If you exclude the big football games, the "Tatort" crime thrillers from Münster attracted the most viewers in 2022. This is shown by an evaluation by AGF video research together with GfK. "If you exclude the sporting events, the "crime scene" dominates the hit lists," said Kerstin Niederauer-Head, CEO of AGF Videoforschung, the German Press Agency on Friday.
"The series always succeeds in gathering a large audience in front of the television on Sunday evening. But the hit lists also feature news. Because 2022 was also characterized by an intensive news situation with the Ukraine-Russia war and its political and economic consequences . With "Wetten, dass..?" a show also made it into the top 10."
The "crime scene" from Münster is a lonely top
And here are the rankings without sports broadcasts in detail: At the top is the "Tatort" crime thriller "Des Teufels Langer Atem" from Münster with Axel Prahl and Jan Josef Liefers: On January 16, 14.569 million viewers (41.1 percent market share). This is followed by the Münster "crime scene: A friend, a good friend" from November 13 (13.633 million, 41.7 percent) and the Münster "crime scene: Propheteus" from March 6 (11.512 million, 34.9 Percent).
The first political program then ranks fourth: It is the ARD "Focal point: war against Ukraine" on March 6 (11.115 million, 33.4 percent). Then another “crime scene” in fifth place, this time the Cologne episode “Spur des Blutes” from October 23 (11.051 million, 34.8 percent). This is followed by the ZDF thriller "Nord Nord Murder - Sievers and the murderous turquoise" from January 17 (10.559 million, 33.2 percent).
Gottschalk with over 10 million viewers
The first show is in 7th place: Thomas Gottschalk's ZDF spectacle "Wetten, dass...?", which has lost a few feathers compared to the previous year, lures 10.442 million people (39.6 percent) in front of the screen. This is followed by the "Tagesschau" of December 18, the day of the World Cup final, which saw 10.297 million (34.0 percent) in the first alone. Dortmund's "crime scene: love me!" comes in ninth place. as of February 20 (9.966 million, 28.8 percent). The North German “Tatort: Tyrannenmord” from March 20 completes the top ten (9.729 million, 29.2 percent).
If one includes the sports broadcasts, football matches rank in the first three places. Women's football is in first place: 17.952 million people watched the final of the European Championship on July 31, which England won against Germany - a market share of 64.5 percent. The criticism of the World Cup in Qatar, on the other hand, had an effect. The World Cup game with the most TV viewers is still the ARD broadcast of the Costa Rica-Germany game on December 1 with 17.495 million (53.1 percent). The Spain-Germany match on ZDF on November 27 is in third place (17.064 million, 48.6 percent).
