ZDF Magazin Royale (Season 3)

Jan Böhmermann welcomes his viewers every Friday to his new late-night satire on ZDF and presents socially relevant topics, paired with wit and irony.

  • Poster for How Wikipedia is Politically Influenced

    How Wikipedia is Politically Influenced (Episode 1)

    Writer: Miguel Robitzky

    Air date: 2021-09-03

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: What's on Wikipedia is considered "the truth." If you don't like that, you can let reality be changed where it's made: in the world's most important encyclopedia.

  • Poster for Siri, Sexbots & Robot Vacuum Cleaners

    Siri, Sexbots & Robot Vacuum Cleaners (Episode 2)

    Writer: Miguel Robitzky

    Air date: 2021-09-10

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Germans love technological innovations. ACTUALLY. But in reality, we fear a hostile takeover by autonomous robots that will steal our jobs and take over the world.

  • Poster for Car first, People second

    Car first, People second (Episode 3)

    Writer: Miguel Robitzky

    Air date: 2021-09-17

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Germany, a country made for cars, not people! Because let's be honest: Cars are simply better people. Or have you ever had your heart broken by your city SUV? Probably not!

  • Poster for The Parties' dirty Facebook Tricks

    The Parties' dirty Facebook Tricks (Episode 4)

    Writer: Miguel Robitzky

    Air date: 2021-09-24

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Ever heard of microtargeting? Facebook makes a lot of money from it, and ALL parties represented in the Bundestag use microtargeting on Facebook in their election campaigns.

  • Poster for State Funding for AfD Foundation

    State Funding for AfD Foundation (Episode 5)

    Writer: Miguel Robitzky

    Air date: 2021-10-08

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: We have good news and bad news: the AfD lost the federal election. BUT, thanks to a few million idiots, it can still enter the Bundestag for a second time and even win something.

  • Poster for Profiler - too true to be true

    Profiler - too true to be true (Episode 6)

    Writer: Miguel Robitzky

    Air date: 2021-10-15

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: True crime is EVERYWHERE! Besides Helene Fischer's new album, there's nothing hotter right now than mysterious stories about real crimes! True crime experts on TV are especially mysterious.

  • Poster for The new Moria

    The new Moria (Episode 7)

    Writer: Miguel Robitzky

    Air date: 2021-10-22

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Moria, the refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, burned down a year ago! Afterward, everyone agreed: Something as inhumane as the Moria camp must not be allowed to exist again in Europe.

  • Poster for Lifestyle CBD: Expensive Products with no Effect

    Lifestyle CBD: Expensive Products with no Effect (Episode 8)

    Writer: Miguel Robitzky

    Air date: 2021-10-29

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Whether in mouth oil, bath bombs, dog shampoo, or lubricant – CBD is in everything, even though lifestyle CBD is to the body what the demands of Fridays For Future are to politics: It doesn't matter. Sorry to ruin the placebo effect for you again.

  • Poster for The Egg Throw of Halle - The Musical

    The Egg Throw of Halle - The Musical (Episode 9)

    Writer: Miguel Robitzky

    Air date: 2021-11-05

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: On May 10, 1991, angry demonstrators threw eggs at Chancellor Helmut Kohl on the market square in Halle an der Saale, prompting Kohl to promptly launch a brawl with the protesting East Germans. The ZDF MAGAZIN ROYALE presents a gripping musical about unity, the power of revolution, and the power of love, centering on this now almost forgotten turning point in the relationship between East and West Germany.

  • Poster for The DVAG Pyramid System

    The DVAG Pyramid System (Episode 10)

    Writer: Miguel Robitzky

    Air date: 2021-11-12

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: If your old schoolmate contacts you again after years, there are only two options: Either he finally wants his "Fast and Furious" DVD box set back, or he now works at Deutsche Vermögensberatung AG and wants to sell you 15 life insurance policies. What one in ten Germans, including your old schoolmate Sascha, does can't be wrong! Can it?

  • Poster for How Cancel Culture is destroying Springer

    How Cancel Culture is destroying Springer (Episode 11)

    Writer: Miguel Robitzky

    Air date: 2021-11-19

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Welcome to QUARTER TO WELKE – the talk show that's making headlines. Today, we're discussing sex, cabbage rolls, and the loss of power of the former media giant Axel Springer SE with five high-profile guests.

  • Poster for The Greens: Betrayal of their own Ideals

    The Greens: Betrayal of their own Ideals (Episode 12)

    Air date: 2021-11-26

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Yesterday, knitting sweaters in the Bundestag, today climbing the career ladder. Compromises are necessary if you want to govern, and then the traffic light coalition will work. Or, dear Greens?

  • Poster for Driving without a Ticket: A Crime since 1935

    Driving without a Ticket: A Crime since 1935 (Episode 13)

    Air date: 2021-12-03

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: The German constitutional state is merciless and consistent! Whether it's theft, robbery, manslaughter, murder, or driving without a ticket.

  • Poster for How Facebook is destroying Democracies Worldwide

    How Facebook is destroying Democracies Worldwide (Episode 14)

    Writer: Miguel Robitzky

    Air date: 2021-12-10

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Facebook is working with crazy fascists and burning down the democracies of the world.

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