ZDF Magazin Royale (Season 11)

Jan Böhmermann welcomes his viewers every Friday to his new late-night satire on ZDF and presents socially relevant topics, paired with wit and irony.

  • Poster for What comes to the right and left?

    What comes to the right and left? (Episode 1) 8.0

    Air date: 2025-08-29

    Runtime: 36 min

    Overview: What if there were no longer left and right? How neutral do we need to become in the future? Perhaps it's time to ask ourselves: Am I still asking the right questions?

  • Poster for Violence against women in Germany

    Violence against women in Germany (Episode 2) 7.0

    Air date: 2025-09-05

    Runtime: 31 min

    Overview: Domestic violence happens so frequently in Germany that you could set your watch by it: every two minutes. Statistics are now even being collected on femicides – with several key findings.

  • Poster for 42.195 km: A medal for pushing others aside

    42.195 km: A medal for pushing others aside (Episode 3) 5.0

    Air date: 2025-09-12

    Runtime: 28 min

    Overview: Turn off your brain, get your legs moving! Millions of people are already running it: the marathon. Anyone can be a runner, as long as they invest enough: in equipment, nutrition, apps – and the right mindset.

  • Poster for Fack Ju Hitla

    Fack Ju Hitla (Episode 4) 8.0

    Air date: 2025-09-19

    Runtime: 27 min

    Overview: Is teaching not such a relaxing profession after all? Far-right slogans are increasingly becoming part of everyday school life. What happens when a teacher wants to stand up for democracy?

  • Poster for Kimmel, Kirk, and children's books: Is the USA transforming into an autocracy?

    Kimmel, Kirk, and children's books: Is the USA transforming into an autocracy? (Episode 5) 6.0

    Air date: 2025-09-26

    Runtime: 29 min

    Overview: The US government has declared the alleged Deep State to be its greatest enemy so that it can build an actual Deep State to fight the alleged Deep State.

  • Poster for How rich men buy opinions

    How rich men buy opinions (Episode 6) 8.0

    Air date: 2025-10-10

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: A sense of responsibility. Three men, bursting with it, are personally intervening out of concern for the German media landscape: with money, entrepreneurial spirit, and of course, the right personnel.

  • Poster for Oysters for Future

    Oysters for Future (Episode 7) 7.0

    Air date: 2025-10-17

    Runtime: 29 min

    Overview: It's fresh, mineral, aphrodisiac, slightly salty, subtly shelly in the mid-palate, and intensely nutty in the finish: the oyster. But this outrageously erotic snack needs our help!

  • Poster for ZDF Magazin Royale presents: International Comedy Union

    ZDF Magazin Royale presents: International Comedy Union (Episode 8) 9.0

    Air date: 2025-10-24

    Runtime: 32 min

    Overview: For the first time in its long and proud history, the International Comedy Union (ICU) is offering an exclusive insight.

  • Poster for Help, the police are coming!

    Help, the police are coming! (Episode 9) 7.0

    Air date: 2025-10-31

    Runtime: 32 min

    Overview: People experiencing mental health crises can find themselves in exceptional situations. Police officers are repeatedly overwhelmed when dealing with individuals in such circumstances.

  • Poster for 1000 ways not to bite the dust

    1000 ways not to bite the dust (Episode 10) 6.0

    Air date: 2025-11-07

    Runtime: 29 min

    Overview: Do we ALL have to die? Theoretically, it can happen to any of us at any time. But who lives longer depends primarily on who has the deeper pockets.

  • Poster for Germany's most beautiful tax havens

    Germany's most beautiful tax havens (Episode 11) 8.0

    Air date: 2025-11-14

    Runtime: 31 min

    Overview: Entrepreneurs looking to save money need to leave the major cities and move to towns with lower business taxes. With a bit of luck, they might even share a mailbox with a DAX-listed company.

  • Poster for Your body, my choice

    Your body, my choice (Episode 12) 8.0

    Air date: 2025-11-21

    Runtime: 31 min

    Overview: According to surveys, around 80 percent of Germans support the decriminalization of abortion. But well-connected groups are against it – and are interfering in other people's wombs.

  • Poster for AI chatbots: Sycophancy, lies, persistence

    AI chatbots: Sycophancy, lies, persistence (Episode 13) 8.0

    Air date: 2025-11-28

    Runtime: 33 min

    Overview: More and more people are using large artificial language models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok. But these AI chatbots pose numerous risks to their users.

  • Poster for Russia's hybrid war in Germany

    Russia's hybrid war in Germany (Episode 14)

    Air date: 2025-12-05

    Runtime: 31 min

    Overview: Disposable agents, bridgeheads, AfD: Russia is waging a hybrid war against states that support Ukraine. And also against Germany, within Germany.

  • Poster for The dangers of nitrous oxide

    The dangers of nitrous oxide (Episode 15) 7.0

    Air date: 2025-12-12

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Nitrous oxide is readily available for purchase at many kiosks in Germany. Completely legal and usually without age verification. But why is it even possible to buy the drug at a kiosk?

  • Poster for Not being killed is enough help.

    Not being killed is enough help. (Episode 16) 8.0

    Air date: 2025-12-19

    Runtime: 33 min

    Overview: Alternative practitioners treat patients without regulated training and state-approved methods: Are they justifiably controversial, or do they even deserve UNESCO cultural protection?

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