Kabel Eins tries true crime – Quotenmeter.de

For six years, the “Zeit” newspaper has been creating a true crime hype with its podcast “Zeit Verbrechen”, and the TV station VOX has had “Medical Detectives” on its program for over 20 years. Now Kabel Eins managing director Felix von Mengen has also recognized: “True crime is the genre of the moment”, as he told Meedia.

From Friday, October 18, 2024, the Munich broadcaster will rely on Spiegel TV production “Germany’s most spectacular criminal cases”Although the genre is currently trendy, the order for five episodes was rather modest. Another series from Janus TV is to follow, but Mengen did not provide any details. “In the future, we will stick with full-length true crime programming,” said the managing director.

“Overall, we are also seeing certain signs of wear and tear in the licensed series,” i.e. in terms of the series that, like its predecessor, relies on the same series in the afternoon and in prime time. “Criminal Minds: Evolution” is currently running on Kabel Eins, which is also currently being repeated by Sat.1 Emotions. “But major franchises such as “NCIS” or “The Mentalist” are still reliable and important pillars for us,” says the manager, admitting that licensed series will have a long future.