Markus Lanz: ZDF makes momentous decision - never again viewers in the studio

Created: 03/27/2022, 21:10

By: Alica Plate

Markus Lanz will no longer welcome an audience in his show of the same name © dpa |

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ZDF gets down to business.

After the talk show “Markus Lanz” had to do without an audience due to the corona pandemic, the broadcaster is now taking severe consequences.

From now on, the ZDF format will be able to do without viewers in the studio forever.

Cologne – The corona pandemic has also thwarted numerous TV formats.

While some shows had to be canceled or postponed over the past year, others simply took place without an audience.

The producers of the talk show "Markus Lanz" are now taking extreme consequences - the show will now completely do without viewers.

Corona pandemic paralyzed a number of TV formats

The conditions due to the corona pandemic have already got a number of stars upset - shows had to be relocated, canceled or held without an audience.

The rules keep changing and nothing can be predicted anymore.

Still, most seem to have more or less come to terms with the situation.

Effective immediately, Markus Lanz will no longer welcome a studio audience to his show © Markus Hertrich/ZDF/dpa

Markus Lanz's TV format even seems to have drawn positive experiences from the show without an audience.

The producer and editor-in-chief of the talk format is now getting down to business and announcing that he will no longer have viewers forever.

ZDF decides show "Markus Lanz" will always get by without an audience

"We will no longer have a studio audience," Markus Heidemanns told the German Press Agency.

A pretty radical step, but one that seems to have been well thought out.

Because the conversations on the show would have improved enormously without viewers.

"The conversations are much more intense," says the producer.

The studio viewers at "Let's Dance" recently had to cope with a severe shock.

During the show, a pavilion suddenly fell over - but juror Joachim Llambi took the situation with humor.