The new ARD thriller "Lauchhammer - Tod in der Lausitz" achieved a top rating on Wednesday evening. 5.66 million (21.7 percent) watched the start of the mini-series with Mišel Matičević and Odine Johne from 8:15 p.m. ZDF followed at a clear distance with the quiz "You'll never get it!", which was watched by 2.89 million (11.3 percent). The RTL reality show "The Summer House of the Stars - Battle of the Celebrity Couples" brought 1.65 million (7.2 percent) into the house.

ZDFneo broadcast the regional thriller "Wilsberg: Loyalty Test" with Leonard Lansink, Oliver Korittke and Rita Russek, 1.33 million (5.2 percent) watched it on the screen. 1.10 million (4.3 percent) spent the evening with the ProSieben comedy show "TV total".

The Sat.1 cooking show "The Taste" reached 1.07 million (5.1 percent), on RTLzwei 1.01 million (3.9 percent) watched the docu-soap "Narumol

Kabel Eins had the American war film "Saving Private Ryan" with Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore and Edward Burns in the program, 920,000 people (4.2 percent) watched. The Vox docu-soap "Ilka Bessin - on the trail of love scammers" had 780,000 viewers (3.1 percent).