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German television Television in Germany began in Berlin on 22 March 1935, broadcasting for 90 minutes three times a week. It was home to the first public television station in the world, named ''Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow''. In 2000, the German television market h ...

related events from 1980.

Events

*20 March -

Katja Ebstein Katja Ebstein (born Karin Witkiewicz; 9 March 1945) is a German singer. She was born in Girlachsdorf (now Gniewków, Poland). She achieved success with songs such as "Theater (song), Theater" and "Es war einmal ein Jäger". She was married to , w ...

is selected to represent Germany at the

1980 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in The Hague, Netherlands, and was organised by host broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) – which agreed to stage the event af ...

with her song "

Theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

". She is selected to be the twenty-fifth German Eurovision entry during ''Ein Lied für Den Haag'' held at the BR Studios in Munich.

Debuts

ARD

* 1 January – '' Die rote Zora und ihre Bande'' (1980) * 22 January – '' Die Leute vom Domplatz'' (1980) * 18 March – '' Jan vom anderen Stern'' (1980) * 23 April – '' Krelling'' (1980) * 4 June – ''

Lucilla Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla or Lucilla (7 March 148 or 150 – 182) was the second daughter of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger. She was the wife of her father's co-ruler and adoptive brother Lucius Verus ...

'' (1980) * 12 June – '' Scheibenwischer'' (1980–2008) * September – '' Harry Hocker läßt nicht locker'' (1980–1981) *3 September – '' Im schönsten Bilsengrunde'' (1980) *1 September – '' Achtung Zoll!'' (1980–1981) * 2 October – '' Café Wernicke'' (1980–1981) * 5 October – ''

Familie Meier ''Familie Meier'' is a German television series. See also *List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * '' 4 Blocks'' ( TNT Serie, 2017–2019) * '' Alarm für Cobra ...

'' (1980) * 6 October – '' Liebe ist doof'' (1980–1981) * 12 October – '' Lucy the Menace of Street'' (1980) * 12 October – '' Berlin Alexanderplatz'' (1980) * 14 October – '' Susi'' (1980) * 28 October – '' Auf Achse'' (1980–1996) * 3 December – '' ... und die Tuba bläst der Huber'' (1980–1983) * 25 December – '' Die Reventlow'' (1980)

ZDF

* 4 January – '' Felix und Oskar'' (1980) * 8 January – '' Ein Park für alle'' (1980) * 12 January – '' Merlin'' (1980) * 3 February – '' Leute wie du und ich '' (1980–1984) * 28 February – '' Un-Ruhestand - Geschichten vom Älterwerden'' (1980) * 4 March – '' Anderland'' (1980–1986) * 8 March – '' So geht's auch'' (1980) * 18 September – '' Kreuzfahrten eines Globetrotters'' (1980–1981) * 25 December – '' Ringstraßenpalais'' (1980–1986)

DFF

* 4 January – '' Archiv des Todes'' (1980) * 22 August – '' Die Fischers und ihre Frauen'' (1980) * 23 November – '' Das Mädchen Störtebeker'' (1980)

International

*15 November – // ''

The Moomins The Moomins ( sv, Mumintroll) are the central characters in a series of novels, short stories, and a comic strip by Finns, Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish language, Swedish by Schildts in Finland. The ...

'' (1977–1982) (

ORF ORF or Orf may refer to: * Norfolk International Airport, IATA airport code ORF * Observer Research Foundation, an Indian research institute * One Race Films, a film production company founded by Vin Diesel * Open reading frame, a portion of the ...

)

Television shows

1950s

*'' Tagesschau'' (1952–present)

1960s

* ''

heute ''heute'' (; German for ''today'') is a television news program on the German channel ZDF. The main program is broadcast at 19:00, and includes news, with an emphasis on political news from Germany, Europe and the world, plus 'mixed' news from c ...

'' (1963-present)

1970s

*''

heute-journal ''heute-journal'' (roughly ''Today's Journal'') is a television news magazine broadcast on ZDF, a national German television network. History The programme premiered on 2 January 1978 as a late weekday evening 20 minute program. Originally, ...

'' (1978-present) *''

Tagesthemen ''Tagesthemen'' is one of Germany's main daily television news magazines, presented by journalists Caren Miosga and Ingo Zamperoni. Second only to the 20:00 ''Tagesschau'' ("Review of the Day") ''Tagesthemen'' ("Issues of the Day") is ARD's most ...