Cult show
“#SchleFaZ” is saved – new home on RTL Nitro
The presenters Peter Rütten (l) and Oliver Kalkofe are standing in the studio of the Tele5 program “Schlefaz – the worst films of all time”. photo
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Tele5 is ending the cinematic trash festival at the end of the year. But things will continue next year for Oliver Kalkofe and Peter Rütten – just on a different channel.
The satirists Oliver Kalkofe and Peter Rütten will continue to present “The Worst Films of All Time” to the German television audience. Her Cult show with the abbreviation “#SchleFaZ” has found a new home: Next year it will continue on the RTL special interest channel Nitro and the streaming service RTL+. This was announced by the RTL broadcasting family in Cologne.
At the end of September it became known that Tele5 would be phasing out the cinematic trash festival at the end of the year. The future of “#SchleFaZ” remained unclear for months. “In 2024, the show will continue as usual on RTL Deutschland’s men’s channel and on the all-inclusive entertainment app RTL+,” explained RTL. “We will announce the exact broadcast dates and further information about “#SchleFaZ” on Nitro and RTL+ in good time in the new year.” For now, Kalkofe and Rütten are going on the “Wunschfilm Deutschland Tour”.
Oliver Kalkofe (58) said about the coup: “I’m overjoyed that our wonderfully crazy show can now continue after its temporary end! We have the best and most loyal fans in the world, and with Nitro and RTL+ we have the ideal partners for it found our creative ideas. “#SchleFaZ” is real love, true cult and pure joy – and we can all use that today more than ever!” Peter Rütten (61) added: “We are incredibly grateful that we can present our wonderful fans with a real and unexpected Christmas miracle just in time for the holidays.”
For more than ten years, the duo has enjoyed a loyal audience with a series of selected trash films – the spectrum of panned films ranges from “Attack of the Giant Claw” to “Bone Crusher in the Wild West” to “Hate Your Neighbor”. “#SchleFaZ” is a Kalk TV production directed by Jana König and is produced in Berlin.