The Best TV Shows on ORF III
Every ORF III Show Ranked From Best To Worst
ORF III has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 1991 all the way to 2023. 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 October 2025, showcases over 20 of ORF III’s highest-rated series.
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.
- Science Talk (2012)N/A
Aus dem Archiv (2012)N/A
DENK mit KULTUR (2014)N/A- MERYNS sprechzimmer (2016)N/A
- Kabarett im Turm (2016)N/A
- Baumeister der Republik (2016)N/A
- Themenmontag: Der Talk (2017)N/A
- Die Tafelrunde (2018)N/A
- 3 x 3 – Quiz mit Klasse (2019)N/A
Dinner für Zwei (2020)N/A- Wir waren jung und brauchten das Geld (2022)N/A
Österreich – Die ganze Geschichte (2023)N/A