A missing person case long ago brings "Helen Dorn" (ZDF) to Hamburg. In the first, Florian Silbereisen invites you to the "Big Hit Anniversary". Meanwhile, the sports titans Patrick Esume and Tim Wiese compete in "Schlag den Star" (ProSieben).
8:15 p.m., ZDF, Helen Dorn: Little Freedom, Crime
A new case leads Chief Commissioner Helen Dorn (Anna Loos) from North Rhine-Westphalia to Hamburg. Helen Dorn never let go of the case of a boy who disappeared 14 years ago. She had to let the alleged perpetrator Ron Faber (Jörn Hentschel) go, the missing child never appeared again. When Helen happened to find out via an Intrapol report that Faber had been picked up in Hamburg after an accident and that the emergency services had discovered the body of a Chinese boy in the back of his van, she headed headlong for the Hanseatic city.
8:15 p.m., Das Erste, Silbereisen congratulates: The big hit anniversary !, Show
2020 is the year of the really big hit anniversaries! Florian Silbereisen celebrates her with Howard Carpendale, Hape Kerkeling, Michelle, Pur, Giovanni Zarrella and many other stars and their hits.
8:15 p.m., ProSieben, Schlag den Star, game show
Coach versus player. Bull against bull. Football versus soccer. Patrick Esume versus Tim Wiese. In "Schlag den Star" today, two sports titans will fight a duel. Who is better: player or coach? Which of the two shows more muscles, but also more brains and dexterity? Elton leads through the evening, Ron Ringguth comments. The participants get musical support from Zara Larsson and Mark Forster featuring VIZE.
8:15 p.m., Sat.1, Ferdinand – Goes STIERisch !, digital comedy
Hard on the outside, but very soft on the inside: With his massive appearance, Ferdinand makes a dangerous impression on people, which is why many turn away from him. But if you look behind the facade, you quickly notice that the terrifying bull has a very big heart and prefers to smell flowers than to fight brutal fights in the arena. When one day he still has to face a matador, he proves that being different is okay.
8:15 p.m., ZDFneo, As Life Plays, tragic comedy
George Simmons (Adam Sandler) works as a successful stand-up comedian in Los Angeles. One day his doctor tells him that he is seriously ill. The news upset his life. The star, spoiled for success, has to realize that the supposed friends are getting into trouble in the difficult life situation. He also has to admit that he has shamefully betrayed the woman he loved. To support him, George hires the unsuccessful colleague Ira (Seth Rogen) as an assistant, with whom a real friendship slowly develops.