{"id":4829,"date":"2013-12-11T18:15:18","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T18:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=4829"},"modified":"2013-12-11T18:15:18","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T18:15:18","slug":"whats-good-on-tv-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/whats-good-on-tv-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Good on TV in Germany?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What better way to start this post than with a show-stopping musical number?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Das NEO MAGAZIN-Musical von und mit Jan B\u00f6hmermann - &quot;Sieh&#039;s mal neo&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q_CMjv_8EZk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That, my friends, was the first five minutes of the first episode of the new German TV show\u00a0<i>Neo Magazin mit Jan B\u00f6hmermann<\/i>. Don\u2019t feel bad if you didn\u2019t get all the jokes. Even a fluent German speaker would have to already be familiar with who that guy is to understand all the references. Just to give you the gist, the song tells the story of Herr B\u00f6hmermann reaching rock bottom after the \u201cfailure\u201d of his previous talk show\u00a0<i>Roche &amp; B\u00f6hmermann<\/i>, but then he is visited by the spirit of Markus Lanz, who gives him the courage to try hosting his own show.<\/p>\n<p>*I&#8217;ve included the transcript and translation of the first verse at the end of this post, in case you wish to follow along and find new vocabulary.*<\/p>\n<p>Why don\u2019t we ever see anything German on TV in America? NBC had such great success with BBC\u2019s\u00a0<i>The Office\u00a0<\/i>that adapting UK shows like\u00a0<i>The Inbetweeners<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Skins<\/i>\u00a0was a no-brainer for MTV. And then in 2011 AMC found moderate success with the Danish series\u00a0<i>The Killing<\/i>\u00a0(hot on the hype of Scandinavian crime drama started by\u00a0<i>The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)<\/i>.\u00a0\u00a0So it\u2019s not just the language barrier preventing television exports from Germany to the USA. I think that in the end the networks just aren\u2019t seeing anything being made in Germany as profitable among American audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Until very recently, that was a big bummer for anyone in the USA wondering what\u2019s on TV in Germany. But now we have the Internet! Problem solved. As I mentioned Friday, part of my goal with this blog will be to expose readers to quality programming being offered in Germany these days. Thanks to the viewing habits of the youth of today, German networks have moved to put a great deal of content online to watch at any time on their\u00a0<i>Mediatheken<\/i>. For instance, you can watch full episodes of\u00a0<i>Neo Magazin<\/i>\u00a0on the ZDF Mediathek by following this link:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdf.de\/ZDFmediathek\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.zdf.de\/ZDFmediathek<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Semi-Pro Lernen Tip #1<\/strong>: If you want to learn a language, it is extremely important to hear that language as much as possible. Even if you don\u2019t understand what is being said, merely giving your ears practice with the rhythm and melody of the language will do wonders for your own pronunciation.<\/p>\n<p>What do you use to practice listening? It took me a very long time to get to the point where I could understand what was being said on the radio or what the lyrics were to German songs. I\u2019ll keep sharing more of the good stuff I found through practicing in future posts. Any suggestions you have are welcome in the comments!<\/p>\n<p>Bis bald,<\/p>\n<p>Mickey.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;&#8230;was bisher geschah&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0= &#8220;&#8230;the story so far&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Was ist los? Willst du reden? =\u00a0<\/em>What&#8217;s wrong? Do you want to talk (about it)?<\/p>\n<p><em>Nein! Ich m\u00f6chte singen!<\/em> = No! I want to sing!<\/p>\n<p><em>Die Studiolampe brennt nicht mehr =\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"rblampe\" href=\"http:\/\/cdn2.spiegel.de\/images\/image-323965-galleryV9-bvsx.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">The studio lamp<\/a> is no longer lit<\/p>\n<p><em>Die Mikrophone&#8230; abgebaut. =\u00a0<\/em>The microphones&#8230; dismantled.<\/p>\n<p><em>Die Wucht des Schicksals traf mich schwer<\/em> = Fate&#8217;s impact hit me hard<\/p>\n<p><em>Ich glaube, ich habe es versaut.<\/em> = I think I screwed it up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What better way to start this post than with a show-stopping musical number? That, my friends, was the first five minutes of the first episode of the new German TV show\u00a0Neo Magazin mit Jan B\u00f6hmermann. Don\u2019t feel bad if you didn\u2019t get all the jokes. 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