TV darling
The television favorite was an audience award from GDR television , which was awarded annually between 1963 and 1989 .
history
The readers of the Berliner Zeitung as well as the only GDR television newspaper FF chose their favorite television faces year after year in various categories (drama, presenter, announcement, entertainment, etc.).
At a large gala that was broadcast during prime time on the first program of GDR television , changing moderators presented the awarding of the prizes.
With 17 awards as a television favorite, sports reporter Heinz-Florian Oertel is in first place in the overall ranking. Pop singer Frank Schöbel received 10 awards and entertainer Petra Kusch-Lück received 8 trophies . The nationally known comedians and cabaret artists such as O. F. Weidling , Rolf Herricht and Helga Hahnemann were also very popular with the public .
Between 1965 and 1969, Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler , known for his political program The Black Channel, was voted TV favorite five times in a row. The news anchor Klaus Feldmann , who read the state-controlled camera , was voted 14 times by the audience. Carmen Nebel was among the last winners to be honored in a gala show moderated by Dagmar Frederic in 1989 .