ProSieben

ProSieben
	The current logo of Pro 7
Type	Direct Broadcast Satellite / Cable and DVB-T (where available)
Country	Germany
Availability	National; Also distributed in:; Austria; Switzerland; Luxembourg; Eastern Europe
Headquarters	Unterföhring, Germany
Key people	Thilo Proff, President
Launch date	January 1, 1989
Official website	www.prosieben.de

ProSieben (Sieben is German for seven) is a commercial television station in Germany distributed to a large extent via cable and satellite along with DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial) in larger population centres. It began operations on January 1, 1989. Since 2003 the station, as part of the ProSiebenSat.1 Media, is owned by a group of investors led by Haim Saban. ProSieben is Germany's second largest privately owned television company. Although some of ProSieben's programming is self-produced, it also airs many North American imports.

Their motto is "We love to entertain you." Media stars, some German and many American (e.g. Tom Cruise, for the channel's broadcast of Minority Report and cast members of such shows as Lost, Desperate Housewives, or The O.C.) say the motto as part of the station's campaign, these promos being shown as lead-ins to programs.

The "ProSieben Star Force" lead-ins show the German stars of ProSieben as they are involved in tongue-in-cheek funny moments as the station's "Entertainment Agents", with Stefan Raab (TV total), Christoph Maria Herbst (Stromberg), and Michael "Bully" Herbig (Bullyparade) in a more recent promo as an agent.

ProSieben broadcasts from the Astra 1L and 3A satellites and is uplinked by ASTRA Platform Services.

Programmes

Current Foreign Series

90210
Charmed (Charmed – Zauberhafte Hexen)
Chuck
Desperate Housewives
Eureka (EUReKA – Die geheime Stadt)
Family Guy
Fringe (Fringe – Grenzfälle des FBI)
Futurama
Ghost Whisperer (Ghost Whisperer - Stimmen aus dem Jenseits)
Gossip Girl
Greek
Grey's Anatomy (Grey's Anatomy – Die jungen Ärzte)
Hawthorne
How I Met Your Mother
Human Target
Kyle XY
Legend of the Seeker (Legend of the Seeker - Das Schwert der Wahrheit)
Malcolm in the Middle (Malcolm mittendrin)
Primeval (Primeval – Rückkehr der Urzeitmonster)
Private Practice
Scrubs (Scrubs – Die Anfänger)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Supernatural
The 4400
The Big Bang Theory
The Good Wife
The L Word (The L Word – Wenn Frauen Frauen lieben)
The Simpsons (Die Simpsons)
The Vampire Diaries
Two and a Half Men (1st season first named Mein cooler Onkel Charlie)

Current German Programmes

Bully & Rick (reruns)
CineTipp
comedystreet (reruns)
Crazy Competition
Galileo
Galileo Mystery
Germany's Next Topmodel
Kalkofes Mattscheibe
Newstime
Night-Loft
Noch Besserwissen (reruns)
Popstars
Prosieben Night-Loft
Quatsch Comedy Club
red! Stars, Lifestyle & More
Schlag den Raab
Schlag den Star
Stromberg
superspots – Die besten Clips im Umlauf (reruns)
Switch (reruns)
Switch reloaded
taff
talk talk talk
TV Total
We are Family! So lebt Deutschland

Upcoming Foreign Series

Former Foreign Series

Alias (Alias – Die Agentin)
Aliens in America
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy – Im Bann der Dämonen)
Brothers & Sisters
Cold Case (Cold Case – Kein Opfer ist je vergessen)
Doctor Who
ER (Emergency Room – Die Notaufnahme)
Everybody Hates Chris (Alle hassen Chris)
Grounded for Life (Keine Gnade für Dad)
Joey
Lipstick Jungle
Lost
My Wife and Kids (What's Up, Dad?)
Nip/Tuck
One Tree Hill
Pushing Daisies
Queer As Folk
Surface
The O.C. (O.C., California)
The X-Files (Akte X – Die unheimlichen Fälle des FBI)
Weeds (Weeds – Kleine Deals unter Nachbarn)

Former German Programmes

Audience share

2008: 6.8%, from 14 to 49 years: 12.2%

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