The “Zurich crime thriller” in the first on Thursday evening clearly outperformed the TV competition.

The “Zurich crime thriller” in the first on Thursday evening clearly outperformed the TV competition.

From 8:15 p.m., 5.82 million (23.4 percent) switched on the case “Borchert and the murder in the taxi”. This time, defense attorney Thomas Borchert (Christian Kohlund) was involved in the murder of an investigative reporter.

The American crook comedy “Ocean’s 8” followed at some distance. The film with Sandra Bullock, Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway was watched by 3.06 million (12.4 percent) on ZDF.

RTL broadcast the reportage magazine “stern TV Spezial: How does Germany vacation?” and thus attracted 1.50 million (6.8 percent). The “Sat.1 Special” with the topic “Price explosion in Germany: renting, living, buying” convinced 1.01 million (4.2 percent) to tune in. The animated comedy “I – Simply Despicable 3” watched 850,000 people (3.4 percent) on Vox.

Kabel eins had the series “Rosins Restaurants – A star chef cleans up!” to offer, 720,000 fans (3.0 percent) took the bait. RTLzwei ran the social report “Hard Germany – Life in Focus” – 670,000 people (2.8 percent) were on the screen. “Shape of Water” with Sally Hawkins and Doug Jones was shown on ProSieben – 660,000 men and women (2.8 percent) watched the US fantasy film. The crime series “Monk” on ZDFneo had 390,000 viewers (1.6 percent).