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“Crime Scene: Loss of Control” in the first
In Frankfurt’s “Tatort” (Das Erste), a knife murder poses a mystery. In “Top Gun: Maverick” (Sat.1), Tom Cruise gets into a fighter jet again and the “Dream Ship” (ZDF) sets sail for the United States.
8:15 p.m., Das Erste, Tatort: Loss of control, crime thriller
When the sculptor Annette Baer (Jeanette Hain) finds her adult son Lucas (Béla Gábor Lenz) with bloody hands in the bathroom of their shared apartment at night, she knows that something terrible has happened – even if Lucas claims to have done nothing. The next morning, inspectors Anna Janneke (Margarita Broich) and Paul Brix (Wolfram Koch) are called to the body of young Cara Mauersberger (Viktoria Schreiber). Cara came from the small Saxon town of Döbeln and had only moved to Frankfurt a few months ago. Leon Hamann (Franz Pätzold), a property management employee, discovered the dead woman. The knife wounds in Cara’s body indicate an emotional act, the smashed balcony door indicates a break-in.
8:15 p.m., Sat.1, Top Gun: Maverick, Action
8:15 p.m., RTL, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The Christmas special, quiz show
The WWM Christmas special 2023 with Günther Jauch is all about the Christian holidays: The eight candidates bring their most beautiful Christmas stories. The studio is decorated for winter and the Joker presents dangle in the Christmas trees. Everyone plays in normal mode and has the choice between risk and safety variants. In addition, they can pick another joker from the tree as a “Christmas present”.
8:15 p.m., ZDF, The Dream Ship: Utah, holiday series
Staff captain Martin Grimm (Daniel Morgenroth) is planning a motorcycle tour in Utah with his old friend Stefan Fieringer (Wolfgang Fierek). Hanna Liebhold (Barbara Wussow) ensures that Captain Max Parger (Florian Silbereisen) also takes part. However, the drive through Monument Valley is anything but relaxing. A black pickup truck first tries to force the motorcyclists off the road, and then Martin Grimm and Max Parger are arrested by the sheriff. With no way to contact Stefan or the shipping company, they face a night in prison.
8:15 p.m., ProSieben, Aquaman, superhero action
Arthur’s (Jason Momoa) mother is the princess of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis. Under the guidance of Nuidis Vulko (Willem Dafoe) – a confidante of his mother – the young demi-human develops into an experienced warrior. When his power-hungry half-brother Orm (Patrick Wilson) declares war on the upper world, his fiancée Mera (Amber Heard) asks Arthur for help. Together they try to stop Orm.