Prankenstein
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| German title | Prankenstein |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 2015-2016 |
| Production company |
RedSeven Entertainment |
| Episodes | 5 |
| genre | Entertainment show |
| German-language first broadcast |
August 22, 2015 on ProSieben |
Prankenstein was a German TV show that was broadcast on ProSieben and was about playing pranks on someone. The last episode of the show appeared on August 25, 2016. The team consisted of Lena Gercke , winner of Germany's Next Top Model , actor Antoine Monot, Jr. , musician Daniel Wiemer , and TV presenter Jan Stremmel .
concept
People were played pranks on the show. A hidden camera filmed the reaction of those affected. Both ordinary citizens and celebrities have been tricked . The concept of the program was based on comparable programs such as Do you understand fun? and prank videos on YouTube .
Production and broadcast
The show was produced in 2015 and 2016. In 2015, a pilot episode was broadcast which, at 1.24 million in total (5.6%) and 0.86 million for 14 to 49-year-old viewers (12.3% market share), had a mediocre audience rating. Four more episodes were broadcast in 2016. After that the show was stopped. Before that, she had to struggle with low ratings. The four episodes reached an average of 1.06 million viewers and, with a 3.4 percent market share, were below the average. The young target group with an average audience rating of 0.87 million viewers instead of an average of almost 3 million was not reached as planned. The first episode was broadcast on ProSieben on August 22, 2015 .
criticism
Both the concept of the show and the pranks were often described by the media as unimaginative and as copies of comparable formats. In addition, the content is artificially inflated. The position and role of Lena Gercke was particularly criticized.
Web links
- Prankenstein - individual episodes on prosieben.de
- Prankenstein at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b “Your ass toads stop”: “Prankenstein” with Lena Gercke is a failure ›Meedia. August 23, 2015, accessed August 10, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Felix Reek: “Prankenstein” with Lena Gercke at ProSieben: It's over when someone is crying. April 5, 2016, accessed August 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Lena Gercke gets her own TV show. In: Huffington Post . August 20, 2015, accessed August 10, 2017 .
- ^ "Prankenstein" on ProSieben: Lena Gercke plays nasty tricks. In: Augsburger Allgemeine . Retrieved August 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Quotennews: Gerckes «Prankenstein» with mediocre ratings , quotenmeter.de.
- ↑ Manuel Nunez Sanchez: Quota check «Prankenstein». In: quota meter . April 28, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2017 .
- ↑ "Prankenstein": Lena Gercke's show in the quota low! In: TV Movie . April 16, 2016, accessed August 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Lena Gercke: Much criticism for "Prankenstein". In: TV Movie . Retrieved August 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Hans Hoff: Lena should fix it. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . August 21, 2015, accessed August 10, 2017 .