As of December 2025, we’ve curated over 20 of MDR Fernsehen’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure. Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort and Ein Kessel Buntes represent the pinnacle of MDR Fernsehen’s programming, launching in 1965 and 1972. From 1965 through to 2019, MDR Fernsehen has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows.




You 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.

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



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 was an East German television series.










