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. The Strauss Dynasty and Phettbergs nette Leit Show represent the pinnacle of ORF III’s programming, launching in 1991 and 1994. As of May 2026, we’ve curated over 20 of ORF III’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure.
Final Days of an Icon (2007)10.0
Phettbergs nette Leit Show (1994)8.5- Der Spritzen-Karli (1995)7.0
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.
- Treffpunkt Medizin (2011)N/A
Aus dem Archiv (2012)N/A- Alltag unterm Hakenkreuz (2012)N/A
DENK mit KULTUR (2014)N/A- Kabarett im Turm (2016)N/A
- Die Nachbarn (2018)N/A
- 3 x 3 – Quiz mit Klasse (2019)N/A
Dinner für Zwei (2020)N/A- Habsburgs Ringstraßenbarone (2021)N/A
- Auf dem Roten Stuhl mit (2023)N/A
Russlands Kriege (2023)N/A