2017 in German television

This is a list of German television related events from 2017.

List of years in German television
… 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 …
Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science +...

Events

• 9 February - Levina is selected to represent Germany at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Perfect Life". She is selected to be the sixty-second German Eurovision entry during Unser Song 2017 held at the Köln-Mülheim Studios in Cologne.

Debuts

• 4 Blocks
• Babylon Berlin
• Bad Cop - kriminell gut
• Charité (TV series)
• Dark (TV series)
• Einstein (German TV series)
• Love Island (German TV series)
• Magda macht das schon!
• Nacktes Überleben - Wie wenig ist genug?
• Professor T. (German TV series)
• Das Sacher
• The Same Sky (TV series)
• The Worst Witch (2017 TV series)
• You Are Wanted

Television shows

1950s

• Tagesschau (1952–present)

1960s

• heute (1963-present)

1970s

• heute-journal (1978-present)
• Tagesthemen (1978-present)

1980s

• Lindenstraße (1985–present)

1990s

• Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (1992–present)
• Unter uns (1994-present)
• Schloss Einstein (1998–present)
• In aller Freundschaft (1998–present)
• Wer wird Millionär? (1999-present)

2000s

• Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002–present)
• Let's Dance (2006–present)
• Das Supertalent (2007–present)

2010s

• The Voice of Germany (2011-present)
• Promi Big Brother (2013–present)

Ending this year

• Bad Cop - kriminell gut
• Maya the Bee (TV series)
• Das Sacher

Networks and services

Launches

Network	Type	Launch date	Notes	Source
Eurosport Xtra 2	Cable television	4 August

Conversions and rebrandings

Old network name	New network name	Type	Conversion Date	Notes	Source
RTL Nitro	Nitro	Cable television	31 July

Closures

Network	Type	End date	Notes	Sources
RTL International	Cable television	31 May
Sky 3D	Cable television	1 July

See also

• 2017 in Germany