“today’s show”
Oliver Welke will soon be back from the summer break
The “heute-show” has been moderated by Oliver Welke since 2009.
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The summer break of the popular “heute show” is over. When she returns, the ZDF program comes up with a real innovation.
The popular ZDF satirical show “heute-show” returns from its annual summer break. On Friday evening (September 8th, 10:30 p.m. on ZDF) moderator Oliver Welke (57) will welcome fan favorite Olaf Schubert (55), Gisa Flake (37) and Alexander Wipprecht (47) to the studio to again “parties, to send politicians and the political landscape mercilessly through the “satire wolf”, as stated in a press release by the Mainz broadcaster.
Innovation: “Today Show” with sign language
The ZDF show, which was awarded the Grimme Prize in 2010, waits from the first episode after the summer break with a welcome innovation. In the ZDF media library and the ZDF app, viewers can follow the entertainment program on Friday for the first time with the help of a sign language interpreter. The station itself describes this as “another milestone in the development of barrier-free offers on ZDF”. “There has long been a large ‘heute-show’ fanbase in the deaf community,” said Nicola Foltys, head of the accessibility department at ZDF.
The “heute-show” has been broadcast on ZDF since 2009 and is still very popular 14 years after the start of the program. Since then, the German version of the US American “Daily Show”, moderated by Oliver Welke, has received numerous television and media awards such as seven German Comedy Awards, four German Television Awards and a Bambi.