About this season
Jan Böhmermann welcomes his viewers every Friday to his new late-night satire on ZDF and presents socially relevant topics, paired with wit and irony.
Episodes (16)
1. What comes to the right and left?
8.0Aired 29 August 2025 • 36 min
What if there were no longer left and right? How neutral do we need to become in the future? Perhaps it's time to ask ourselves: Am I still asking the right questions?
2. Violence against women in Germany
7.0Aired 5 September 2025 • 31 min
Domestic violence happens so frequently in Germany that you could set your watch by it: every two minutes. Statistics are now even being collected on femicides – with several key findings.
3. 42.195 km: A medal for pushing others aside
5.0Aired 12 September 2025 • 28 min
Turn off your brain, get your legs moving! Millions of people are already running it: the marathon. Anyone can be a runner, as long as they invest enough: in equipment, nutrition, apps – and the right mindset.
4. Fack Ju Hitla
8.0Aired 19 September 2025 • 27 min
Is teaching not such a relaxing profession after all? Far-right slogans are increasingly becoming part of everyday school life. What happens when a teacher wants to stand up for democracy?
5. Kimmel, Kirk, and children's books: Is the USA transforming into an autocracy?
6.0Aired 26 September 2025 • 29 min
The US government has declared the alleged Deep State to be its greatest enemy so that it can build an actual Deep State to fight the alleged Deep State.
6. How rich men buy opinions
8.0Aired 10 October 2025 • 30 min
A sense of responsibility. Three men, bursting with it, are personally intervening out of concern for the German media landscape: with money, entrepreneurial spirit, and of course, the right personnel.
7. Oysters for Future
7.0Aired 17 October 2025 • 29 min
It's fresh, mineral, aphrodisiac, slightly salty, subtly shelly in the mid-palate, and intensely nutty in the finish: the oyster. But this outrageously erotic snack needs our help!
8. ZDF Magazin Royale presents: International Comedy Union
9.0Aired 24 October 2025 • 32 min
For the first time in its long and proud history, the International Comedy Union (ICU) is offering an exclusive insight.
9. Help, the police are coming!
7.0Aired 31 October 2025 • 32 min
People experiencing mental health crises can find themselves in exceptional situations. Police officers are repeatedly overwhelmed when dealing with individuals in such circumstances.
10. 1000 ways not to bite the dust
6.0Aired 7 November 2025 • 29 min
Do we ALL have to die? Theoretically, it can happen to any of us at any time. But who lives longer depends primarily on who has the deeper pockets.
11. Germany's most beautiful tax havens
8.0Aired 14 November 2025 • 31 min
Entrepreneurs looking to save money need to leave the major cities and move to towns with lower business taxes. With a bit of luck, they might even share a mailbox with a DAX-listed company.
12. Your body, my choice
8.0Aired 21 November 2025 • 31 min
According to surveys, around 80 percent of Germans support the decriminalization of abortion. But well-connected groups are against it – and are interfering in other people's wombs.
13. AI chatbots: Sycophancy, lies, persistence
8.0Aired 28 November 2025 • 33 min
More and more people are using large artificial language models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok. But these AI chatbots pose numerous risks to their users.
14. Russia's hybrid war in Germany
Aired 5 December 2025 • 31 min
Disposable agents, bridgeheads, AfD: Russia is waging a hybrid war against states that support Ukraine. And also against Germany, within Germany.
15. The dangers of nitrous oxide
7.0Aired 12 December 2025 • 30 min
Nitrous oxide is readily available for purchase at many kiosks in Germany. Completely legal and usually without age verification. But why is it even possible to buy the drug at a kiosk?
16. Not being killed is enough help.
8.0Aired 19 December 2025 • 33 min
Alternative practitioners treat patients without regulated training and state-approved methods: Are they justifiably controversial, or do they even deserve UNESCO cultural protection?