The Oliver Pocher Show

Television series
Original title	The Oliver Pocher Show
Country of production	Germany
Year (s)	2009-2011
Production ; company	Pocher Entertainment ; Spiegel TV infotainment
length	45 minutes
Broadcasting ; cycle	every Friday ; around 11:15 p.m. on Sat.1
genre	Late night show
idea	Oliver Pocher
Moderation	Oliver Pocher
First broadcast	October 2, 2009 on Sat.1

The Oliver Pocher Show was a late night show with Oliver Pocher on the Sat.1 broadcaster , which was broadcast between October 2, 2009 and March 18, 2011. It ran on Fridays at 10:15 p.m., after the summer break, from August 27, 2010, but always on Fridays at 11:15 p.m. A rerun ran on Saturdays at 8:15 p.m. on Sat.1 Comedy . Individual excerpts from the programs are available free of charge from sat1.tv, entire episodes from maxdome.

concept

The Oliver Pocher Show was a mixture of late night and personality comedy with categories tailored to the presenter. Every show started with a stand-up . Current, satirical contributions and pre-produced clips with Oliver Pocher followed. In the Pochers order section , Oliver Pocher had to spontaneously fulfill a request from a viewer. As a rule, a musical guest and a prominent guest came to the show, although it was not excluded in advance that unknown guests with a special story were invited. In a sidekick- like function, Pocher's father, who sat in the audience during the broadcast, was actively involved in the broadcast and the contributions. In addition, there were spontaneous actions in the studio and in Cologne with the guests and spectators.

Since the audience numbers for Sat.1 at the end of 2009 were not satisfactory, several special programs were produced instead of the original concept. There were no more late-night elements in the programs with the focus on annual review, Christmas, South Africa and pregnancy, they were pure personality comedy shows. Since the end of January, there have been again issues with no main topics, which also only contained a few late-night elements. So there was no longer a show band or a host table, and neither Pocher nor the guests entered the show via a large show staircase.

With the pregnancy issue of January 22, 2010, two baby dolls were introduced, with which Pocher had a dialogue during his stand-up, the dolls were played by Martin Reinl . In the broadcast on February 5, 2010, the dolls were christened Kalle & Ralle . Name suggestions could be submitted via the Internet. The “godparents” were the actor Jürgen Vogel and the pop star juror Detlef D! Soost . However, the dolls disappeared from the show after the 2010 summer break.

Since the beginning of 2010, the show has lost popularity with viewers. Above all, the few interviews between celebrities and Pocher were criticized. During the summer break of 2010, the studio was rebuilt again. The previously announced “steepest show staircase in the world” has not existed since then. More space has been created for audience interactions and the number of celebrity guests has been reduced.

production

The show was usually recorded on early Friday evening in the old Residenz Theater in Cologne. It was also broadcast live on special occasions. The program was produced by Pocher's company Pocher Entertainment in collaboration with Spiegel TV Infotainment . Arne Kreutzfeldt was the executive producer until the end of 2009 . After leaving the company, Jörg Imholz, who previously worked as the project manager, took on this task.

Sat.1 stopped the show with the broadcast of a best-of episode on March 18, 2011 due to poor audience ratings.

particularities

The November 13th, 2009 issue began with a serious introduction from him, as goalkeeper Robert Enke of Hannover 96 , Oliver Pocher's favorite club, had died a few days earlier by suicide . Pocher was a good friend of Enke's.

Oliver Pocher moderated the issue of November 27, 2009 from the sofa at home, as he had been infected with the H1N1 virus (also swine flu ) the week before . He was connected to his guests and the audience in the studio via monitor. This edition was the second most successful to date with 1.44 million viewers.

On the occasion of a charity football game between a Sat.1 team and the Haitian national team , Oliver Pocher also looked for amateur players who would qualify for the shortlist of the team in the editions from February 5 to March 5, 2010 could. The issue on March 5, 2010, which is decisive for the qualification, was exceptionally 90 minutes long.