Germany’s long-running crime drama Tatort is not scheduled to air on Sunday evening, September 27.
ARD’s flagship channel Das Erste has scheduled the UEFA Nations League match between Germany and Greece for the same time.
With the newly started season taking a week off, attention is also focused on the broadcast schedule for the next new episode.
3-Line Summary
1. Tatort is scheduled to take September 27 off
2. Germany vs. Greece is scheduled from 8:15 p.m.
3. A new episode is planned for October 4
On September 27, Soccer Takes Over the Sunday Crime Drama Slot
ARD plans to broadcast soccer from 8:15 p.m. on September 27, during the usual Sunday crime drama time slot. According to the reported schedule, not only Tatort but also another crime drama series, ‘Polizeiruf 110,’ will not air during this time.
The broadcast will cover the UEFA Nations League match between Germany and Greece, held in Augsburg. Kickoff is scheduled for 8:45 p.m. The fact that this is the first home match under Germany men’s national soccer team coach Jürgen Klopp has been presented as the background to this scheduling change.
T-Online, KINO.DE, and WEB.DE all reported that Tatort’s regular first-run broadcast is taking a break because of the soccer coverage. This appears to be a one-time programming change for that Sunday, rather than the series ending or being removed from the schedule.
The New Season Takes a Week Off After Two Episodes
This season of Tatort began on September 13 with ‘König in Gelb,’ featuring Charlotte Lindholm. On September 20, ‘Die letzten Menschen von Köln,’ featuring Cologne’s investigative team, aired.
Therefore, the September 27 cancellation is the first gap in the new season’s third Sunday slot. WEB.DE described it as a break coming just 2 weeks after the season began. The viewing flow that normally continues every Sunday evening will shift to a soccer match for one occasion.
However, viewers who want to watch a crime drama still have the option of reruns on regional channels. KINO.DE reported that WDR will schedule the Cologne episode ‘Freddy tanzt’ at the same time, while SWR will schedule ‘Herz aus Eis.’ These should be viewed separately from Das Erste’s new Tatort broadcast.
A New Ludwigshafen Case Is Scheduled for October 4
ARD’s next Tatort broadcast is ‘Explosive Mischung’ on October 4. It features Ludwigshafen investigators Lena Odenthal and Johanna Stern, with Ulrike Folkerts and Lisa Bitter playing the respective roles.
The reported plot concerns the case of gang leader Denis Roberg, who is found dead after an ATM explosion. After that, the two-part episodes ‘Unter Freunden’ and ‘Unter Feinden,’ set in Kiel, are scheduled for October 11 and 18.
On October 25, ‘Gottesgarten,’ set in the Franconia region, is included in the programming plan. However, since these schedules are broadcast plans reported by each outlet, they should be distinguished from possible subsequent changes by ARD. The key point this week is not that Tatort has disappeared, but that the soccer broadcast has pushed it back by one week.
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