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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 615941" data-attributes="member: 710">Well, I don`t know all the american/english expressions for TV &quot;organization&quot;, but in Germany, we have a mixture.There are ARD (&quot;Das Erste&quot;/&quot;The First&quot;), the ZDF (&quot;Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen&quot; / Second German TV), several (typically regional focuses, though most can be received in whole Germany, like N3, BF, SWF...) &quot;Dritte&quot;(Third) and the private TV stations like RTL, SAT1, Pro7, Kabel1, VOX and many other ones.Interestingly, most of the (let`s call them forth) stations do broadcast Science Fiction (Startrek, Andromeda, Lexx) or Fantasy/Action (Buffy, Angel).But: These shows come from foreign lands (mostly USA), obviosuly, they didn`t create them. Own productions are rare, among the funded stations as among the private ones. But there are still some, typically co-produced with other, foreign stations.Well, what`s the point of this: No system guarantees the right support for us SciFi/Fantasy fans. The funded stations have to answer the question: Are our productions useful for /accepted by the public, since the public pays for it. The private have to ask: is our viewership great enough to afford these movies and series - do we have enough money from commercials?A result seems to be: we have thousands (exaggeration) of &quot;hospital&quot;-shows, talkshows, &quot;law&quot;shows (that typically run in the afternoon) or crime shows, but only few really good shows. (in my opinion - though some of the shows are good - &quot;Tatort&quot; has brought several good characters and stories). Mustrum Ridcully</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 615941, member: 710"] Well, I don`t know all the american/english expressions for TV "organization", but in Germany, we have a mixture. There are ARD ("Das Erste"/"The First"), the ZDF ("Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen" / Second German TV), several (typically regional focuses, though most can be received in whole Germany, like N3, BF, SWF...) "Dritte"(Third) and the private TV stations like RTL, SAT1, Pro7, Kabel1, VOX and many other ones. Interestingly, most of the (let`s call them forth) stations do broadcast Science Fiction (Startrek, Andromeda, Lexx) or Fantasy/Action (Buffy, Angel). But: These shows come from foreign lands (mostly USA), obviosuly, they didn`t create them. Own productions are rare, among the funded stations as among the private ones. But there are still some, typically co-produced with other, foreign stations. Well, what`s the point of this: No system guarantees the right support for us SciFi/Fantasy fans. The funded stations have to answer the question: Are our productions useful for /accepted by the public, since the public pays for it. The private have to ask: is our viewership great enough to afford these movies and series - do we have enough money from commercials? A result seems to be: we have thousands (exaggeration) of "hospital"-shows, talkshows, "law"shows (that typically run in the afternoon) or crime shows, but only few really good shows. (in my opinion - though some of the shows are good - "Tatort" has brought several good characters and stories). Mustrum Ridcully [/QUOTE]

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