In "The Publisher" (Das Erste), Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks defend freedom of the press against Richard Nixon. The investigator "Sarah Kohr" (ZDF) has to rescue a kidnapped girl. In "Die! Herz! Schlag! Show!" (ProSieben) makes celebrities feel their pulse.
8:15 p.m., The First, The Publisher, Media Policy Drama
Washington, 1971. Katharine "Kay" Graham (Meryl Streep), as publisher of the traditional Washington Post, faces a challenge: she wants to make the stagnating company profitable by going public. The editorial team is led by Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks), who wants to measure himself against the overpowering New York Times. When a scandal story about the true background of the Vietnam War appears there, Ben immediately puts his reporters on the unknown source in order to get to the top secret "Pentagon Papers" himself.
8:15 p.m., ZDF, Sarah Kohr – The missing girl, thriller
Prosecutor Mehringer (Herbert Knaup) has bad cards in the trial of the Ukrainian gunman Artem Lasarew (Ulrich Matthes): his most important witness is to die. To prevent a real attack, Sarah (Lisa Maria Potthoff) plays an assassin for Mehringer. The witness, allegedly the victim of her "deadly" attack, is thus safe through this spectacular fake. But the action is not without consequences.
8:15 p.m., Sat.1, Abi '97 – felt like back then, drama
Friends Piet (Rick Kavanian), Jochen (Axel Stein), Lisa (Diana Amft), Maria (Jana Pallaske) and Christian (Tom Beck) graduated from high school 20 years ago and then lost track of each other. Now they meet again in the classroom because their high school diploma was revoked because of a formal error. From now on, it's not just a question of drumming, but also reminiscing – and making important decisions for life to come.
8:15 p.m., ProSieben, Die! Heart! Blow! Show !, show
From resting heart rate to a racing heart. Moderator Steven Gätjen presents two celebrity teams with a special hurdle: control of their hearts! Blow! Also included: Ruth Moschner, Simon Gosejohann, Bürger Lars Dietrich, Verona Pooth, Thorsten Legat, Ben, Jasmin Wagner, Ralf Moeller, Jochen Schropp, Panagiota Petridou, Paul Janke, Lilly Becker, Nico Santos, Larissa Marolt, Mario Basler, Joey Heindle , Özcan Cosar, Lisa Feller, Frank Rosin, Gil Ofarim, Wigald Boning, Martin Klempnow, Stefan Mross.
8:15 p.m. ONE, Because you belong to me, drama
A year after their divorce, Julia (Julia Koschitz) and Tom (Felix Klare) are again on trial. The custody of the daughter is to be decided again at Julia's request. When questioned, eight-year-old Anni (Lisa Marie Trense) panicked – she'd rather be dead than dealing with her father. What led to this vehement rejection?