With "Irland-Krimi" the ARD secured the ratings victory on Thursday evening at prime time. At 8:15 p.m., 5.68 million viewers saw the episode "Family Ties" on the joint program Das Erste. This corresponds to a market share of 22.1 percent.

The ZDF follows at a clear distance with the series "Fritzie – Heaven must wait" - 2.68 million (10.3 percent) were interested in it. RTL attracted 1.96 million viewers (7.8 percent) with the documentary “Team Wallraff – Reporter undercover”.

ProSieben reached 1.76 million (7.5 percent) with the music show "The Voice of Germany". Behind was the broadcaster Vox, which broadcast the classic film "James Bond 007 - Skyfall" (1.54 million, 6.7 percent). Sat.1 attracted 760,000 viewers (3.1 percent) with the discussion program "Krankenhäuser am Limit". RTLzwei had 540,000 viewers (2.2 percent) with the documentary series "Police in Action".