# Tagesschau (1952)

> Germany's long-running daily news bulletin on Das Erste, the oldest program still on German television.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 75
- Episodes: 21352
- Episode runtime: 15 min
- Status: Returning Series
- Genres: reality
- Network: Das Erste
- Cast: Marc Bator, Kirsten Gerhard, Dagmar Berghoff, Susan Stahnke, Wilhelm Wieben, Linda Zervakis, Susanne Daubner, Jan Hofer
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246393/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: subtle
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: sober, factual, steady, measured, familiar

## What critics say

Viewers broadly regard Tagesschau as a trusted, reliable daily news program, with audience ratings reflecting positive reception.

## Synopsis

Tagesschau (1952-present) is a German national-television news bulletin broadcast on Das Erste, the oldest program still airing on German television. Its shape is a daily fifteen-minute bulletin rather than a scripted drama, with 75 seasons and more than twenty thousand episodes accumulated across seven decades. Presenters including Jens Riewa, Jan Hofer, Susanne Daubner and Linda Zervakis sit at the anchor desk and read the day's domestic and international stories in a measured, factual register. The engine of each edition is simple: a compact selection of politics, economics, weather, sport and breaking events, delivered with formal restraint and little embellishment. Its atmosphere is steady, sober and familiar, the kind of routine that has become a shared national ritual for generations of viewers. The programme is rooted in West German public broadcasting, with production credited to NDR and ARD, and it sits within the wider tradition of European evening news. Viewers looking for the German equivalent of a nightly news anchor will find its rhythm similar to Tagesthemen, Heute and NBC Nightly News. Because it is a news program rather than fiction, it has no characters beyond its presenters and no plot to conclude, and it remains an ongoing broadcast.

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