2008 in German television

This is a list of German television related events from 2008.

Events

8 March - No Angels are selected to represent Germany at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Disappear". They are selected to be the fifty-third German Eurovision entry during Wer singt fÃÂ¼r Deutschland? held at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg.
17 May - Thomas Godoj wins the fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar.
7 July - Silke "Isi" Kaufmann wins the eighth season of Big Brother Germany.
22 November - 44-year-old harmonica player Michael Hirte wins the second season of Das Supertalent.

Debuts

Free for air

Domestic

23 June - Doctor's Diary (2008Ã¢ÂÂ2011) (RTL)
14 December - ' (2008) (RTL)

International

28 April - Roary the Racing Car (2007Ã¢ÂÂ2009) (KiKa)

Cable

International

28 February - Dexter (2006Ã¢ÂÂ2013) (Sky)

16 June - The Secret Show (2006Ã¢ÂÂ2007) (Disney Channel)

BFBS

4 February - Roary the Racing Car (2007Ã¢ÂÂ2009)

21 July - The Slammer (2006-2014)

23 July - Tom (2003)

Frankenstein's Cat (2008)

Television shows

1950s

Tagesschau (1952Ã¢ÂÂpresent)

1960s

heute (1963-present)

1970s

heute-journal (1978-present)

Tagesthemen (1978-present)

1980s

Wetten, dass..? (1981-2014)

LindenstraÃÂe (1985Ã¢ÂÂpresent)

1990s

Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (1992Ã¢ÂÂpresent)

Marienhof (1992-2011)

Unter uns (1994-present)

Verbotene Liebe (1995-2015)

Schloss Einstein (1998Ã¢ÂÂpresent)

In aller Freundschaft (1998Ã¢ÂÂpresent)

Wer wird MillionÃÂ¤r? (1999-present)

2000s

Big Brother Germany (2000-2011, 2015Ã¢ÂÂpresent)

Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002Ã¢ÂÂpresent)

Let's Dance (2006Ã¢ÂÂpresent)

Das Supertalent (2007Ã¢ÂÂpresent)

Networks and services

Launches

Closures

Births

See also

2008 in Germany