The PS professionals
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The PS professionals - more power from the pot |
| Country of production | Germany |
| Episodes | 115+ (as of September 4, 2016) |
| genre | Documentary soap |
| Moderation | Jean Pierre Kraemer (until 2017), Sidney Hoffmann (not episodes 47-52) |
| First broadcast | 2009 on DSF |
Die PS-Profis - Mehr Power aus dem Pott is a car show with entertainment character produced in Germany and broadcast for the first time in 2009 on DSF and from 2010 Sport1 . The action of the television format consists in the fact that the two protagonists, who are rooted in the Ruhr area - Sidney Hoffmann and Jean Pierre Kraemer - find a certain type of car on the used car market on behalf of a customer and tune it if necessary. Hoffmann and Kraemer are both entrepreneurs in the auto tuning industry.
Moderators
Hoffmann and Kraemer were the owners of the company Five Star Performance GmbH in Dortmund , founded in 2007 , in whose business and workshop rooms the series is filmed. In 2009 they received the order from the former broadcaster DSF (now Sport 1) to prepare a vehicle for a car race. Subsequently, they were offered their own program by a producer from Focus TV . After the pilot was successfully broadcast at Christmas 2009, two seasons were shot in 2010; the first was broadcast from April 14, 2010, initially three times a week, then fortnightly and comprised nine episodes. Two more seasons were planned for 2011 and 2012. According to the company, the program is not based on a script . However, attentive viewers have noticed that vehicles allegedly bought on behalf of customers were still for sale at the dealership presented in the show, e.g. B. a Mercedes SEC in episode 109. Therefore, the suspicion of a given script in which the client roles are also taken over by actors. However, the situation can also be explained to the extent that, for example, the buyer was granted a withdrawal.
On May 2, 2012, the "PS professionals" Hoffmann and Kraemer announced via Facebook that their professional paths would part ways. The last jointly moderated program after the separation was announced was broadcast on Sport 1 on May 23, 2012. Since June 20, 2012 and the first broadcast of episode 47, Jean-Pierre Kraemer has moderated the new season alone. Sidney Hoffmann returned, however, in episode 53, so that the duo act together again. The first new joint episode ran on September 19, 2012 on Sport 1. Now both have their own companies: Sidney Hoffmann: Sidney Industries Dortmund, Jean Pierre Kraemer: JP Performance.
In 2017, Kraemer left the show. The concept of the show has been revised. The focus under the title “PS Profis - In Action” is no longer the search for a suitable used car, but the tuning of spectator vehicles.
Simulcast in an HD version
The program will also be broadcast as a simulcast on Sport 1 HD with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels.
review
The GQ magazine praises: "The PS professionals' provide great television."
Similar broadcasts
The spin-off Die PS-Profis - Vienna has existed since 2014 , which is located in the Austrian capital Vienna and is moderated by Knud Tiroch and Charles Kofi. The principle of the broadcast follows the scheme of the German version, the car search is currently limited to eastern Austria.
The television series Wheeler Dealers , broadcast in Great Britain on Discovery Channel from 2003 onwards , which also deals with the purchase of used cars, but also their repair, in contrast to the PS professionals, was already known in Germany in 2009 as Die used car professionals: New shine for old ones Boxes broadcast on DMAX .
There was also the very similar program Der Checker on DMAX, in which the presenter chose the car himself.
Web links
- The PS professionals at sport1.de
- The PS professionals videos on sport1.de
- The PS professionals at Fernsehserien.de
- YouTube channel of the broadcast
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.facebook.com/PSProfis
- ↑ Focus TV: “Die PS-Profis” for Sport1. ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Medienbote issue no.940 from April 15, 2010
- ↑ New season without anchor JP Kraemer , Auto Zeitung, accessed on June 12, 2018
- ↑ Sport1 - In the past, right in the middle instead of just being there. In: digitalfernsehen.de
- ↑ The Pott-Cast. In: gq-magazin.de
- ↑ The used car professionals: New shine for old boxes. In: Fernsehserien.de
