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A trophy for a Grimme Prize stands on a table to announce the winners.
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The Grimme Prize is Germany's most important award for quality television.
RTL, ProSieben & Co. are coming away empty-handed this year.
The Grimme Institute chose a streaming provider as the winner.
Marl - This year, the private broadcasters came away completely empty-handed at the coveted Grimme Prize for quality television.
In the past 20 years, this has only happened in the 2011 and 2015 vintages.
On Thursday, however, the Grimme Institute in Marl named the streaming provider Disney+ one of the winners in the fiction competition with “Sam – Ein Sachse”.
The historical series is about an Afro-German police officer in Saxony at the time of reunification.
The WDR production “Nothing that happens to us”, which revolves around an accusation of rape in the university environment, was also honored in this category.
Sarah Bosetti's show “Bosetti Late Night (ZDF/3sat)” won the entertainment competition.
The Grimme Prize is awarded in four categories.
There are also three special prizes.
A total of 17 productions and performances will be honored - 64 of which were nominated.
The award ceremony will take place on April 26th in Marl.
The Grimme Prizes do not involve any money, but are considered highly prestigious among television people.
They are intended to honor television programs and performances “that are exemplary and model for program practice,” as it is said.
The award has been presented annually since 1964.
The prize sponsor is the German Adult Education Association (DVV).
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