The Best TV Shows on MDR Fernsehen
Every MDR Fernsehen Show Ranked From Best To Worst
Stay up-to-date with over 20 of MDR Fernsehen’s elite series, with our list refreshed for April 2026. Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort and Ein Kessel Buntes represent the pinnacle of MDR Fernsehen’s programming, launching in 1965 and 1972. MDR Fernsehen has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 1965 all the way to 2020.
The Invisible Visor (1973)9.5The Invisible Visor (Das unsichtbare Visier) was an East German television series, broadcast with long intervals between 1973 and 1979. In its first and longest season it starred Armin Mueller-Stahl in the role of Werner Bredebusch, a Stasi agent active abroad under the alias Achim Detjen.
Elefant, Tiger & Co. (2003)7.4
Das Gipfeltreffen (2020)7.3
Make Love (2013)6.5You can learn how to make love – in the documentary series, a therapist and sexologist Ann-Marlene Henning discuss their sex lives with couples and gives help – always with a pinch of humor.
In aller Freundschaft (1998)6.3German soap opera about the staff of the fictional hospital "Sachsenklinik" in the city of Leipzig.
Riverboat (1992)5.3
MDR um 4 (2014)5.0
Ein Kessel Buntes (1972)4.2The show was meant to compete with those on West German television. To this end it was fairly successful even attracting a following in parts of West Germany which could receive Eastern TV. Its production values were high. Apart from song and dance numbers and appearances from East German celebrities, almost every broadcast featured well-known stars from the west, often after their popularity had peaked in their home countries.
Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1965)3.8Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort was an East German television series.
- Goldene Henne (1995)N/A
- José Carreras Gala (1995)N/A
- Musik für Sie (1995)N/A
- Here from Four (1997)N/A
- Lebensläufe (1998)N/A
- Echt (2005)N/A
- Fröhlich lesen (2005)N/A
- Semperopernball (2006)N/A
- Fakt ist! (2006)N/A
- MDR um Zwei (2014)N/A
- MDR um 11 (2017)N/A