German television award 2008
The tenth presentation of the German TV Prize , moderated by Thomas Gottschalk , took place on October 11, 2008 in Cologne and was broadcast on ZDF one day later, on the evening of October 12 . In 2008, 79 productions or people competed for the award in 22 competition categories.
controversy
Marcel Reich-Ranicki caused a stir when he turned down the Donors' Honorary Prize in recognition of his work on the literary program Das Literäre Quartett . “I do not accept this price. [...] I don't belong in this series, " said the then 88-year-old literary critic, who described the nominated series concepts and shows as " nonsense " and left the stage without the award after moderator Thomas Gottschalk spontaneously promised him a discussion program on the subject of television would have. According to his wife, he last took the prize with him. On Sunday he told the AP news agency on request that the producer Katharina Trebitsch had taken the price into custody and that he definitely did not want it. On October 17th, a discussion program on television with Marcel Reich-Ranicki and Thomas Gottschalk was actually broadcast. The title read: "On the occasion - Marcel Reich-Ranicki in conversation with Thomas Gottschalk."
Award winners
| price | Award winner / film / series | Nominations |
| Best TV film / multi-part | Contergan (ARD) |
The woman from Checkpoint Charlie (ARD) The hunt for the treasure of the Nibelungs (RTL) The Last Judgment (RTL) The Miracle of Berlin (ZDF) |
| Best series | Doctor's Diary (RTL) |
Dr. Psycho (ProSieben) KDD - Criminal Police Service (ZDF) Murder with a View (ARD) RIS - The Language of the Dead (Sat.1) |
| Best documentation | The Quandts' Silence (ARD / NDR) |
One article too many - Anna Politkowskaja and the Putin system (3sat) Eschede, 10:59 a.m. - Ten years after the ICE disaster (VOX) |
| Best report | Being old on trial - a new retiree on a journey of discovery (ARD / WDR) |
stern TV report : "Nothing will come of them!" Children on the edge of society (VOX) ARD-exclusive : children slaves (ARD / WDR) |
| Free category: Best Reality Show | The outliers - The way back (RTL) |
Your chance! 3 applicants - 1 job (ProSieben) teenagers out of control - last resort Wilder Westen (RTL) |
| Best Information Show: Best Knowledge Show | new (3sat) |
Quarks & Co (WDR) World of Miracles (RTL 2) |
| Best entertainment show / best show | Germany is looking for the superstar : the motto shows (RTL) |
Every child knows this! : The Celebrity Special (Sat.1) Germany's Next Top Model (ProSieben) |
| Best comedy | Switch Reloaded (ProSieben) |
Anke Engelke and Bastian Pastewka for Merry Christmas (Sat.1) Mathias Richling for windshield wipers (ARD) The Popolski Show (WDR) |
| Best sports show | Olympic Games 2008 (Eurosport) |
Football European Championship 2008 (ARD) ZDF Olympia Highlights (ZDF) Champions League quarter finals (Premiere / Sat.1) RTL boxing: Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tony Thompson (heavyweight championship fight on July 12, 2008) (RTL) |
| Best director | Connie Walther for 12 means: I love you (ARD) |
Matti Geschonneck for Duel in der Nacht (ZDF) Niki Stein for Der große Tom (ARD) |
| Best book | Katrin Bühlig for Bella Block : White Nights (ZDF) |
Frauke Hunfeld for a risky game (ZDF) Daniel Nocke for duel in the night (ZDF) |
| Best actor | Mišel Matičević for The Dark Side (RTL), The Vow (WDR), The Automatic Death (ZDF) |
Benjamin Sadler for Contergan (ARD), The hunt for the treasure of the Nibelungs (RTL) |
| Best Actress | Veronica Ferres for The Woman from Checkpoint Charlie (ARD) |
Claudia Michelsen for 12 means: I love you (ARD) Katharina Wackernagel for Contergan (ARD), a murderer comes back (ZDF) |
| Best Actor, Supporting Role | Michael Gwisdek for The Miracle of Berlin (ZDF) |
Florian David Fitz for Doctor's Diary (RTL) Thomas Sarbacher for Bella Block : White Nights (ZDF) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Silke Bodenbender for a momentous affair (ZDF) |
Karin Baal for whore children (ARD) Ina Weisse for duel in the night (ZDF) |
| Best moderation information: Best foreign reporter | Maike Rudolph for reporting from Burma (ARD) |
Diana Zimmermann for her reporting from China (ZDF) Steffen Schwarzkopf for his reporting from Afghanistan and Kenya (Sat.1 / N24) |
| Best moderation entertainment: Late Night | Ina Müller for Inas Nacht (NDR) |
Daniel Hartwich for attention! Hartwich (RTL) Jörg Thadeusz for Thadeusz (RBB) |
| Best camera |
Alexander Fischerkoesen for The Dark Side (RTL) and Tarragona - A Paradise in Flames (RTL) |
Arthur W. Ahrweiler for The Great Tom (ARD / hr) and The Automatic Death (ZDF) Dietmar Koelzer for The Miracle of Loch Ness (Sat.1) |
| Best cut | Andrea Mertens for The Last Judgment |
Moune Barius for The Dark Side (RTL) and Tarragona - A Paradise in Flames (RTL) Philipp Stahl on behalf of KDD - Criminal Investigation Service (ZDF) |
| Best music | Karim Sebastian Elias for Bella Block : White Nights (ZDF) and Treasure Island (ProSieben) |
Klaus Badelt for The Hunt for the Treasure of the Nibelungs (RTL) Christoph M. Kaiser and Julian Maas for KDD - Criminal Investigation Service (ZDF) |
| Best equipment (scene and costume design) | Matthias Kammermeier and Ulrike Schütte for Tarragona - A Paradise in Flames (RTL) |
Florian Reichmann and Birgit Hutter for The Youngest Court (RTL) Thomas Stammer and Esther Walz for Die Schatzinsel (ProSieben) |
| Free category: Best visual effects | Michael Coldewey and Simone Kraus for The Miracle of Loch Ness (Sat.1) |
Denis Behnke for The Hunt for the Treasure of the Nibelungs (RTL) Christian Riebe and Christian Pokorny for Tarragona - A Paradise in Flames (RTL) |
| Honorary award of the donors | Marcel Reich-Ranicki for The Literary Quartet (ZDF), rejected by him. | |
| Sponsorship award |
Wolf-Niklas Schykowski for The Great Tom (ARD) Eva Müller for The Hartz IV School (ARD) |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Report from AP - Sunday, October 12th, 10:14 am on Yahoo Nachrichten (accessed on October 12th)
- ↑ cf. ddp in the morning / two . ddp basic service, October 11, 2008, 6:18 AM GMT
- ↑ Video Reich-Ranicki rejects the television award in the ZDFmediathek , accessed on October 14, 2008. (offline)
- ↑ Marcel Reich-Ranicki rejects German television award (full length) on YouTube , accessed on June 21, 2020.
- ↑ cf. Miklis, Katharina and Kühn, Alexander: Reich-Ranicki causes a scandal at stern.de, October 11, 2008 (accessed on October 12, 2008)
- ↑ cf. dpa / ddp : Marcel Reich-Ranicki rejects the honor at tagesspiegel.de, October 12, 2008
- ↑ see: Reich-Ranicki rejects the German TV Prize at spiegel.de, October 11, 2008 (accessed October 12, 2008)
- ↑ see: Page no longer available , search in web archives: Reich-Ranicki finally refuses German TV Prize , AP report on Yahoo Nachrichten (accessed on October 12)