The success of “Markus Lanz” on ZDF plagues the first. The Lanz-Talk caused a sensation over and over again in the past (election) year. The hope of the first to be able to stand up to the ZDF program by duplicating the successful talks in the third was deceived. The experiment failed, and a new one begins in May. Sandra Maischberger‘s show gets an additional broadcast date on Tuesday evening in the first. From May 3, 2022, Maischberger will ask her guests to talk to them every Tuesday and Wednesday after the “daily topics”, the ARD announced on Tuesday evening.
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With the new double programming, the first wants to offer an informative end to the day with emotion and entertainment, debate and explanations. The core element of the format under the leadership of the WDR are the in-depth individual or double talks with guests from politics, business and society as well as from artist circles and science. “Prominent people who have experienced something special will have their say,” it said.
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ARD Editor-in-Chief Oliver Köhr said, “By extending this talk format to Tuesdays, our viewers will receive a broader range of information with interesting people from all areas of social life.” Jörg Schönenborn, WDR program director for information, fiction and entertainment, added: “Sandra Maischberger’s success on Wednesday shows how much the viewers appreciate her way of conducting a conversation.” t. Sandra Maischberger also has a special empathy, so that emotionally deep conversations arise.
