The Best TV Shows on ORF III
Every ORF III Show Ranked From Best To Worst
From 1991 through to 2023, ORF III has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows. Leading the pack on ORF III are The Strauss Dynasty and Phettbergs nette Leit Show, with their initial broadcasts in 1991 and 1994. Our curated list, current as of June 2026, showcases over 20 of ORF III’s highest-rated series.
Final Days of an Icon (2007)10.0
Phettbergs nette Leit Show (1994)8.5
Austria from Above: Jewels of the Country (2016)7.0Georg Riha is and will remain the master of aerial shots. In this series, Riha uses aerial shots only. In shootings that took several years he flew over almost all of Austria and shows the country's most beautiful places from the aerial perspective during the course of a year.
The Strauss Dynasty (1991)N/AA dramatization of two generations of the Viennese Strauss family, whose dance music and operettas dominated much of Europe and beyond for most of the 19th century.
- Erlesen (2010)N/A
- Berggespräche (2010)N/A
Hollywood in Vienna (2011)N/AHollywood in Vienna is an annual film music gala hosted in the Vienna Concert Hall where the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award is presented.
- Aus dem Rahmen (2011)N/A
- Was schätzen Sie …? (2011)N/A
Aus dem Archiv (2012)N/A- Science Talk (2012)N/A
- Alltag unterm Hakenkreuz (2012)N/A
- Hyundai Kabarett-Tage (2012)N/A
DENK mit KULTUR (2014)N/A- Kabarett im Turm (2016)N/A
- MERYNS sprechzimmer (2016)N/A
- Die Tafelrunde (2018)N/A
Dinner für Zwei (2020)N/A- First Moments – Wie alles begann (2023)N/A
Österreich – Die ganze Geschichte (2023)N/A