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TV tips on Sunday (December 17th, 2023)
“Police call 110: Only ghosts”: Investigators Melly Böwe (Lina Beckmann, left) and Katrin König (Anneke Kim Sarnau, middle) examine the crime scene together with Maria (Dela Dabulamanzi, right).
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This way you won’t miss any more shows. Here you can find all the program highlights on Sunday at a glance.
8:15 p.m., Das Erste, police call 110: Only ghosts, crime thriller
The investigation into the murder of Dr. Kai Wülker lead to a cold case: The intact DNA of Jessica Sonntag, who has been missing for more than 15 years, is discovered at the crime scene. Inspectors Katrin König (Anneke Kim Sarnau) and Melly Böwe (Lina Beckmann) confront Jessica’s family with this upsetting news, which is received differently by the family members. Evelyn Sonntag (Judith Engel), a deeply sad woman, always believed that her daughter was still alive. The father, Robert Sonntag (Holger Daemgen), hoped above all that his daughter met a quick death. The news shocks him, as the hope and fear begins all over again.
8:15 p.m., ZDF, A Rainbow for Christmas, romantic film
The veterinarian Nicole (Jasmin Gerat) and the single father Martin (Maximilian Brückner) meet in a turbulent way on the train to Leipzig and begin a carefree relationship. However, after a year, Nicole has not yet met Martin’s teenage children Juli (Sophie Paasch) and Kris (Louis Eitner). Martin arranges a Christmas dinner together, but it turns out differently than expected. Juli has decorated the house for Halloween, and Kris thinks his computer game and meeting his gang are more important than his father’s new girlfriend.
8:15 p.m., ProSieben, Who steals the show from me?, Show
For the first time, Joko Winterscheidt had to give up his show to two wildcards last season. Does he know how to prevent that this time? They want to steal the show from Joko this time: cabaret artist Hazel Brugger and actors Matthias Schweighöfer and Florian David Fitz. One spectator also takes part in the quiz as a wildcard candidate.
8:15 p.m., RTLzwei, Christmas with the Campbells, comedy
Jess (Brittany Snow) is left by her boyfriend Shawn (Alex Moffat) just before Christmas. Despite this, Shawn’s parents want Jess to celebrate Christmas with them as they consider her part of the family. Jess agrees and meets Shawn’s attractive cousin (Justin Long), to whom she is immediately attracted. The only disturbing factor is Shawn, who wasn’t supposed to be there but suddenly shows up.
8:15 p.m., ONE, My Falcon, Drama
Forensic biologist Inga Ehrenberg (Anne Ratte-Polle) is so absorbed in her work at the Forensic Medicine Institute that she doesn’t notice her loneliness after separating from her husband. Only when her father (Jörg Gudzuhn) claims that she has a half-sister (Olga von Luckwald) and a falconer (Dennis Pörtner) asks her to take in a young falcon does she end up in a whirlpool of long-repressed, painful emotions. She begins to tame the hawk, convinced that the bird will never leave her. At the same time, she has to deal with the discovery of a dead baby and two other cases whose identities are unclear.