The Best TV Shows on ORF III
Every ORF III Show Ranked From Best To Worst
Stay up-to-date with over 20 of ORF III’s elite series, with our list refreshed for June 2026. Among ORF III’s finest offerings are The Strauss Dynasty and Phettbergs nette Leit Show, which debuted in 1991 and 1994, respectively. A broadcaster of distinction, ORF III has aired more than 20 shows between 1991 and 2023.
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.
- So schmeckt die Welt (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.
Aus dem Archiv (2012)N/A- Science Talk (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
- Die Nachbarn (2018)N/A
Soundtrack Österreich (2019)N/A
Dinner für Zwei (2020)N/A- Habsburgs Ringstraßenbarone (2021)N/A
Österreich – Die ganze Geschichte (2023)N/A