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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 1987.

Events

*26 March -

Wind Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few hou ...

are selected to represent Germany at the

1987 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1987 was the 32nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Brussels, Belgium, following the country's victory at the with the song "J'aime la vie" by Sandra Kim. Organised by the European Broadc ...

with their song "

Laß die Sonne in dein Herz Germany was represented by the band Wind, with the song "Laß die Sonne in dein Herz", at the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 9 May in Brussels. "Laß die Sonne in dein Herz" was the winner of the German national final, held on ...

". They are selected to be the thirty-second German Eurovision entry during ''Ein Lied für Brüssel'' held at the Frankenhalle in Nuremberg.

Debuts

Domestic

*29 January - '' Das Erbe der Guldenburgs'' (1987–1990) (

ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...

) *10 February - ''

Der Landarzt ''Der Landarzt'' is a German television series that aired for 22 seasons from 1987 to 2013. During early seasons, the show revolves around country doctor Dr. Karsten Matthiesen who runs a practice in his Northern German hometown of Deekelsen wi ...

'' (1987–2013) (

) *3 March - '' Hans im Glück'' (1987) ( ARD) *21 June - ''

Jokehnen ''Jokehnen '' is a German television series, based on a novel by Arno Surminski. See also *List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * '' 4 Blocks'' ( TNT Serie, 201 ...

'' (1987) (

) *9 July - '' Stahlkammer Zürich'' (1987–1991) ( ARD) *26 August - ' (1987) ( ARD) *6 October - ''

Praxis Bülowbogen ''Praxis Bülowbogen'' 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 ...

'' (1987–1996) ( ARD) *25 December - ''

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'' (1987) (

)

International

*5 February - '' The Cosby Show'' (1984-1992) (

) *29 August - '' MacGyver'' (1985-1992) (

Sat. 1 Sat.1 is a German free-to-air television channel that is a part of the ProSiebenSat.1 Media Group. It is considered the first privately owned television network in Germany, having been launched in January 1984 as ''PKS'' ''(Programmgesellschaf ...

) *20 September - '' Muppet Babies'' (1984-1991) (

)

Military Television

Military Television Debuts

BFBS

*3 February - ''

The Children of Green Knowe ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

'' (1987) *26 February - ''

Creepy Crawlies ''Creepy Crawlies'' was a stop motion animation series created by Cosgrove Hall. The series consisted of 52 ten-minute episodes, which were broadcast on CITV, Children's ITV between 1987 and 1989. All episodes were written by Peter Reeves and di ...

'' (1987-1989) *4 May - ''

The Secret World of Polly Flint ''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speak ...

'' (1987) *18 May - '' The Adventures of Spot'' (1987-1993) *7 July - '' Fat Tulip Too'' (1987) *20 July - ''

The Eye of the Dragon ''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite ...

'' (1987) *25 August - '' The Honey Siege'' (1987) *13 September - '' Inspector Morse'' (1987-2000) *25 October - ''

The New Statesman The ''New Statesman'' is a British political and cultural magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first connected with Sidney and Beatrice Webb and other leading members o ...

'' (1987-1994) *28 October - '' Bad Boyes'' (1987-1988) *27 November - '' Pulaski'' (1987) *16 December - ''

The Gemini Factor ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in En ...

'' (1987)

Changes of network affiliation

Military broadcasting

Television shows

1950s

*''

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'' (1952–present)

1960s

* '' heute'' (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, it ...

'' (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 ...

'' (1978-present)

1980s

*'' Wetten, dass..?'' (1981-2014) *'' Lindenstraße'' (1985–present)

Ending this year

Births

Deaths

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