The Best TV Shows on ORF III
Every ORF III Show Ranked From Best To Worst
Our curated list, current as of December 2025, showcases over 20 of ORF III’s highest-rated series. The Strauss Dynasty and Phettbergs nette Leit Show represent the pinnacle of ORF III’s programming, launching in 1991 and 1994. From 1991 through to 2023, ORF III has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows.
Phettbergs nette Leit Show (1994)10.0
Austria from Above: Jewels of the Country (2016)4.0Georg 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.
- Der Spritzen-Karli (1995)N/A
- Les derniers jours d'une icône (2007)N/A
- Berggespräche (2010)N/A
- Erlesen (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.
- Science Talk (2012)N/A
Aus dem Archiv (2012)N/A- Alltag unterm Hakenkreuz (2012)N/A
- 60 Minuten Politik (2013)N/A
DENK mit KULTUR (2014)N/A- Baumeister der Republik (2016)N/A
- Die Tafelrunde (2018)N/A
- Sommer(nach)gespräche (2019)N/A
- 3 x 3 – Quiz mit Klasse (2019)N/A
Dinner für Zwei (2020)N/A
Österreich – Die ganze Geschichte (2023)N/A