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TV total (1999)

  • Comedy
  • Talk
  • 45 min episodes
  • 22 seasons
  • NR age guide
  • ★ 6.1/10 from 30 ratings

TV total is a German late-night television comedy talk show. The set of TV total includes a floating interview stage that can be moved from one studio corner to the other. The show featured buttons with sounds and clips before Craig Ferguson's The Late Late Show.

Created byStefan Raab

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    2009 · 120 min · Reality

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    A recurring LIVE prime-time show featuring two stars (celebs) who must beat each other at various mini-games, such as; mind games, sports and tactile games. The winner gets 100000 Euros after roughly 4 hours.

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    • shared network: ProSieben
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    Schlag den Henssler

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    2017 · 282 min · Family

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    This live game show sees three competitors battle against each other, and then the host, in quizzes and competitions involving sports, general knowledge, skill, tactics or luck. The competitor who beats Steffen Henssler wins the jackpot.

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    The Thing of the Year

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    2018 · Reality

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    The thing of the year is a German tv show that started on the 9th Feb 2018 on Prosieben. Multiple pairs of inventors try to get the most enthusiasm for their product in order to win a marketing deal worth 2.5 Million Euros presented by ProsiebenSat.1.

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    1997 · 60 min · News · Talk

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    Taff is a tabloid news magazine airing on the German television network, ProSieben.

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    RTL Samstag Nacht

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    1993 · 60 min · Comedy

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    RTL Samstag Nacht was a comedy show, which ran from 6 November 1993 to 23 May 1998 on the German TV network RTL. RTL Samstag Nacht was the first major comedy show in German television, created after the example of the long-running American show Saturday Night Live and broadcast late on Saturday night. It helped comedy in German television to a breakthrough and was a model for several later comedy shows. Karl Ranseier was a recurring character featured in fake news reports telling about his death at the end of each episode. The name Karl Ranseier has become a catchphrase in Germany that has led to its own joke category of Ranseiers which are in widespread usage outside of the comedy origin.

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    Markus Lanz

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    2008 · Talk

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    TV presenter Markus Lanz invites prominent guests and experts from all areas of public life to his colourful talk show. As a rule, there are four guests, introduced individually to contribute their personal experiences to the topics.

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    Pastewka

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    2005 · 25 min · Comedy

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    Pastewka is a German television sitcom that began airing on German TV channel Sat.1 in 2005. The series, currently in its sixth season, is set in Cologne, with German actor Bastian Pastewka starring as a fictionalized version of himself. It has been compared to Seinfeld and Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm. The series was awarded, among others, the Rose d'Or and the German Television Prize. Series was directed by Joseph Orr and Jan Markus Linhof.

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    Ciao Darwin

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    1998 · 180 min · Comedy · Family · Reality · Talk

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    Ciao Darwin is a variety game show format from Italy sold under licence to several countries, including Romania, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Canada, USA, China and Greece. There are two competing teams of about 50 people each, usually made up of people who fit certain opposing stereotypes. In each game two members of the audience are selected at random, one from each team, indicated by a light in front of them which remains illuminated when all the other team members' lights have gone off. The games involve contestants competing in acts of bravery, style and talent, some of which are designed to humiliate the contestants, especially an assault course which was introduced with the Italian version in 2010, and the Finale which is a water tank game.

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