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Comedy “Family obliges” in the first
“Family obliges”: David (Max von Pufendorf, right) proposes marriage to his great love (Omar El-Saeidi).
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In “Family Committed” (Das Erste) a gay couple struggles with the prejudices of some family members. Mario Barth (RTL) exposes obscure cases of tax wastage. Meanwhile, detective “Wilsberg” (ZDFneo) is investigating on a horse farm.
8:15 p.m., The First, Family Committed, Comedy
The happily living gay couple David (Max von Pufendorf) and Khaled (Omar El-Saeidi) would love to marry in public – if it weren’t for Khaled’s Arab family, especially his homophobic father Aledrissi (Ramin Yazdani). David’s mother Lea (Maren Kroymann), who has found her way back to the faith and is involved as the manager of the Jewish community, also causes trouble. When suddenly the pregnant Sarah (Franziska Brandmeier) also stands in front of the couple’s door and claims that the child is from David, everything threatens to get out of control.
8:15 p.m., RTL, Mario Barth reveals !, outrage comedy
Every second, public money in Germany is thrown out the window with full hands. There are no limits to the government madness. But a team of indomitable comedians doesn’t stop resisting taxpayers money. Together with Reiner Holznagel, Mario Barth sheds light on the success of the show this time: What did we achieve, what was stopped?
8:15 p.m., cable one, The Patriot, battle epic
America during the Revolutionary War: The widower Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) lives with his children on a farm in South Carolina and leads a peaceful life. He doesn’t want to have anything to do with the upcoming war against the British until his son Gabriel (Heath Ledger) joins the troops. When Gabriel visits his home, the farm is attacked and his younger son Thomas is killed. This event causes Benjamin to go into battle. Together with Gabriel, he becomes the leader of a militia whose aim is to oppose the British and to avenge the deaths of all innocently murdered Americans.
8:15 p.m., ZDF, you’ll never figure it out !, quiz show
“You never figure it out!” is the show of unusual questions and crazy puzzles. The surprising and entertaining quiz about special people and incredible facts. Two prominent guessing teams play against each other for victory in nine game rounds. This time Heiner Lauterbach, Sabine Heinrich, Dieter Nuhr, Torsten Sträter, Stefanie Hertel and Matthias Reim are there. When it comes to the strange questions, creativity is required.
8:15 p.m., ZDFneo, Wilsberg: Stallion parade
Richard Breiderhoff (Hannes Wegener) is charged with killing his wife. Meanwhile, Anna Springer (Rita Russek) has a blind date with Richard’s brother (Peter Davor). However, this one has evil in mind. Meanwhile, Alex represents Nikola Füsting, the sister of the dead and owner of a stud, as a joint plaintiff in court. When Nikola asks her lawyer Alex to bring the valuable semen of the breeding stallion “Stolz von Bielefeld” to the Warendorf State Stud, Alex is attacked on the way there and the cool box with the semen is stolen.