This evening

Television series
Original title	This evening
Country of production	Germany
Year (s)	1980-1991
Production company	Greenwood Productions
length	45 minutes
Broadcasting cycle	weekly
genre	Talk show
music	Klaus Doldinger
Moderation	Joachim Fuchsberger
First broadcast	1980 on BR

Tonight there was a talk show on Bavarian television in co-production with Südwestfunk , later also with Norddeutscher Rundfunk . The first issues of the series were presented by changing moderators. From December 2, 1980, Joachim Fuchsberger took on both the moderation and production through his company Greenwood Productions up to the 300th and final episode. The theme song was composed by Klaus Doldinger .

concept

In each issue, a guest asked a studio audience questions about his life's work to date. A few episodes had a motto and had several guests at the same time. The dark, partly reflective stage design with the enlarged signature of the celebrity, the simple seating for guest and moderator, and Joachim Fuchsberger's tobacco pipe developed as trademarks. In the first episodes, the program often ended with a musical performance by the guest. Over time, this element was dropped in favor of talk time.

running time

At the beginning, the series was broadcast exclusively in the third program of Bayerischer Rundfunk . From June 1980, the ARD took over individual issues in the main program and was given the attribute "The ARD talk show". From May 1983 until the last edition, the talk show was regularly broadcast there, first on Tuesdays, then permanently on Fridays and towards the end of the 1991 series on Wednesdays.

Since 2013, individual editions have been repeated in the night program on BR-alpha on the occasion of special birthdays or deaths .

Episode list

A total of 300 programs were broadcast from 1980 to 1991. On September 16, 1995, there was a one-off special broadcast to say goodbye to Wolf Feller , who was television director for Bayerischer Rundfunk from 1987 to 1995.

No.	Guests or topics	First broadcast
1	Oleg Popov and Klaus Maria Brandauer	Apr 29, 1980
2	-	May 6, 1980
3	-	May 13, 1980
4th	-	May 20, 1980
5	-	May 27, 1980
6th	-	3rd June 1980
7th	-	June 10, 1980
8th	-	17th June 1980
9	-	June 24, 1980
10	-	3rd July 1980
11	-	July 10, 1980
12	-	17th July 1980
13	-	July 24, 1980
14th	-	Aug 1, 1980
15th	-	Aug 8, 1980
16	-	Aug 15, 1980
17th	-	22 Aug 1980
18th	Mireille Mathieu	Aug 26, 1980
19th	Dionne Warwick	Sep 2 1980
20th	Lyra Bratislava	July 29, 1980
21st	Serge Lama Show	Aug 19, 1980
22nd	Joan Baez	26 Sep 1980
23	Bettina Wegner	0Nov 7, 1980
24	Harry Belafonte	0Dec. 2, 1980
25th	Hildegard Knef	0Dec 9, 1980
26th	Julia Migenes	Dec 16, 1980
27	Insterburg & Co.	Jan. 20, 1981
28	Leaf shot brothers	Jan. 27, 1981
29	Astrological things - astrology	0Feb. 3, 1981
30th	Variety Spectaculum	Feb 10, 1981
31	Choose your song!	Feb. 17, 1981
32	The Jew's Harp	Feb. 24, 1981
33	Romano and Mario Colombaioni	Feb. 26, 1981
34	Actual tonight	10 Mar 1981
35	Werner Schneyder	17th Mar 1981
36	Konstantin Wecker	24 Mar 1981
37	The music of our guest workers	31 Mar 1981
38	Choose your song! Part 2	0Apr 7, 1981
39	Choose your song! part 3	Apr. 14, 1981
40	Stan & Ollie in Germany	Apr 21, 1981
41	Charlie Rivel	Apr 28, 1981
42	Actors sing	0May 5th 1981
43	Ireen Sheer	May 19, 1981
44	Thomas Friday	May 26, 1981
45	Gitte Hænning	0June 2nd 1981
46	Julie Felix	0June 9, 1981
47	Street musicians	June 16, 1981
48	Critters	June 23, 1981
49	-	June 30, 1981
50	-	29 Sep 1981
51	Luis Trenker	0Oct 6, 1981
52	Otto Schenk	Oct 13, 1981
53	Helena Hendel	Oct. 20, 1981
54	-	Oct. 27, 1981
55	Lilli Palmer	0Nov 3, 1981
56	-	Nov 10, 1981
57	TV commissioners	Nov. 17, 1981
58	Erika Pluhar	Nov. 24, 1981
59	Peter Ustinov	0Dec. 1, 1981
60	Abi Ofarim	0Dec. 7, 1981
61	Fitzgerald Kusz	Dec 15, 1981
62	Grit Boettcher	Jan. 14, 1982
63	Esther Ofarim with Eberhard Schoener	Jan. 21, 1982
64	Bubi Scholz	Jan 28, 1982
65	Talk show moderators (1) ( Dietmar Schönherr , Franz Kreuzer . Marianne Koch , Alfred Biolek )	0Feb. 4, 1982
66	Elisabeth Bergner	Feb. 11, 1982
67	Georg Lohmeier	Feb. 18, 1982
68	Mario Adorf	Feb 25, 1982
69	Gourmet	04th Mar 1982
70	Talk Show Hosts (2)	11th Mar 1982
71	Peter Horton with Ralph Siegel and Ado Schlier	18 Mar 1982
72	Vicco von Bülow	25th Mar 1982
73	Maria Schell	0Apr 1, 1982
74	Caterina Valente	0Apr 8, 1982
75	Niki Lauda	Apr 15, 1982
76	Klaus Maria Brandauer	Apr 22, 1982
77	Dropouts	Apr 29, 1982
78	Ring directors	0May 6, 1982
79	Heinz Haber	May 13, 1982
80	Evelyn Künneke	May 20, 1982
81	Television critic	May 27, 1982
82	Magazine maker	03rd June 1982
83	Max Merkel	June 10, 1982
84	René Kollo	June 17, 1982
85	Friedrich Nowottny	June 24, 1982
86	Maximilian Schell	0July 1, 1982
87	The gossip columnists ( Michael Graeter , Hannes Obermaier , Dagobert Dohn )	23 Sep 1982
88	Kitty Mathieu	Sep 30 1982
89	Margot Hielscher	0Oct 7, 1982
90	Reinhold Messner	Oct 14, 1982
91	Elly Beinhorn (1)	Oct 21, 1982
92	Elly Beinhorn (2)	Oct 28, 1982
93	Dieter Hildebrandt with Hans Jürgen Diedrich and Jürgen Scheller	0Nov 4, 1982
94	Rudolf Rohlinger	Nov 11, 1982
95	Peter Hofmann	Nov 25, 1982
96	Senta Berger and Michael Verhoeven	0Dec 2, 1982
97	Elfie Pertramer	Dec 16, 1982
98	Johannes Mario Simmel	Jan. 13, 1983
99	Emil Steinberger	Jan. 20, 1983
100	Inge Meysel	Jan. 27, 1983
101	Henri Nannen	0Feb. 3, 1983
102	Margot Werner	Feb 10, 1983
103	Robert Lembke with Alfred Biolek and Caterina Valente	Feb. 17, 1983
104	Walter Sedlmayr	Feb. 24, 1983
105	Bernhard Grzimek	03rd Mar 1983
106	Franz Beckenbauer	10 Mar 1983
107	Peter von Zahn	17th Mar 1983
108	Marcel Prawy	24 Mar 1983
109	Ivan Rebroff	31 Mar 1983
110	Werner Höfer	0May 3, 1983
111	Liselotte powder	May 10, 1983
112	Erhard Keller	17th May 1983
113	Uschi Glas	May 24, 1983
114	Udo Juergens	May 31, 1983
115	Luise Ullrich	0June 8, 1983
116	Jupp Derwall	June 14, 1983
117	Mildred Scheel	June 21, 1983
118	August Everding	June 28, 1983
119	Ludwig Bölkow	05th July 1983
120	Aenne Burda	July 12, 1983
121	Axel von Ambesser	July 19, 1983
122	Alice and Ellen Kessler	July 26, 1983
123	Karlheinz Bohm	0Aug 2, 1983
124	Marianne Hoppe	0Aug 9, 1983
125	Max Schmeling (1)	Aug 16, 1983
126	Max Schmeling (2)	Aug 24, 1983
127	Hilde Krahl	Aug 30, 1983
128	Hermann Prey	06 Sep 1983
129	Beatrice Richter	13 Sep 1983
130	Peter Fonda	Sep 20 1983
131	Hardy Kruger	27 Sep 1983
132	Heidi cable	0Jan. 6, 1984
133	Marcel Marceau	Jan. 13, 1984
134	Willi Daume	Jan. 20, 1984
135	Frank Elstner	Jan. 27, 1984
136	Jack White	0Feb. 3, 1984
137	Fritz Rau	Feb 10, 1984
138	Dieter Hallervorden	Feb. 17, 1984
139	Fritz Eckhardt	Feb. 24, 1984
140	Marika Rökk	02nd Mar 1984
141	Liv Ullmann	09 Mar 1984
142	Willy Bogner	16. Mar. 1984
143	Thomas Gottschalk	23 Mar 1984
144	Heinrich Harrer	30th Mar 1984
145	Sigi Harreis	0Apr 6, 1984
146	Robert Jungk	Apr 13, 1984
147	Barbara Dickmann	Apr 27, 1984
148	Herman van Veen	0May 4th 1984
149	Karin from Faber	May 11, 1984
150	André Heller	May 18, 1984
151	Max Grundig	May 25, 1984
152	Peter Weck	0June 1, 1984
153	Elke Sommer	0June 8, 1984
154	Elmar Wepper	June 15, 1984
155	Mike Kruger	June 22, 1984
156	Jesco from Puttkamer	June 29, 1984
157	Willy Millowitsch	0Jan. 4, 1985
158	Rudi Carrell	Jan. 11, 1985
159	Heidi Brühl	Jan. 18, 1985
160	Carl-Heinz Schroth	Jan 25, 1985
161	Jürgen Hingsen	0Feb. 1, 1985
162	Georg Thomalla	0Feb 8, 1985
163	Helmut Zacharias	Feb. 15, 1985
164	Helga Feddersen	Feb 22, 1985
165	Heinz Schenk	01st Mar 1985
166	Heidelinde Weis	0March 8 1985
167	Heinz G. Konsalik	15th Mar 1985
168	Brigitte Mira	22 Mar 1985
169	Dagobert Lindlau	29 Mar 1985
170	Ephraim Kishon	Apr 12, 1985
171	Gotthilf Fischer	Apr 19, 1985
172	Jürgen Roland	Apr. 26, 1985
173	Gerhard Konzelmann	0May 3, 1985
174	Hans Rosenthal	May 17, 1985
175	Werner Baecker	May 24, 1985
176	Antje-Katrin Kühnemann	May 31, 1985
177	Lothar-Günther Buchheim	June 14, 1985
178	Karl Lagerfeld	June 21, 1985
179	Freddy Quinn	June 28, 1985
180	Alice Schwarzer	05th July 1985
181	Manfred Köhnlechner	Jan. 10, 1986
182	Roberto Blanco	Jan. 24, 1986
183	Elke Heidenreich	0Feb. 7, 1986
184	Franz Alt	Feb. 21, 1986
185	Hansjörg Felmy	07th Mar 1986
186	Howard Carpendale	21 Mar 1986
187	Nadja Tiller	0Apr 4, 1986
188	Max Greger	Apr 18, 1986
189	Géza from Cziffra	0May 2, 1986
190	Hans Hass	May 16, 1986
191	Peter Scholl-Latour	May 30, 1986
192	Daliah Lavi	June 13, 1986
193	Munich Film Festival	June 20, 1986
194	Reinhard Furrer	July 11, 1986
195	Caren Pfleger	July 25, 1986
196	Jürgen von der Lippe	0Aug 8, 1986
197	Artur Brauner	22 Aug 1986
198	Bernhard Langer	05th Sep 1986
199	Michael Schanze	19 Sep 1986
200	Uwe Seeler	0Oct 3, 1986
201	Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff	Oct 17, 1986
202	Falco	Oct. 31, 1986
203	Helmut Dietl	Nov 14, 1986
204	Dieter Thomas Heck	Nov 28, 1986
205	Josef Neckermann	Dec 12, 1986
206	Samy Molcho	0Jan. 9, 1987
207	Christian Danner	Jan. 23, 1987
208	Otto Wolff von Amerongen	0Feb 6, 1987
209	Günter Behnisch	Feb 20, 1987
210	Wencke Myhre	06th Mar 1987
211	Vico Torriani	20 Mar 1987
212	Hans Günter Winkler	0Apr 3, 1987
213	Lore Lorentz	0May 1, 1987
214	Hanns Joachim Friedrichs	May 15, 1987
215	Petra Schürmann	May 29, 1987
216	Walter Scheel	June 12, 1987
217	Karl Dall	June 26, 1987
218	Ursela Monn	July 10, 1987
219	Dieter Kronzucker	July 29, 1987
220	Evelyn Hamann	0Aug 7, 1987
221	Giorgio Moroder	Aug 21, 1987
222	Hermann Höcherl	04th Sep 1987
223	Günter Pfitzmann	Sep 18 1987
224	Ruth Maria Kubitschek	0Oct 2, 1987
225	Curth Flatow	Oct 16, 1987
226	Horst Tappert	Oct. 30, 1987
227	Guido Baumann	Nov 13, 1987
228	Heinz Sielmann	Nov 27, 1987
229	Ute Lemper	Dec 11, 1987
230	Alfred Biolek	0Jan. 8, 1988
231	Dagmar Berghoff	Jan. 22, 1988
232	Eckart Witzigmann	0Feb 5, 1988
233	Wim Thoelke	04th Mar 1988
234	Reinhard Mey	18 Mar 1988
235	Hans Clarin	0Apr 1, 1988
236	Max Schautzer	Apr 15, 1988
237	Christiane Hörbiger	Apr 29, 1988
238	Roy Black	May 13, 1988
239	Ernst von Khuon	May 27, 1988
240	Günther Bosch	June 10, 1988
241	Ralph Siegel	June 24, 1988
242	Marina Kiehl	0July 8, 1988
243	Fritz Egner	July 22, 1988
244	Udo Lattek	0Aug 5, 1988
245	Christiane Kruger	Aug 19, 1988
246	Hanns Dieter Hüsch	0Sep 2 1988
247	Walter Sedlmayr	16 Sep 1988
248	Friedensreich Hundertwasser	Oct 14, 1988
249	Iris Berben	Oct 28, 1988
250	Walter Kempowski	Nov 11, 1988
251	Georg Stefan Troller	Nov 25, 1988
252	Beppo Brem	0Dec 9, 1988
253	Boris Becker	Dec 22, 1988
254	Rainhard Fendrich	0Jan. 6, 1989
255	Rolf Zehetbauer	Jan. 20, 1989
256	Manfred Schreiber	0Feb. 3, 1989
257	Annette von Aretin	Feb. 17, 1989
258	Katarina Witt	03rd Mar 1989
259	Senta Berger	31 Mar 1989
260	Kurt Felix	Apr 14, 1989
261	Marianne Sägebrecht	Apr 28, 1989
262	Herbert Fux	May 12, 1989
263	Pierre Brice	June 23, 1989
264	Eddi Arent	June 23, 1989
265	Karl Schönböck	0Aug 4, 1989
266	Michael Heltau	Aug 18, 1989
267	Marcel Reich-Ranicki	Aug 27, 1989
268	Utta Danella	Oct 11, 1989
269	Gaby Dohm	Oct 25, 1989
270	Bernd Eichinger	0Nov 8, 1989
271	Klausjürgen Wussow	Nov 22, 1989
272	Désirée Nosbusch	0Dec 6, 1989
273	Hape Kerkeling	Dec 20, 1989
274	Sabine Christiansen	0Jan. 3, 1990
275	Günter Strack	Jan. 17, 1990
276	Michael Ende	Jan. 31, 1990
277	Fritz Muliar	Feb. 14, 1990
278	Nena	Feb 28, 1990
279	Wolf Biermann	14 Mar 1990
280	Günther Jauch	28 Mar 1990
281	Amelie Fried	Apr 11, 1990
282	Heinz Reincke	Apr 25, 1990
283	Wolfgang Leonhard	0May 9, 1990
284	Peter Kraus	May 23, 1990
285	Chris Howland	0June 6, 1990
286	Rita Süssmuth	04th July 1990
287	Hans-Joachim Stuck	July 18, 1990
288	Frederic Vester	0Aug 1, 1990
289	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Aug 15, 1990
290	Ernst Fuchs	Aug 29, 1990
291	Gertrud Höhler	Sep 12 1990
292	Bill Ramsey	26 Sep 1990
293	Gunther Philipp	Oct 18, 1990
294	Vera Russwurm	Oct 24, 1990
295	Helmut Meyer	0Nov 7, 1990
296	Hans Apel	Nov 21, 1990
297	Pierre Pflimlin	0Dec 5, 1990
298	Marion Countess Dönhoff	Dec. 19, 1990
299	Helmuth Lohner	0Jan. 2, 1991
300	The best from the 'ARD Talkshow' - 300th and last broadcast	Jan. 16, 1991

Trivia and Criticism

• As with every encounter between Liselotte Pulver and Joachim Fuchsberger, they laid each other on the ground with a shoulder throw.
• Due to Beatrice Richter’s unrestrained flow of speech and a fade-in of the director on Fuchsberger’s monitor, Fuchsberger left the stage completely unplanned and left the actress to moderate for a moment. Only after the perplexed artist asked, the moderator reappeared in front of the audience to laughter and applause.
• According to his own statements, an unnamed actor answered Fuchsberger's questions clearly incorrectly. This prompted the moderator, who otherwise appeared very relaxed, to inquire more energetically than usual.
• While the audience acceptance for the format was high, critics Joachim Fuchsberger and his show often accused the conversation of being too shallow and dubbed it a “switch-on”.

Publications

Klaus Doldinger's theme song appeared in 1987 on the CD His most successful film and television tunes . In 2009 Turbine Medien released a 4-DVD box with selected episodes under the title Heut 'Abend, Vol. 1, 1983–1984 - The best from the ARD talk show . A continuation of the DVD edition is not planned according to the manufacturer.

literature

• Ricarda Strobel , Werner Faulstich , Susanne Schult: The German TV stars. Volume 3. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1998, ISBN 978-3-525-20798-7 .

Web links

• This evening in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• "Today evening" on wunschliste.de
• Criticism in DER SPIEGEL, 35/1983 on spiegel.de
• Interview on the DVD edition on presseportal.de
• Collectors list of TV broadcasts on cinefacts.de
• Start of the TV talk show: HEUT 'ABEND with Joachim "Blacky" Fuchsberger ( Memento from July 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Today's evening fernsehserien.de, accessed on May 14, 2013.
2. ↑ SPIEGEL reporter Fritz Rumler via talk show host Joachim Fuchsberger on spiegel.de, accessed on May 14, 2013.
3. ↑ List of episodes. In: wunschliste.de. Retrieved October 31, 2019 . 
4. ↑ According to wunschliste.de and Hörzu 23/85 it was the 175th edition.
5. ^ According to wunschliste.de and Hörzu 41/86 it was the 200th edition.
6. ^ Today evening - The best from the ARD talk show on turbine-medien.de, accessed on May 14, 2013.