2010 in German television

This is a list of German television related events from 2010.

Events

• 12 March – Lena is selected to represent Germany at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Satellite". She is selected to be the fifty-fifth German Eurovision entry during Unser Star für Oslo held at the Brainpool Studios in Cologne.
• 17 April – Mehrzad Marashi wins the seventh season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar.
• 28 May – Commissario Laurenti actress Sophia Thomalla and her partner Massimo Sinato win the third season of Let's Dance.
• 29 May – Germany wins the 55th Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, Norway. The winning song is "Satellite" performed by Lena.
• 9 August – Timo Grätsch wins the tenth season of Big Brother Germany.
• 20 August – Launch of the German version of The X Factor.
• 9 November – Edita Abdieski wins the first season of X Factor.
• 18 December – 56-year-old classical singer Freddy Sahin-Scholl wins the fourth season of Das Supertalent.

Debuts

Domestic

• 12 April -
• Danni Lowinski (2010–2014) (Sat.1)
• Der letzte Bulle (2010–2014) (Sat.1)
• 27 April - Im Angesicht des Verbrechens (2010) (Arte)
• 20 August - X Factor (2010-2012) (RTL)
• 13 October - Rette die Million! (2010-2013) (ZDF)

BFBS

• Downton Abbey (2010-2015)
• / The Octonauts (2010-present)
• Alphablocks (2010-2013)

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)
• Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002–present)
• Let's Dance (2006–present)
• Das Supertalent (2007–present)

Networks and services

Launches

Conversions and rebrandings

Closures

See also

• 2010 in Germany

References