The cult crime series "The Old Man" was again the hit on Friday evening with 5.83 million viewers (21.8 percent) - this time with the episode "The Needy". 3.93 million (16.6 percent) chose the dance show "Let's Dance" on RTL. ARD came in third with the third episode of the drama "Klara Sonntag: Erste Liebe" with 2.6 million (9.7 percent).

Sat.1 reached 1.54 million viewers (6.1 percent) with the talent show "The Voice Kids". ProSieben attracted 1.22 million (4.9 percent) viewers with the US science fiction film "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story".

The docu-soap "Goodbye Germany. Love to the end of the world" on Vox interested 0.89 million people (3.4 percent). RTLzwei came to 0.65 million (2.5 percent) with the disaster action film "Daylight" with Silvester Stallone.