The Best TV Shows on NDR Fernsehen

Every NDR Fernsehen Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Dive into our updated selection of NDR Fernsehen’s finest, featuring more than 20 series as of October 2026. Premiering in 1957 and 1971, Aktuelle Schaubude and Polizeiruf 110 are among NDR Fernsehen’s most celebrated shows. With its programming history stretching from 1957 to 2015, NDR Fernsehen offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows.

  • Neues aus Büttenwarder
    Neues aus Büttenwarder (2001)9.4

  • Tietjen und Bommes
    Tietjen und Bommes (1997)9.0

  • mare TV
    mare TV (2001)8.3

  • Aktuelle Schaubude
    Aktuelle Schaubude (1957)8.0

  • Inas Nacht
    Inas Nacht (2007)7.8

    A late-night show featuring Northern German cabaret artist, singer and presenter Ina Müller - done "Müller-style": talk, comedy and lots and lots of music.

  • Extra 3
    Extra 3 (2004)7.7

    Extra 3 is a political satirical magazine from Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR).

  • 3 nach 9
    3 nach 9 (1974)7.2

  • The Peppercorns
    The Peppercorns (1999)6.9

    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.

  • NDR Talk Show
    NDR Talk Show (1979)6.6

  • Polizeiruf 110
    Polizeiruf 110 (1971)6.2

    Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.

  • Sesamstraße
    Sesamstraße (1975)5.6

    Sesamstraße is the German-language version of Sesame Street, a children's television series. It airs primarily in Germany and the surrounding German-speaking countries. The show premièred on 8 January 1973, Sesamstraße has been running on Norddeutscher Rundfunk since 1973; it's now in its 40th season. Sesamstraße is also broadcast on Das Erste and KiKa.

  • Gefragt - Gejagt
    Gefragt - Gejagt (2012)5.6

  • DAS!
    DAS! (1991)4.7

    Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.

  • Die Männer vom K3
    Die Männer vom K3 (1988)N/A

    Die Männer vom K3 is a German television series.

  • Zapp
    Zapp (2002)N/A

  • NDR Kultur – Das Journal
    NDR Kultur – Das Journal (2002)N/A

  • Mein Nachmittag
    Mein Nachmittag (2008)N/A

  • 45 Min
    45 Min (2010)N/A

  • Die Nordstory
    Die Nordstory (2011)N/A

  • Sportclub Story
    Sportclub Story (2015)N/A