After a lawsuit, the "Chancellery" (Das Erste) is fighting for its existence. The ZDF shows the special "America votes – Trump or Biden?" In "Schlaflos" (3Sat) an unjustly convicted woman seeks her lover's murderer.
8:15 p.m., Das Erste, Die Kanzlei: Untraceable, lawyer series
The law firm is being sued for wrong legal advice and willful party betrayal. On behalf of a shipowner's wife, Markus Gellert (Herbert Knaup) was supposed to prevent her husband from squandering the family's assets. Now the man has disappeared and has transferred his assets to a foundation that he has entrusted Gellert to look after. The law firm is once again fighting for its existence. That welds Isa (Sabine Postel) and Gellert back together.
8:30 p.m., ZDF, ZDF special America votes – Trump or Biden ?, reporting
The world looks at the USA. Tonight the new president will be elected and the country is polarized like never before. Will Donald Trump stay in office or will challenger Joe Biden make it? The "ZDF special" looks at where the country stands after four years of Donald Trump and looks at current surveys. There are also talks with experts in the USA and Germany.
8:15 p.m., ProSieben, The Masked Singer, music show
The best craziest show in the world: In "The Masked Singer" ten stars from all walks of life appear in oversized, elaborate costumes that make them completely unrecognizable. One can only speculate about the identity of the prominent undercover singers. The viewers vote for their favorites. For the masked celebrity with the fewest votes, the secret will be revealed at the end of the show: Which star is hidden under the mask?
8:15 p.m., 3Sat, Schlaflos, crime drama
After twelve years, the well-known actress Carla Sagmeister (Senta Berger) is released from prison. In spite of all allegations of innocence, she was convicted of manslaughter of her lover Erik Vonhoff in a circumstantial trial. Now she wants to hold the man she blames for her ruined life responsible. The expert opinion of the well-known forensic scientist Dr. Borchert (August Zirner). Blurred images from a surveillance camera were the basis for his report, which led to Carla's conviction.
8:15 p.m., NITRO, Hellboy, fantasy action
Summoned by the Nazis in an obscure ceremony in the last days of World War II, the young demon Hellboy (Ron Perlman) was freed by the American armed forces and raised in the care of occult expert Professor Bruttenholm (John Hurt). Now he is fighting with other paranormal members of a secret organization against the unearthly evil that has returned to earth in the person of the legendary magician Rasputin (Karel Roden).