The Christmas “crime scene” experienced a ratings collapse this time. Just 4.09 million (14.1 percent) switched on the Munich case “Mord unter Misteln” on Boxing Day from 8:15 p.m. – no other new “crime scene” had so few viewers this year. According to calculations by the industry service dwdl.de, it was even that weakest “Tatort” first broadcast since at least 2006.
For comparison: A year ago, the Charlotte Lindholm case “Everything comes back” had reached 6.72 million, two years ago 7.36 million had watched the Münster thriller “Summ, Summ, Summ” at Christmas, although it was was about a repeat.
The “crime scene” makers had “Murder Under Mistletoe” in the style of an Agatha Christie crime thriller staged. Udo Wachtveitl as Inspector Francis Lightmyer and Miroslav Nemec as Constable Ivor Partridge had to solve the murder of a butler in England in 1922.
The ZDF “Traumschiff” then passed the ARD “crime scene” with great force. The holiday adventure “Coco Island” with Florian Silbereisen, Barbara Wussow, Daniel Morgenroth and Collien Ulmen-Fernandes brought in 5.70 million (19.7 percent) in the second. Günther Jauch’s RTL quiz “Who wants to be a millionaire? – The Christmas gambler special” moved 2.92 million people (12.2 percent) to tune in.
