Tagesthemen

Tagesthemen (stylized as tagesthemen) is one of Germany's main daily television news magazines, presented by journalists Caren Miosga and Tom Buhrow. Second only to the 8:00 PM Tagesschau ("Daily View") Tagesthemen ("Issues Of The Day") is ARD's most important newscast. It is clearly different in style and content from Tagesschau and is broadcast Mondays to Thursdays at 10:15 PM , Fridays at 11:15 PM, Saturdays at varying times and Sundays at 10:45 PM. Each Tagesthemen broadcast has a single host. For a time, Anne Will and Ulrich Wickert took turns hosting the program. On September 1, 2006, Tom Buhrow replaced Wickert and on July 16, 2007, Caren Miosga replaced Anne Will.

In January 1978, Tagesthemen replaced the late edition of Tagesschau, which had been broadcast until then. The broadcast lasts a half hour on weekdays; it is shorter on Fridays (15 minutes) Saturdays (20 minutes) and Sundays (15 minutes).

In contrast to Tagesschau, which provides only an overview of the news, Tagesthemen is designed to also provide the viewer with more information, context and background. The program usually features four to five segments on the stories and themes of the day.

Previoulsy, the program used a variation of the Hammond Fantasy/Tagesschau theme, with the first and last notes in the same keys. Nowadays, Tagesthemen uses the same music as Tagesschau.

Tagesschau editorial staff provide a daily news summary to the program. A weather report has not longer been part news summary since 2002, but instead is presented on Tagesthemen in cooperation Meteomedia AG, a privately-owned company.

Tagesthemen's market share sank with the opening of media competition in Germany; nevertheless, it still lies today at about 12%—this amounts to about 2.5 million viewers per broadcast. Tagesthemen is one of the most influential opinion builders in Germany.

Hosts

Since October 1, 1985, Tagesthemen, like Tagesschau, has been presented by various hosts. Since the start, the hosts alternate weekly.

The hosts write their scripts themselves. Also, these are not read exclusively from paper, which gives the presentation a much looser style than Tagesschau. Since the Tagesthemen hosts are not restricted to simply reading the daily dispatches, they can develop a lively, personal style compared to their colleagues at Tagesschau, although they are still required to be neutral and objective.

Ulrich Wickert was replaced on September 1, 2006 by Washington D.C. bureau chief Tom Buhrow.

• Klaus Stephan
• Barbara Dickmann
• Klaus-Peter Siegloch
• Ulrike Wolf
• Ulrich Deppendorf
• Edmund Gruber
• Wolf von Lojewski
• Günther von Lojewski
• Günther Müggenburg
• Ernst-Dieter Lueg
• Sabine Christiansen
• Hanns Joachim Friedrichs
• Gabi Bauer
• Ulrich Wickert, July 1991 - August 2006
• Anne Will, April 2001 - June 2007
• Tom Buhrow, since September 1, 2006
• Caren Miosga, since July 16, 2007

External links

• Official site (in German)
• Wikipedia.de: Alle bilden alle - Report by Tagesthemen on the German-language Wikipedia (in German)
• Interview: "Kontrollinstanz sind die Nutzer selbst" - Interview by Tagesthemen (in German)
• Interview with Ulrich Wickert: "Bunt und locker flockig reicht nicht" (in German, by sbznet.de)