In the ARD Tagesschau at 8 p.m. the regular presenter was missing on Thursday evening.
The NDR speaks of an "oversight in planning".
Hamburg - “Who is that?”, Several million viewers of the
ARD
*
Tagesschau
asked themselves on Thursday evening
when the well-known gong sounded at 8 p.m. sharp.
Usually, a familiar face appears on TV from the ranks of Jens Riewa, Thorsten Schröder or Constantin Schreiber *.
But there was André Schünke, 41 years old, a rather unknown presenter of the
NDR
.
But what happened?
The presenter originally intended for the Tagesschau * was not in the station on time.
On Twitter, the
NDR
commented on
the incident with the words: “Surprised?
There was an oversight in the planning.
Tagesschau24 presenter André Schünke stepped in at short notice.
The best thing about the north is our spontaneity. "
Surprised?
There was an oversight in the planning.
Tagesschau24 presenter André Schünke stepped in at short notice.
The best thing about the north is our spontaneity 💪🏻 # tagesschau @tagesschau @aNDReschuenke pic.twitter.com/fCe2PZmD0M
- NDR (@NDRpresse) November 25, 2021
Schünke has been part of the moderation team of the news channel
tagesschau24
since 2017
, he has also presented a few issues of the Tagesschau and the night magazine on
ARD
, but he has never been allowed to play at prime time at 8 p.m.
In addition to his TV work, Schünke can also
be heard
on the radio station
NDR Info
.
Breakdown at the ARD Tagesschau: Moderator André Schünke has to step in
One can only speculate about who should have moderated the 8 p.m. daily news on Thursday.
The
NDR
has not said much about this so far.
However, it is customary for the spokesperson for the Tagesschau to announce the news for the Tagesschau at a later date.
Thorsten Schröder was there on the spot.
At the request of the industry service
DWDL.de
, a spokeswoman for the
NDR
said: "There was an oversight in the planning." André Schünke then jumped in at short notice.
Schünke himself said of his surprising commitment later that evening: “I've been in the studio a hundred times for the
Tagesschau24
news channel
, but it feels different for the Tagesschau 8pm edition, you can feel the millions of viewers.
It makes the pump really run. "Talk host Anne Will commented on Twitter what many thought, given the level-headed appearance:" Very sovereign.
Congratulations! “(Fmü)
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