This is really bitter for all fans of the ZDF show Fernsehgarten. The transmitter now canceled the shoot. How does it go from here?
- Bad news for all viewers of the ZDF television garden .
- The show has been an institution at ZDF for decades.
- But now the audience has to do without moderator Andrea Kiewel and the whole show.
Update from March 31, 2020: Due to the corona virus, the ZDF television garden will not start in April as planned (see first report below). The planned recordings of the "TV garden on tour" were canceled. Is the regular start on the Mainz Lerchenberg in May now at stake?
TV garden presenter Andrea Kiewel now gives fans hope. The official Instagram page of the ZDF show posted a picture of the presenter, in which you can see the 54-year-old lying relaxed on a garden sofa. "I miss you all," says a note that she holds up to the camera.
But the moderator has another message for the fans. In the post she writes: "Soon every Sunday will be the TV garden again, hopefully soon! Take care of yourself and stay healthy. "
Check out this post on Instagram
Soon every #sunday is again #TV garden, hopefully soon! Take care and stay healthy❣️ #kiwi #wirbleibenzuhause #stayhome #stayhealthy #zeitumstellung
A post shared by ZDF-Fernsehgarten (@fernsehgarten) on Mar 29, 2020 at 2:51 p.m. PDT
Many fans are touched by the post. A user writes: “I miss you all too. A Sunday without a garden is like Easter without eggs. Sad. ”However, not all fans are so hopeful:“ Your optimism in all honor, but rather believe that it will be canceled this year. ”
ZDF cancels television garden - what's next for Andrea Kiewel?
First message from March 11, 2020:
Mainz - The ZDF television garden is a fixed institution on Sunday mornings on television. The show also enjoys a certain cult status with younger viewers - you watch the show and ironically comment on what's going on on Twitter. Actually the new season should start again at the end of March, but now the hammer: ZDF cancels everything at short notice!
TV garden cancellation: Andrea Kiewel should actually start again in March
It should have been so nice: the start of the new TV garden season on Fuerteventura . Moderator Andrea Kiewel was supposed to present the "TV garden on tour" on the Canary Island. The station wanted to record three episodes, which would then have been broadcast in April. After all, it is still too fresh for live shows in the ZDF television garden on Lerchenberg in Mainz.
ZDF television garden: broadcaster spokesman explains the reasons for the short-term cancellation
But now the mega-damper for "Kiwi" and the whole TV garden team: The project has burst! The risk from the corona virus * is too high. A ZDF spokesman explained the background of the cancellation on request: "The three recordings of the ZDF show" TV garden on tour "scheduled for March 24-26, 2020 on the Canary Island of Fuerteventura will be affected by the current restrictions Corona virus and the resulting logistical difficulties in realizing such a foreign production canceled. "
What's next with the ZDF television garden and Andrea Kiewel?
It is now completely unclear how to proceed. If the corona virus continues to have Germany under control, it cannot be ruled out that further TV shows will be canceled. Andrea Kiewel may even have to worry about starting in Mainz. Not a good day for enjoying quiet Sunday brunch entertainment in front of the TV ...
Last year there was fuss about an embarrassing appearance by comedian Luke Mockridge in the ZDF television garden. Kiewel was furious with him.
RTL is also struggling with a scandal: A video by DSDS juror Xavier Naidoo has appeared on the net that could cost him the RTL job. Another path has already happened at Sonja Zietlow: her new RTL colleague Jana Azizi contested a show for her.
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