Friday, October 3, 2014

German Television Award: lobelia, Borsody, Ruge win – Spiegel Online

What Suzanne of Borsody had dropped well before their appearance? In a never-ending lecture she praised almost all the TV movie “lobelia” people involved, from the cameraman to catering. Anyone else forget? Once under way, they also could not be distracted by a minute indicator, they pointed discreetly to her drastically überzogendes time account. This, it was Borsody, please refrain.

But perhaps the 57-year-old was just tipsy by themselves, after all they had just been chosen as the lead actress of the ARD political drama best actress. Just as at the first presentation of the German Television Award in 1999 – causing her to self-assessment, she was probably “the Alpha and the Omega”

“lobelia” later also named best film. was exclaimed the male lead actor Matthias Brandt: He was happy about the price for that reason, “because I am very curious as to what Suzanne of Borsody now says”. The contented himself to everyone’s relief, thus, a kiss to breathe into the microphone.

This refreshingly laconic counterpart to Borsody was Gerd Ruge, who received an honorary award. The legend interrupted the reporter standing ovation in the hall to express with earnest words his concern for world events. Friendly and surely dahingenuschelt, so as you know of him.

Attention, Netflix on the attack!

This created quite a nice contrast to the ironic Disaster mood, the one in Cologne relish gave (telecast on Friday in the ARD). This year the award was indeed awarded for the last time in its traditional form. The evening was themed “The last German Television Award in the world”. Or as moderator Klaas Heufer circulation put it: “Who gets today no, dat’s was.”

At the beginning of a trailer in the style of a disaster film was recorded. “The dark forces want to destroy the television prize,” whispered a voice. “Evil forces” wanted “crowd out the good old television – but the television price Strikes Back.” Then the supposed villains were seen: online portals such as Netflix, Watch Ever, iTunes and Amazon. Pretty idea – leaving aside the fact that there is no connection between the competition in the network and the decline of this ARD-ZDF RTL Sat.1 Fete in truth.

The truth needs to face it: The TV price was divided by its organizers themselves. So the idea commendable appears that the different families of channels align a common price, which pays tribute to both public television and private – in the celebrations it always came back to absurd collisions of cultures. Legendary the outburst of literature critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki, who should be honored in 2008 for his life’s work. “With all the nonsense I’ve seen tonight, I do not think I belong,” he said on stage. “I do not accept this award.”

Three years later there was spat at Oliver Pocher. Who had expressed as a moderator of the 2011 hosted by RTL television gala gloating over the MDR, which was then shaken by a wide variety of scandals. Pocher suspected that “Bernd das Brot the only one in the MDR with no criminal record” is. In the recording for the next evening by the entity had been cut out.

The most popular reservoirs of NRW

A problem also proved that one the Gala one day after recording aired – the news value for the viewers so was zero. For a while we even tried to impose a news blackout. In times of mobile communication arg naive, of the television creators itself, the price was not long ago taken seriously. Is settled that the price now to be possibly presented in a completely new form, but is mainly due to the lower rates.

Before this problem background, the lead WDR brought on Thursday after all, a gala on the stage, for no one to be ashamed of. The gag writer had subsided finally into more stuff. However, the most laughs brought the terribly serious television reality: a presented by Klaas Heufer current ranking of actually emitted ranking shows, including gems such as “The most popular dams of North Rhine-Westphalia”

succeeded this year. collision of Governm ent and private, there was even a new comedy duo Sandra and Klaas. The hosts Sandra Maischberger (ARD) and Klaas Heufer circulation (ProSieben) achieved a moderation that was not only far from the embarrassment of last year (Cindy aus Marzahn!), But seemed quite refreshing.

Where to put the Bergdoktor?

Maischberger, known as Talkerin for their careful handling of men in the age group of Helmut Schmidt, had even the bolder part. You’ve googled and learned that he was not Joko, Klaas but just the day before, she told her co-host. The countered, “for many older people” this is the same anyway. Why the two a third presenter had been set aside yet, however, remained a mystery. Likewise, it amounted acted to the life scraped ZDF “mountain doctor” Hans Sigl. After all, he did not mind

In general, there was little that bothered., The private sector were for the series “Danni Lowinski” with Annette Frier (Sat.1) and the report format “Team Wallraff – reporter undercover” ( RTL) honored the public broadcasters were given prices for the fine Spreewald thriller “Murderous heat” (ZDF, Roeland Wiesnekker was best actor) and just “lobelia” (ARD).

But it is precisely in this superb played, in his explosiveness and social appeal, however modest political drama is revealed one of the main problems of German television of the present. The managers do not make it at the time, to use the current global dynamics of the medium itself. For what is the macho Dramolett “lobelia” in which all allusions be invalidated on the German political and media reality once again in the film, compared to a cruel exact political tableau as the Netflix series “House of Cards”

And so the droll Netflix bashing receives from the start of the gala a bitter aftertaste: On the question of a digitally organized television of the future, the German media makers currently have any more answers as to the question of how to serial storytelling to be can adapt changing viewing habits. The crisis of German Television Awards is seen also a crisis of the entire German television.

Whether the price might still given a second chance, depends on whether the transmitter can agree on a new concept. “What would happen on October 2, 2015?” Asked WDR director Tom Buhrow on Thursday in his speech. “That I can unfortunately not be answered.”




“The German Television Award,” Friday, 22.00 clock, ARD

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