDR Fernsehen
Every MDR Fernsehen Show Ranked From Best To Worst
Peruse our comprehensive roster of MDR Fernsehen’s top shows, encompassing over 20 distinct series as of November 2025. Highlighting MDR Fernsehen’s quality programming, Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort and Ein Kessel Buntes stand out, premiering in 1965 and 1972. Across the timeline from 1965 to 2021, MDR Fernsehen has presented audiences with over 20 captivating shows.
Wunderschön! (2008)8.5
Das Gipfeltreffen (2020)7.3
Elefant, Tiger & Co. (2003)7.2
Olafs Klub (2019)7.0
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)6.0German soap opera about the staff of the fictional hospital "Sachsenklinik" in the city of Leipzig.
MDR um 4 (2014)5.0
Riverboat (1992)4.0- Ein Kessel Buntes (1972)1.8
The 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)1.0Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort was an East German television series.
- Weihnachten bei uns (1993)N/A
- Goldene Henne (1995)N/A
- Here from Four (1997)N/A
- Lebensläufe (1998)N/A
- Fröhlich lesen (2005)N/A
- Fakt ist! (2006)N/A
- MDR um Zwei (2014)N/A
- MDR um 11 (2017)N/A
- Die Schlager des Monats (2018)N/A
MDR aktuell (2021)N/A