RTL HD
RTL Television (formerly RTL plus), or simply RTL, is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial), in larger population centres. It belongs to the RTL Group and is, in terms of market share, Germany’s largest private free-to-air broadcaster.
List of programs broadcast by RTL Television
News / news magazines
- Punkt 6 – weekdays, at 06:00
- Punkt 9 – weekdays, at 09:00
- Punkt 12 – weekdays, at 12:00
- RTL Aktuell – main news programme broadcast daily at 18:45. The head news presenter is Peter Kloeppel
- RTL Nachtjournal – every night, at about midnight
- Explosiv – daily tabloid programme with presenters Janine Steeger and Nazan Eckes
- Exclusiv – celebrity news programme with Frauke Ludowig and Leonard Diepenbrock
- Stern TV – newsmagazine based on the print magazine Stern hosted by Steffen Hallaschka – (1990-2010) by G?nther Jauch
- Spiegel TV – newsmagazine based on the print magazine Der Spiegel hosted by Maria Gresz and Hendrik Voehringer
- Extra – Das RTL-Magazin – a weekly magazine hosted by Birgit Schrowange
Entertainment
Current
- Wer wird Million?r? – the German version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, hosted by G?nther Jauch since 1999
- Deutschland sucht den Superstar – a German version of production sister company Fremantle’s Idols
- Let’s Dance – a German version of Strictly Come Dancing hosted by Nazan Eckes and Daniel Hartwich
- Bauer sucht Frau – German version of British Farmer wants a wife hosted by Inka Bause
- Einsatz in 4 W?nden – Spezial – home renovation show; the complete house is re-fashioned
- Raus aus den Schulden – (Out of the debts)
- Die Super-Nanny – Katharina Saalfrank helps families with childrearing problems
- Das Supertalent – a German version of Britain’s Got Talent
- Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! – German version of Granada format I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! hosted by Sonja Zietlow and Dirk Bach
- Rach, der Restauranttester – German version of British Ramsay?s Kitchen Nightmares
Former
- Die Trickser, 2011
- Big Boss – a short-lived format in Germany. Fremantle holds international licences for the show, except in the United States.
- Dancing on Ice – hosted by Mirjam Weichselbraun and Wayne Carpendale
- Der Schw?chste fliegt! – a short-lived German version of the BBC format, The Weakest Link
- Entern oder Kentern – hosted by Sonja Zietlow
- Fear Factor – German version of Endemol format hosted by Sonja Zietlow
- Top of the Pops – the German version of the now-defunct British music show
Comedy
Current
- Alles Atze (reruns)
- Doctor’s Diary
- Nicola (reruns)
- Mein Leben und Ich (reruns)
- Mitten im Leben
- B?se M?dchen
Former
- Achtung! Hartwich
- Angie
- Freitag Nacht News
- Alle lieben Jimmy
- Kinder, Kinder
- 4 Singles
Soap operas
Current
- Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten – prime time, since 1992, adaptation of the Dutch format Goede tijden, slechte tijden
- Unter Uns – daytime, since 1994
- Alles was z?hlt – daytime, since 2006
Former
- Ahornallee (daytime)
- Hinter Gittern – Der Frauenknast (prime time)
- Playhouse Disney
Former American soap operas
- Loving (Wege der Liebe)
- All My Children
- One Life to Live (Liebe, Liebe Leidenschaft)
- General Hospital
- The Young and the Restless (Schatten der Leidenschaft)
- The Bold and the Beautiful (Reich und Sch?n)
- As the World Turns (Jung und Leidenschaftlich – Wie das Leben so spielt)
- Guiding Light (Springfield Story)
- Days of our Lives (Zeit der Sehnsucht)
- Another World
Sport
- Formula One hosted by Florian K?nig and Niki Lauda
- Boxing hosted by Florian K?nig
- 2009 World Men’s Handball Championship
- 2010 FIFA World Cup
- UEFA Euro 2012
Other American series
Current
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (as CSI – Den T?tern auf der Spur)
- CSI: Miami
- House (as Dr. House)
- Bones (as Bones – Die Knochenj?gerin)
- Law & Order
- Psych
- Royal Pains
- White Collar
Former
- Monk
- Prison Break
No related channels.

