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The motto of the German version is “No fakes, no filters – everything is 100 percent real”. The participants are looking for true love and want to find someone who will accept them as they are, which requires them to reveal everything about themselves. For this reason, a female dater and a male dater meet naked singles in the “dating Naked Resort”, with whom they become closer on dates, games, theme parties and in everyday life. The daters can also choose to have a candidate sleep in their double bed for a night to get to know each other.

A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.

In the show, selected applicants each present a curiosity, rarity or antique they have brought with them. Once they have received their expertise, they will have the opportunity on site to offer their exhibit to a changing five-person podium for sale and, ideally, to sell it to the highest bidder for „Bares“ ("cash").

100 days, 24-hour surveillance, a container and no contact with the outside world: the residents live together in their new shared flat in a container for 100 days and are under 24-hour camera surveillance. Big Brother sees everything. Big Brother sets the rules. Big Brother is unpredictable.

The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.

Each week five restaurant chefs from a different city compete against each other - while the restaurant is running and with an à la carte order! The winner receives 5,000 euros and the “Mein Lokal, Dein Lokal” award!

"Shopping Queen" is a styling documentary in which five women compete against each other on five consecutive days each week to become the woman with the best style and the best sense of fashion.

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.

Since December 2016, the VOX documentary series "Between Tulle and Tears" has revolved around what is probably the most important dress in a woman's life - namely the wedding dress. The prospective brides are actively supported in their search by the wedding dress specialists Maritta Emser, Uwe Hermann and Nihal Saridemir.

Tigerenten Club is a German children's television programme. The programme involves a mix of games, quizzes, cartoons and outside reports from the presenters and children, with the aim to educate and entertain. It is produced by SWR in co-operation with other regional broadcasters, and is broadcast on ARD and KiKa. The logo and the name of the programme is based upon the Tigerente or 'Tigerduck', created by German cartoonist Janosch.

K11 – Kommissare im Einsatz is a pseudo-documentary in the style of a real-life crime drama, which is broadcast on the private channels Sat.1 and Puls 4 and so far consists of nine seasons.

Germany's Next Topmodel is a German reality television show, based on a concept that was introduced by Tyra Banks with America's Next Top Model. The competition is hosted by Heidi Klum. She also serves as the lead judge and executive producer of the show.

Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst is a German television programme broadcast since October 1967 on ZDF that aims to combat and solve crimes. Until 2003 it was produced in co-operation with the Austrian public service broadcaster ORF and Schweizer Fernsehen, a division of the Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR idée suisse. It was the basis for the BBC show Crimewatch, the Dutch show Opsporing Verzocht and its US equivalent America's Most Wanted.

Attorney Ingo Lenssen and his team of investigators who specialize in sensitive cases involving clients who prefer private investigations to legal advice.

The special thing about this unusual cooking competition: In each episode, the two top chefs decide in which country the other chef must complete his difficult task. After arriving in the respective country, the two competitors are served the favorite dish of his regular guests by a local chef in the black "Kitchen Impossible" box. They then have to prepare the dish they tasted in the kitchen themselves to the best of their knowledge and ability, copying it as precisely as possible. The highlight: In "Kitchen Impossible" both the exact recipe and the list of ingredients remain a secret for the two chefs.

German version of Dancing with the Stars, the reality competition in which celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted on by viewers.

Klein gegen Groß – Das unglaubliche Duell is a family game show that has been broadcast on the first channel since 2011, on ORF 1 since March 2017 and on SRF 1 since November 2020. The format is produced by i&u TV. Kai Pflaume acts as host and moderator.

Deutschland sucht den Superstar is a German reality talent show, also commonly known by its initials DSDS. Part of the Idol franchise, it was created by English media mogul Simon Fuller as a spin-off from the British show Pop Idol, of which two series were broadcast between the years of 2001 and 2003. Debuting to mediocre ratings in October 2002 on the RTL network, the show has since become one of the most successful shows on German television. The program aims to discover the best singer in the country through a series of nationwide auditions in which viewer voting determines the winner. Voting is done through telephone and SMS text voting.

The Geisses - A Terribly Glamorous Family is a television programme starring the millionaire family Robert and Carmen Geiss.

This documentary series follows emergency services from various fire stations in the Ruhr area up close and portrays the people in their grueling everyday working life.

Ten top stars of German comedy join in the ultimate battle to find out who laughs last! Who will be able to stay serious? Which performance won't leave a dry eye in the house? And who will be the last one standing?

Top chefs Frank Oehler, Mike Süsser, Andreas Schweiger and Ole Plogstedt are stepping up to clean up culinary crisis areas. They give restaurateurs and their kitchens a new perspective. Their mission: to save good taste. Their demeanor: cool, fair and energetic. They arrive in German restaurants when the schnitzel is too soft, the service is too slow or the kitchen is a mess. They are the rescue squad for desperate chefs. With power and passion, they put restaurants and their owners back on the road to success - and provide maximum entertainment in the process.