Ratings
More than twelve million viewers watch “Wetten, dass…?”
Moderator Thomas Gottschalk will be at the end of the ZDF show “Wetten, dass…?” driven across the stage in an excavator bucket
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It was a special show: because it was presenter Thomas Gottschalk’s last. On Saturday evening he said goodbye to “Wetten,dass..?” – and 12.13 million people watched him.
Millions of people turn to their televisions to say goodbye Thomas Gottschalk as presenter of the ZDF classic “Wetten,dass..?”: 12.13 million people tuned in on Saturday evening, as the station announced on its website on Sunday. This corresponds to a market share of 45.3 percent.
At the end of the entertainment show, which lasted several hours, Gottschalk finally said goodbye as presenter in Offenburg. He had previously announced his retirement. The first revival show from Nuremberg attracted 13.8 million people to the television in 2021. The second edition from Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance came to around 10.1 million.
“Bet that..?” is the classic of German TV entertainment
“Bet that..?” has become a symbol of German television entertainment since its launch on February 14, 1981. Inventor Frank Elstner moderated the first 39 episodes. His successor Gottschalk came in September 1987 and left his mark on the show. Almost 21 million people saw his first broadcast.
Read our author’s TV review here: Dazzling stars, strange bets, Schweigsteiger-Tüddel-Thommy and gags between hui and ugh – everything as usual. Actually.