2001 in German television

none September 2026 2001 German television This is a list of German television related events from 2001. Events 2 March - Michelle is selected to represent Germany at the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Wer Liebe lebt". She is selected to be the forty-sixth German Eurovision entry during Countdown Grand Prix held at the Preussag Arena in Hanover. 12 May - Karina Schreiber wins season 3 of Big Brother Germany. 11 September - Both Das Erste and ZDF first announces a a terrorist attack on the United States during their 3pm UTC regular newsflash, before both channels airs their usual programming. The first channel to interrupt normal programming is private channel RTL Television, when Peter Kloeppel breaks into the game show Der Schwächste fliegt! at 3:09pm UTC for six minutes, before he returns on air thirteen minutes later.Richter Christian 5 September 2026 Schmidt und Raab nach 9/11 – Als das Lachen im Fernsehen verstummte Schmidt and Raab after 9/11 – When laughter fell silent on television https://www.dwdl.de/telegeschichten/107723/schmidt_und_raab_nach_911__als_das_lachen_im_fernsehen_verstummte/ 14 September 2026 DWDL.de de de The channel would air their news special until 10:26pm UTC, when they broadcast coverage of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League first group stage. ZDF then interrupts the court show Streit um drei de twenty-five minutes later for a newsflash, before resuming the programme, which was cut off again fourteen minutes later. ProSieben, who breaks into Andreas Türck (talk show) Andreas Türck de Andreas Türck (Fernsehsendung) talk show a minute after ZDF's first programme interruption, then returns to normal programming at 3:58pm UTC, before proposing a simulcast with their news channel N24 from 6.02pm UTC. Das Erste then interrupts the nature documentary Abenteuer Wildnis de at 3:32pm UTC for a three-minute newsflash,Flohr Udo 17 September 2008 Schneller auf Sendung Faster on air https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Schneller-auf-Sendung-275622.html 29 May 2026 heise online de de before the programme was cut off again thirteen minutes later. The channel's news coverage is presented by Claus-Erich Boetzkes and Ulrich Wickert, who both take their turns during the coverage. The last main channel to break into normal programming is Sat.1, who launches their news coverage after another court programme, Richterin Barbara Salesch de at 4.03pm UTC. The channel's news coverage ends at 7:05pm UTC, when they also joins N24's news special. VOX's first newsflash is shown at 4:13pm UTC, breaking into the American series 7th Heaven. They does another news report at 5:17pm UTC, during the showing of Earth: Final Conflict. VOX's news special then starts at 6:42pm UTC, interrupting the cooking game show Kochduell de. They ends the coverage at 10:14pm. Meanwhile, Kabel 1 makes their first newsflash during The Streets of San Francisco at 5:06pm UTC, before joining N24 as well twenty-two minutes later. RTL II joins its parent channel at 5:31pm UTC, after an episode of the American sitcom Unhappily Ever After, before breaking away at 10:26pm UTC. 9Live also simulcasts N24 programming. Both VIVA and Viva Zwei suspended their programming for that day.Weis Manuel 11 September 2009 11. September 2001: Ein Rückblick September 11, 2001: A look back https://www.quotenmeter.de/n/37181/11-september-2001-ein-rueckblick 29 May 2026 Quotenmeter.de de de Among the programmes to be pulled from the day's schedule are Brisant (TV program) Brisant de Brisant (Fernsehmagazin), Verbotene Liebe, Marienhof, Großstadtrevier, Vater wider Willen, Sketchup, Plusminus (TV program) Plusminus de plusminus, Boulevard Bio de and Wat is? de on Das Erste, heute – in Europa de, Risiko (game show) Risiko de Risiko!, coverage of a UEFA Champions League game, All My Daughters, Ca$h – Das Eine-Million-Mark-Quiz de, Frontal (2001 German TV program) Frontal 21 de Frontal (2001), 37 Grad 37° de 37 Grad and Zurück auf Los! de on ZDF, Das Jugendgericht, The Nanny, Unter uns, Exclusiv – Das Starmagazin de, Explosiv – Das Magazin de, Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten, Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt and Im Namen des Gesetzes on RTL Television, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Quizfire de, both editions of Die Quiz Show de, Blitz (TV program) Blitz de Blitz (Fernsehsendung), Akte (TV program) akte.01 de Akte (Fernsehsendung), Die Harald Schmidt Show, Fraiser and Ran (TV program) Ran de ran (Sportsendung) on Sat.1, Friends, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Simpsons, Galileo, Desert Forges - Stars an ihren Grenzen, TV total, BIZZ de, Millennium and The X-Files on ProSieben, Little House on the Prairie, The Cosby Show, Geh aufs Ganze! de, Glücksrad Glücksrad de Glücksrad (Spielshow), Mermaids, MacGyver and Mission: Impossible on Kabel 1, The Wonder Years, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Full House, The King of Queens, Dragon Ball Z, Popstars – Du bist mein Traum and Explosiv – Die Reportage de on RTL II and The Golden Girls, Cosby, both episodes of The Pretender, Ally McBeal and Poltergeist: The Legacy on VOX. In addition, RTL Television and Sat.1's regional news magazines are also dropped on that day. Debuts Domestic 21 April - Wissen macht Ah! (2001) (WDR) 24 May - Vera Brühne (2001) (Sat.1) 5 December - Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman (2001) (ARD) International 16 April - UK Tweenies (1999–2002) (KiKA) 17 April - USA/FRA Sonic Underground (1999) (Super RTL) 17 December - CAN/FRA/UK Redwall (1999–2002) BFBS 9 February - UK S Club 7 Go Wild! (2000) UK Bill and Ben (1952-1953, 2001–2002) Television shows 1950s Tagesschau (1952–present) 1960s heute (1963-present) 1970s heute-journal (1978-present) Tagesthemen (1978-present) 1980s Wetten, dass..? (1981-2014) Lindenstraße (1985–present) 1990s Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (1992–present) Marienhof (1992–2011) Unter uns (1994-present) Verbotene Liebe (1995-2015) Schloss Einstein (1998–present) In aller Freundschaft (1998–present) Wer wird Millionär? (1999-present) 2000s Big Brother Germany (2000-2011, 2015–present) Networks and services Launches Network Type Launch date Notes Source RTL Shop Cable television 1 March MTV2 Pop Cable television 1 May XXP Cable television 7 May 9Live Cable television 1 September Bahn TV Cable television Unknown Premiere 1 Cable television Unknown Premiere 2 Cable television Unknown Premiere 3 Cable television Unknown Sci Fantasy Cable television Unknown Premiere Action-X Cable television Unknown Conversions and rebrandings Old network name New network name Type Conversion Date Notes SourceN3NDR FernsehenCable television3 DecemberCine ActionPremiere ActionCable televisionUnknownCine ComedyPremiere ComedyCable televisionUnknownStar*KinoPremiere StarCable televisionUnknown Closures NetworkTypeEnd dateNotesSourcesVH-1Cable television1 Maytm3Cable television31 August See also 2001 in Germany References 2001