Berlin - a Loss ratio for the "television event of the year. Instead of the expected 20 million viewers 14.18 million just wanted to see the "televised debate between Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and their Social Democratic Party challenger, Frank-Walter Stein Meier. Minus record!
2002, there were in the two duels, each with more than 15 million viewers. In 2005, the duel between Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Angela Merkel even nearly 21 million viewers.
In the battle for the spectators sat favor of the public broadcasters clear through to the private sector. "Winner" was the first with 7.86 million viewers, followed by the ZDF (3.47 million). 2.06 million switched on RTL Sat.1 opted for one and only 0.77 million.
The TV stations and their presenters were in first Statementszufrieden, if not exuberant. The duel had been better, "than we expected," sagteZDF-chief Nikolaus Brender. A "wobbly conversation" was esnicht. There was a discussion that "a democracy worthy.
"We have tried our best," said RTL presenter Peter Kloeppel, who was like ZDF Polittalkerin Maybrit Illner third Malbeim TV duel there. Some issues could only be touched upon during a solchenDiskussion, he admitted. But there were ebennur 90 minutes. It indeed was never quite satisfied, "said co-ModeratorLimbourg directly after the program. It is but in any case to Teilgelungen to bring a duel reached, "said the Sat.1-News-Chief.
ARD chief Thomas Baumann said: "Even if the 'TV-Duell Merkel Stein Meier was' less disabled than the Chancellor's recent duels, but yesterday was the mission's political television event of 2009. Plasberg Frank has put his journalistic bite proof and is his duty perfectly well geworden.Die viewers have also opted for the pre-and post-coverage of the first with Anne Will. "
ARD Political Talker Frank Plasberg had formed with Sat.1 colleague Peter Limbourg and Peter Kloeppel, with one Moderatorenpaar Maybrit Illner a second.
Toughest competition, incidentally, were - as expected - "The Simpsons" on Pro7. However, only in the young audience had a chance, but lost to the duel.
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