What is happening: Paris, 1899 – In France, anti-Semitic and anarchic forces threaten to tear apart the third republic. The young inspector Jouin has to solve a criminal case involving the dismembered corpses of women. Marks with corrupt colleagues, betrayal and cruelty Paris Police 1900 a gloomy picture of the Belle Époque.
Secret star: The young lawyer Jeanne Chauvin, who is played confidently and cunningly by Eugénie Derouand – and without whom Commissioner Jouin could not solve the case. It’s a gift that both of them end up in bed.
Not suitable for: Fans of harmony-driven bonnet films. Even if the setting is opulent and the costumes are lavish, that’s how it is Paris Police 1900 dark, cruel – and in some places quite tricky and confused. Carolin Gasteiger
With Sky Ticket, eight episodes
What is happening: Four friends who went to school together in Frankfurt at the end of the nineties and beginning of the noughties find each other again. But Elif, Jo, Franzi and Lena are now stupidly grown up, i.e. in their early, mid-30s and in the typical self-limbo: fertility center, the impending but lasting wedding, debt, inability to have a relationship: each of the four women has their own biographical deadline .
Secret star: The really disgusting friend or ex-boyfriend of influencer Franzi, who leaves her with the sentence: “I never liked our Instagram account.” For which the four friends will take vengeance.
Not suitable for: All those who have had enough of nostalgic fiction and references to the glaring times of the late nineties and early noughties, i.e. of Take that, Piercings, Sarah Connor and ecstasy. Friederike Zoe Grasshoff
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On ZDFneo, eight episodes.
What is happening: “Monster AG” from the 2001 Pixar film of the same name frightened children in order to gain energy from their screams – until at the end of the film it emerged that one can gain a lot more energy with laughter. This series offshoot shows what happens when professional “Schrecker” suddenly have to relearn “Scherzer”.
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Secret Star: The two protagonists of the Monster Inc-Win movies, Mike and Sulley, have a funny guest appearance.
Not suitable for: Disney club haters.
Monster at Work, ten episodes, starting July 7th on Disney +.
What is happening: The younger son of the Swedish queen has to go to a classy boarding school after a disco fight. There he falls in love with the handsome scholarship holder Simon from the social housing estate. When Prince Wilhelm gets back on the screen of (social) media, that becomes a problem.
Secret star: Sara, Simon’s sister – also a scholarship holder. Because of her Asperger’s diagnosis, she expresses what everyone knows and thinks but does not dare to say.
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Not suitable for: Equipment fans among the aristocratic series friends. The boarding school is a manor house on the lake, but on Downton Abbey it’s really not enough. Kathleen Hildebrandt
Young Royals, six episodes, Netflix.
What is happening: The nicest coach in the world is back, but Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) still has no idea about football. Never mind, the players, colleagues and fans of the fictional London football club AFC Richmond still love the mustache from Kansas.
Secret star: Led Tasso, the title character’s alter ego. Outwardly, he is no different from Ted, but he is terribly choleric and knocks tables over. Even the greatest dribble diva surrenders.
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Not suitable for: Friends of sporting competition – because despite the subject matter, there are only a few football scenes. Josef Grübl
Season 2, on Apple TV +
What is happening: Scott Turner is not only called like his father, he also became a policeman like him. He even inherits his beloved dog, the drooling Huutsch. He proves to be a talented nose and helps to clear up the death of the father. The sequel to the 1989 film of the same name with Tom Hanks tells almost the same story again, but Dog Content actually always works. No one takes the anthropomorphized dog with his wrinkled face against the chaos that follows him every step of the way.
Secret star: Showrunner Matt Nix, who turned the predictable plot into an entertaining quotes bingo with borrowings from blockbuster crime novels.
Not suitable for: Cat ladies and people who think movie quizzes are a waste of time. Sofia Glasl
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At Disney +, six episodes
What is happening: It doesn’t work with Hanna. No job in prospect, the pandemic is annoying, lovesickness too and the landlord announces his own needs. Now it should go back from Berlin to Bielefeld. In six episodes, Hanna remembers the women she loved in the capital: From the first great love to the club acquaintance, work affair and obsessive crush on the failed relationship.
Secret star: The soundtrack that always seems to be linked to the current story.
Not suitable for: Everyone who is looking for the next Mammut binge series. After an hour, the series fun is over. Lena Reuters
In the ZDF media library, 6 episodes
What is happening: Josh and Melissa from New York, an almost archetypal couple in their mid-thirties, are stuck in a prudish ideal world musical of the forties with its excited residents. The two can only return home if they cross the bridge at the end of Schmigadoon with their true love. But as they set off, Schmigadoon appears again at the end of the bridge.
Secret star: The good-natured teacher from Schmigadoon (Ariana DeBose), who not only puts down a lively schoolhouse number, but also gives the series more depth.
Not suitable for: People who, like the protagonist Josh, cannot get involved in the musical number. Lena Reuters
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On AppleTV +, 6 episodes
Me and the others
What is happening: Well, that is the question in this unusual new series from the Austrian David Schalko. Tristan (Tom Schilling) can ask for things from a fairy who is an old taxi driver here. For example, that everyone should love him. He then tries out the consequences for one episode. Actually, it’s about the narcissism of the present, which makes it difficult to even know what you really want.
Secret hero: Two heroes, namely Sophie Rois and Martin Wuttke as Tristan’s parents, an old sixty-eight artist couple who never stop talking about their father’s penis.
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Not suitable for: People who want to know what’s going on here. The series is advertised that it breaks with linear narration and instead unfolds the plot “discursively”. It’s not light fare. Kathleen Hildebrand
On Sky, six episodes