Sarah Kuttner - The Show
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Sarah Kuttner - the show |
| Country of production | Germany |
| Year (s) | 2004-2006 |
| genre | Talk show , late night show |
| Moderation | Sarah Kuttner |
| First broadcast | August 2, 2004 on VIVA |
Sarah Kuttner - The show was a TV show on the music channel VIVA , moderated by Sarah Kuttner . The show was broadcast four times a week from August to the end of 2004, after which the show was only broadcast twice a week.
After Viacom took over the music channel VIVA and the associated restructuring, Sarah Kuttner was with the follow-up show Kuttner on September 13, 2005 . to be seen in the MTV program .
The head author of the Sarah Kuttner Show was Eric Pfeil , who had previously shaped the program Fast Forward for five years as a producer and writer . Responsible producer of the show and its follow-up format Kuttner. was Arne Kreutzfeldt .
The show was discontinued on MTV in August 2006 after the first season.
Sarah Kuttner - The Show
The program contained typical elements of a late night show , such as the editor Sven Schuhmacher acting as a “ sidekick ” , the central desk or a separate studio band, and was aimed primarily at a young audience .
In every program there was at least one talk guest (from Michael Stipe to Bernd Begemann ) and a musical act or comedian on stage. Thereby mainly alternative artists such as Adam Green , Mando Diao , The International Noise Conspiracy or Moneybrother appeared, which is why parallels were repeatedly drawn to the former show Fast Forward with Charlotte Roche .
Celebrities and friends of the show had their say in clips; regularly Roger Willemsen , Moneybrother and Helge Schneider . In other sections, Kuttner presented, among other things, unusual professions (“Somebody has to do it”) or the “crap of the week”. In quizzes, viewers from the studio audience were regularly included.
Furthermore, there were contributions in the show by Michael Wigge , who was on the road as an outside reporter and carried out unusual campaigns or assignments, sometimes with celebrities.
Kuttner caused a stir when she vigorously crushed a beetle on the studio floor live and in close-up .
Possible withdrawal
Sarah Kuttner - The show aired four times a week until the end of 2004. Due to the takeover of the former competitor VIVA by the MTV parent company Viacom and the associated realignment of the music channels MTV , MTV2 Pop , VIVA and VIVA Plus , there were discussions in the media about a possible suspension of the show. Rumors said that Kuttner's show was no longer planned in the first program schemes of the future broadcasting family, as Kuttner's show no longer fit into the VIVA program, which now broadcasts such as The Graduating Class.
Kuttner countered these speculations in the program itself aggressively by expressing her displeasure with the unclear, speculative future.
Due to the following numerous protests by fans and VIVA employees, it was finally decided to keep the program and, from January 19, 2005, to broadcast it only twice a week. As an innovation, however, the show was even temporarily shown live .
Switch to MTV
After the channel change, the second season of the show ran from September 13, 2005 under the now abbreviated name Kuttner. twice a week at MTV . Until recently, the show was no longer produced in Cologne , but in Berlin and recorded again before it was broadcast.
The concept of the previous show was largely retained, with Caroline Korneli joining the team as a new face for further external reports. Was produced Kuttner. on behalf of MTV from Kuttner TV GmbH, a joint company of Sarah Kuttner and Brainpool TV GmbH.
At the end of May 2006, Sarah Kuttner announced on her website that there would be no further season of her show on MTV. According to media reports, the broadcaster's production costs were too high in relation to the average audience rating for MTV. The last broadcast was on August 3, 2006.
Broadcast times
Last was Kuttner. on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The reruns ran on Wednesdays and Fridays from 00:30 a.m. to 01:30 a.m.