Thomas Gottschalk says goodbye to ‘Wetten,dass..?’ after 36 years. A milestone that millions of viewers didn’t want to miss.
Offenburg – On Saturday evening, November 25th, an era ended on ZDF. Thomas Gottschalk (73) hosted the show “Wetten,dass..?” for the last time and said goodbye to the show after 36 years and 154 editions, which he made a piece of television history. Of course, the viewers didn’t want to miss this historic moment – and tuned in en masse.
That’s how many viewers the last “Wetten,dass..?” with Thomas Gottschalk had
With a joint appearance by Helene Fischer (39) and Shirin David (26), exciting bets and prominent guests such as Hollywood icon Cher (77), “Tatort” star Jan Josef Liefers (59) and the British pop band Take The last “Wetten,dass..?” edition by Thomas Gottschalk offered a lot of entertainment. However, Thomas Gottschalk did without one thing: because he did his farewell episode without co-host Michelle Hunziker (46).
Loud dwdl.de 12.13 million viewers among the total audience aged three and over tuned in to Thomas Gottschalk’s “Wetten,dass..?” farewell show, which gave ZDF an excellent market share of 45.3 percent and first place among the most-watched programs of the day. For comparison: Last year’s edition reached an audience of almost 10 million – around 3.5 million less than the 2021 comeback episode.
Unreachable for ProSieben and Co.: Thomas Gottschalk and “Wetten,dass..?” in the fast lane
ZDF was also ahead in the advertising-relevant target group of 14 to 49 year olds with 3.39 million viewers and a market share of 53.5 percent. Since private broadcasters like ProSieben had moved their major primetime productions to Sunday, the ratings on Saturday evening were correspondingly poor. The Christmas film “Last Christmas” (RTL) attracted 0.36 million viewers, the Tarantino hit “Django Unchained” (ProSieben) only 0.32 million and “Transformers 3” (Sat.1) didn’t even make it into the audience Top 25.
His time on “Wetten,dass..?” is over – but Thomas Gottschalk’s next TV project won’t be long in coming. On December 2nd he will be hosting the big Disney anniversary show on RTL and will be in a ratings duel with Florian Silbereisen (42). Sources used: dwdl.de
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