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Family drama "Innocent" in the first
"Innocent": Alex Schwarz (Felix Klare, left) wants his children Lasse (Yuri Völsch) and Lena (Ruby M. Lichtenberg) back
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An unjustly convicted family man fights for his children in "Innocent" (Das Erste). In "Friesland – Haifischbecken" (ZDF) a major entrepreneur disappears without a trace. In "Providence – Solace" (VOX) a supernaturally gifted man is looking for a serial killer.
8:15 p.m., The First, Innocent, Drama
Pain, anger and desperation – this is how it looks in Alex Schwarz (Felix Klare), who spent seven years in prison for the murder of his wife. His 15-year-old son Lasse (Yuri Völsch) and twelve-year-old Lena (Ruby M. Lichtenberg), who grow up with his sister-in-law Marion (Anna Loos), no longer want to know anything about their biological father. For her there is no doubt that he has her mom on the conscience, although Alex denied the act in court. Alex gets the chance to start over when the witness at the time revokes his false statement.
8:15 p.m., ZDF, Friesland – shark tank, crime comedy
The digital future begins in Leer – if it is up to economic developer Grit Larson (Genija Rykova) and investment company owner Johann Waal (Andreas Windhuis). A Friesland Valley Technology Park is planned. The police officers Süher Özlügül (Sophie Dal) and Henk Cassens (Maxim Mehmet) are supposed to accompany him to the hotel and to the evening event. But he no longer emerges from the hotel to which Süher and Henk Waal are escorting – he's been swallowed by the earth, but his things are still in the hotel room.
8:15 p.m., ProSieben, Crazy Rich, Romantic Comedy
When New Yorker Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) meets the family of her boyfriend Nick Young (Henry Golding) in Singapore, her life is turned upside down. Nick's family belongs to the country's economic elite and is not very enthusiastic about Rachel's origins. But Rachel's intrigues of her mother-in-law don't stop either: she wants to fight for her love.
8:15 p.m., VOX, Providence – Solace, mystery thriller
A perfidious series of murders puzzles FBI agents Joe Merriweather (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Katherine Cowles (Abbie Cornish). Against Cowle's agreement and doubts, Merriweather finally asks psychoanalyst and clairvoyant John Clancy (Anthony Hopkins) for support. With the help of his visions, the team gradually tracks down the perpetrator. But it soon becomes clear that this Clancy is always a step ahead of the two investigators with his own psychic abilities.
10:40 p.m., ProSieben, Ocean's Eleven, crook comedy
Just released from prison, Danny Ocean (George Clooney) already has a precise plan. He wants to rob the vault of the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The safe contains the exact value of all chips that are in circulation in the casinos MGM Grande, Bellagio and Mirage. For the perfect theft you need two things above all: lots of money and the perfect group of petty criminals, computer hackers and explosives masters. Danny Ocean gathers eleven equally unscrupulous and ingenious crooks around him who want to achieve the impossible with him.