1979 in German television explained

This is a list of German television related events from 1979.

Events

• 17 March - Dschinghis Khan are selected to represent Germany at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Dschinghis Khan". They are selected to be the twenty-fourth German Eurovision entry during Ein Lied für Jerusalem held at the Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle in Munich.

Debuts

ARD

• 8 January –
  • (1979)
  • Spaß muß sein (1979–1983)
• 8 February – Erlesene Verbrechen und makellose Morde (1979)
• 10 March – Die Koblanks (1979)
• 1 April – Jerusalem, Jerusalem (1979)
• 24 April – Zwei Mann um einen Herd (1979)
• 14 May –
  • (1979)
  • Vorsicht! Frisch gewachst! (1979)
• 30 June – Fast wia im richtigen Leben (1979–1988)
• 11 July – Die unsterblichen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger (1979–1982)
• 24 July – Tochter des Schweigens (1979)
• 20 August – Kümo Henriette (1979–1982)
• 27 August – Iron Gustav (1979)^[1]
• 17 September – Spaß beiseite - Herbert kommt! (1979–1981)
• 20 September – Die Magermilchbande (1979)
• 24 September – Parole Chicago (1979)^[2]
• 30 September – (1979)
• 15 October – The Buddenbrooks (1979)^[3]
• 18 October – Der Millionenbauer (1979–1988)
• 30 October – Zimmer frei – UNO-Nähe (1979–1980)
• 9 November – St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken (1979–1982)
• 15 November – Der ganz normale Wahnsinn (1979–1980)
• 16 November – Anna (1979–1981)
• 18 December – Das verbotene Spiel (1979)
• Unknown – Freundinnen (1979)

ZDF

• 7 January – Pusteblume (1979–1980)
• 8 January – Die Protokolle des Herrn M (1979)
• 23 April – Achtung Kunstdiebe (1979)
• 30 April – Union der festen Hand (1979)
• 5 June – Der Sklave Calvisius (1979)
• 27 July – Locker vom Hocker (1979–1987)
• 6 September – Wie erziehe ich meinen Vater? (1979)
• 2 December – Mathias Sandorf (1979)^[4]
• 13 December – Der Bürgermeister (1979)
• 25 December – Timm Thaler (1979–1980)
• 26 December – (1979–1980)

DFF

• 1 January – Spuk unterm Riesenrad (1979)
• 20 July – Ein offenes Haus (1979)

Armed Forces Network

• Dallas (1978–1991)

Television shows

1950s

• Tagesschau (1952–present)

1960s

• heute (1963–present)

1970s

• heute-journal (1978–present)
• Tagesthemen (1978–present)

Births

• 29 January - Sarah Kuttner, TV host & author

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p.252
2. Web site: 1979-09-24 . Parole Chicago: Infos zur TV-Serie . 2012-03-12 . Fernsehserien.de.
3. Kliemann p. 78
4. Bock & Bergfelder p.85