Anyone who turns on the television tonight will be surprised: extensive program changes are pending on ARD and ZDF. A special broadcast informs about numerous police raids that took place today. Subsequent broadcasts will be postponed accordingly.

ARD

The numbers are frightening: GSG9 special forces deployed to more than 130 houses, apartments and offices early this morning. Police forces arrested 25 people, 8 of them are already in custody. They are accused of founding or supporting a terrorist organization. The accused are said to belong to the so-called Reich citizen milieu (source: daily News). The massive police operation has also Effects on the TV program.

Police raids: ARD and ZDF change the evening program

ARD (Das Erste) and ZDF change their programs at short notice and bring special programs to inform the population about the raids. A focal point can be seen in the first after the news at 8:15 p.m. Here Fritz Frei provides information about the current state of affairs. The special broadcast on ZDF also begins after the news today. In a ZDF special, moderator Andreas Klinner explains the background. The regular program has been pushed back accordingly.

The first:

  • 8:00 p.m.: Daily news
  • 8:15 p.m.: focal point – raid on Reich citizens
  • 8:30 p.m.: The Christmas schnitzel
  • 8:00 p.m.: plus minus
  • 10:30 p.m.: Topics of the day
  • 11:05 p.m.: Maischberger

ZDF:

  • 7:00 p.m.: today
  • 7:19 p.m.: Weather
  • 7:20 p.m .: ZDF Spezial: plans to overthrow and suspected terrorism – raid on Reich citizens
  • 7:35 p.m .: Bloody beginners
  • 8:25 p.m.: File number XY … Unsolved
  • 9:55 p.m.: Today’s journal
  • 10:25 p.m.: foreign journal
  • 10:50 p.m .: ZDFzoom – traffic lights in a state of emergency
  • 11:30 p.m.: Markus Lanz

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