The Best TV Shows on ORF III
Every ORF III Show Ranked From Best To Worst
Check out the most acclaimed shows on ORF III, with a catalog of over 20 series updated for August 2025. Icons of ORF III, The Strauss Dynasty and Phettbergs nette Leit Show made their debut in 1991 and 1994, setting industry standards. ORF III’s extensive portfolio includes more than 20 shows, spanning the years from 1991 to 2023.
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
- 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.
- Was schätzen Sie …? (2011)N/A
Aus dem Archiv (2012)N/A- Science Talk (2012)N/A
- 60 Minuten Politik (2013)N/A
DENK mit KULTUR (2014)N/A- MERYNS sprechzimmer (2016)N/A
- Kabarett im Turm (2016)N/A
- Die Tafelrunde (2018)N/A
Dinner für Zwei (2020)N/A
Österreich – Die ganze Geschichte (2023)N/A
Russlands Kriege (2023)N/A