Is RTL Samstag Nacht coming back?
RTL Samstag Nacht (1993–1998) — comedy on RTL
The answer: Concluded May 23, 1998.
5seasons
146episodes
About RTL Samstag Nacht
RTL Samstag Nacht ended on 23 May 1998 on RTL. The show’s final episode aired on that date, concluding its run after five seasons. It was a landmark in German television comedy, being the first major comedy series in the country inspired by American shows like Saturday Night Live. Its influence helped pave the way for subsequent comedy programs in Germany. The series was broadcast late on Saturday nights and featured a variety of sketches and recurring characters, including the well-known fake news reporter Karl Ranseier, whose catchphrase became widely recognized in Germany.
RTL Samstag Nacht was a comedy series that premiered in 1993 and ran until 1998. It was a variety show that combined sketches, parody news reports, and recurring characters, establishing a new format for German television comedy. The show played a significant role in popularizing comedy on German TV and served as a model for later productions in the genre.
The show had a runtime of 60 minutes per episode.
RTL Samstag Nacht episode schedule
146 aired
Aired · 146
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| May 23, 1998 | S5·E30 | Piet Klocke & Simone Thomalla |
| May 16, 1998 | S5·E29 | Anja Franke & Markus Maria Profitlich |
| May 9, 1998 | S5·E28 | Rudiger Hoffmann |
| April 25, 1998 | S5·E27 | Christoph Bruske & Andy Steil |
| April 18, 1998 | S5·E26 | Ingo Appelt & DJ Bobo |
| April 11, 1998 | S5·E25 | Rudiger Hoffmann & Peter Lohmeyer |
| April 4, 1998 | S5·E24 | Thomas Hackenberg & Jenny Elvers |
| March 28, 1998 | S5·E23 | Ottfried Fischer & Erdogan Atalay |
| March 21, 1998 | S5·E22 | Gaby Koster |
| March 14, 1998 | S5·E21 | Hella von Sinnen & Rudiger Hoffmann |
| March 7, 1998 | S5·E20 | Ingo Appelt & Richy Muller |
| February 21, 1998 | S5·E19 | Roberto Capitoni |
| February 14, 1998 | S5·E18 | Dirk Bach, Piet Klocke & Dieter Nuhr |
| January 31, 1998 | S5·E17 | Rufus Beck |
| January 24, 1998 | S5·E16 | Verona Feldbusch & Jess Jochimsen |
| January 17, 1998 | S5·E15 | Lilo Wanders & Ingo Appelt |
| January 10, 1998 | S5·E14 | Tarzan Markus Dietz & Sven Martinek |
| January 3, 1998 | S5·E13 | Dieter Bohlen & Jorg Knor |
| December 20, 1997 | S5·E12 | Jan Josef Liefers |
| December 6, 1997 | S5·E11 | Piet Klocke |
| November 29, 1997 | S5·E10 | Hella von Sinnen |
| November 22, 1997 | S5·E9 | Thomas Ohrner |
| November 15, 1997 | S5·E8 | Horst Tappert & Fritz Wepper |
| November 8, 1997 | S5·E7 | Lutz Reichert & Atze Schroder |
| November 1, 1997 | S5·E6 | Susanna Simon & Nessie Tausenschon |
| October 25, 1997 | S5·E5 | Klaus Eberhartinger & Christina Plate |
| October 11, 1997 | S5·E4 | Piet Klocke |
| October 4, 1997 | S5·E3 | Michael Lesch |
| September 27, 1997 | S5·E2 | Gaby Koster |
| September 20, 1997 | S5·E1 | DJ Bobo & Ingo Appelt |
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| May 31, 1997 | S4·E32 | Ingrid Steeger & Piet Klocke |
| May 24, 1997 | S4·E31 | Hardy Kruger |
| May 17, 1997 | S4·E30 | Karl Dall, Acapickels & Rudiger Hoffmann |
| May 10, 1997 | S4·E29 | Depeche Mode & Gaby Koster |
| May 3, 1997 | S4·E28 | Ingo Appelt & Emex Love |
| April 26, 1997 | S4·E27 | Jurgen Heinrich & Icepickels |
| April 19, 1997 | S4·E26 | Rudiger Hoffmann & Ottofried Frischer |
| April 12, 1997 | S4·E25 | Hans-Hermann Thielke |
| April 5, 1997 | S4·E24 | Tatjana Simic & Klaus Wennemann |
| March 29, 1997 | S4·E23 | Piet Klocke & Ingo Naujoks |
| March 15, 1997 | S4·E22 | Ingo Appelt & Cecilia Kunz |
| March 8, 1997 | S4·E21 | Gaby Koster & Michael Winslow |
| March 1, 1997 | S4·E20 | Earl Okin & Die Camper |
| February 22, 1997 | S4·E19 | Helge Schneider & Rudiger Hoffmann |
| February 15, 1997 | S4·E18 | Stephen Durr & Hans-Peter Korff |
| February 8, 1997 | S4·E17 | Peter Lohmeyer & Black Fooss |
| February 1, 1997 | S4·E16 | Til Schweiger & Ingo Appelt |
| January 25, 1997 | S4·E15 | Henry Maske, Iris Berben & Piet Klocke |
| January 18, 1997 | S4·E14 | Peter Shub & Dirk Bach |
| January 11, 1997 | S4·E13 | Mola Adebisi & Jochen Busse |
| January 4, 1997 | S4·E12 | Ingo Appelt |
| December 28, 1996 | S4·E11 | Hans-Hermann Thielke & Helmut Zierl |
| December 21, 1996 | S4·E10 | Piet Klocke & Dieter Pfaff |
| December 14, 1996 | S4·E9 | Ernst Dieter Lueg & Thomas Freitag |
| November 30, 1996 | S4·E8 | Piet Klocke, Luco van Org & ralf Goldkind |
| November 16, 1996 | S4·E7 | Hape Kerkeling & Ingo Appelt |
| November 9, 1996 | S4·E6 | Gaby Koster |
| November 2, 1996 | S4·E5 | Pe Werner & Michael Lesch |
| October 26, 1996 | S4·E4 | Markus Maria Profitlich & Ali Kahn |
| October 5, 1996 | S4·E3 | Witta Kruger & Milena Preradovic |
| September 28, 1996 | S4·E2 | DJ Bobo & Ludger Pistor |
| September 21, 1996 | S4·E1 | Dame Edna, Marena Kroymann & Jochen Busse |
| July 6, 1996 | S3·E34 | Jorg Wontorra & Stefan Raab |
| June 29, 1996 | S3·E33 | Gerd Haucke |
| June 15, 1996 | S3·E32 | Gaby Koster |
| June 8, 1996 | S3·E31 | Leslie Malton & Rudiger Hoffmann |
| June 1, 1996 | S3·E30 | Jurgen Vogel |
| May 18, 1996 | S3·E29 | Walburga Kwiet-Gittner & Reiner Krohnert |
| May 11, 1996 | S3·E28 | Muriel Baumeister & Rudiger Hoffmann |
| May 4, 1996 | S3·E27 | Jorg Kachelmann & Ingo Appelt |
| April 27, 1996 | S3·E26 | Anouschka Renzi |
| April 13, 1996 | S3·E25 | Mel Brooks & Jurgen Becker |
| April 6, 1996 | S3·E24 | Dirk Bach & Fools Garden |
| March 30, 1996 | S3·E23 | Dirk Bielefeldt & Rufus Beck |
| March 23, 1996 | S3·E22 | Hildegard Krekel |
| March 16, 1996 | S3·E21 | Marioni Kracht |
| March 9, 1996 | S3·E20 | Veronica Ferres |
| March 2, 1996 | S3·E19 | DIe Toten Hosen & Kabarett A-Z |
| February 24, 1996 | S3·E18 | Familie Heinz Becker & Dirk Bielefeld |
| February 10, 1996 | S3·E17 | Ingo Appelt |
| February 3, 1996 | S3·E16 | Jochen Busse & Rudiger Hoffmann |
| January 27, 1996 | S3·E15 | Jurgen von der Lippe |
| January 20, 1996 | S3·E14 | Tom Gerhardt |
| January 13, 1996 | S3·E13 | Diether Krebs |
| December 30, 1995 | S3·E12 | Rudiger Hoffmann & Gaby Koster |
| December 23, 1995 | S3·E11 | Sissi Perlinger & Rudiger Hoffmann |
| December 16, 1995 | S3·E10 | Tina Plate, Mike Kruger & Helge Schneider |
| December 2, 1995 | S3·E9 | Klaus Lage & Anka Zink |
| November 25, 1995 | S3·E8 | Toni Polster & Mike Hansen |
| November 18, 1995 | S3·E7 | Stephanie Tucking & Rudiger Hoffmann |
| November 11, 1995 | S3·E6 | Gotthilf Fischer & Birgit Schrowange |
| November 4, 1995 | S3·E5 | Karl Dall & Dirk Bielefeldt |
| October 28, 1995 | S3·E4 | Hella von Sinnen |
| October 7, 1995 | S3·E3 | Nils Bokelberg & Heike Makatsch |
| September 30, 1995 | S3·E2 | Barbel Schafer |
| September 23, 1995 | S3·E1 | Otto, Rudiger Hoffmann & Susanne Uhlen |
| April 1, 1995 | S2·E25 | Michel Courtemanche & Gisela Schneeberger |
| March 25, 1995 | S2·E24 | Stefan Raab & Eva Hermann |
| March 18, 1995 | S2·E23 | Carol Campbell & Jochen Horst |
| March 11, 1995 | S2·E22 | Martin Semmelrogge |
| March 4, 1995 | S2·E21 | Herbert Feuerstein |
| February 25, 1995 | S2·E20 | Rudi Carell & Rudiger Hoffmann |
| February 18, 1995 | S2·E19 | Jurgen von der Lippe & Lutz Herkenath |
| February 11, 1995 | S2·E18 | Mike Kruger |
| February 4, 1995 | S2·E17 | Wolfgang Lippert |
| January 28, 1995 | S2·E16 | Heino & Rudiger Hoffmann |
| January 21, 1995 | S2·E15 | Leslie Malton & Rudiger Hoffmann |
| January 14, 1995 | S2·E14 | Lutz Reichert |
| January 7, 1995 | S2·E13 | Helly von Sinnen & Liane Hielscher |
| December 17, 1994 | S2·E12 | Robert Englund, Uwe Friedrichsen & Bernd Gieseking |
| December 3, 1994 | S2·E11 | Rudiger Hoffmann, Teri Ann Linn & Dietman Bar |
| November 26, 1994 | S2·E10 | Dirk Bach |
| November 19, 1994 | S2·E9 | Harry Wijnvoord, April Hailer, Walter Freiwald & Heinrich Pachl |
| November 12, 1994 | S2·E8 | Jochen Busse & Rudiger Hoffmann |
| November 5, 1994 | S2·E7 | Hans Clarin & Tom Gerhardt |
| October 29, 1994 | S2·E6 | Anja Franke |
| October 22, 1994 | S2·E5 | Rudiger Hoffmann |
| October 15, 1994 | S2·E4 | Reiner Krohnert & Birgit Schrowange |
| October 8, 1994 | S2·E3 | Hans Werner Olm |
| October 1, 1994 | S2·E2 | Rudiger Hoffman, Werner Schulze-Erdel, Kai Pflaume & Matthias Frings |
| September 24, 1994 | S2·E1 | Hannes Jaenicke |
| July 2, 1994 | S1·E25 | Mike Kruger |
| June 25, 1994 | S1·E24 | Thomas Freitag |
| June 11, 1994 | S1·E23 | Howard Carpendale & Georg Schramm |
| May 28, 1994 | S1·E22 | Linda de Mol |
| May 21, 1994 | S1·E21 | Jochen Busse |
| May 14, 1994 | S1·E20 | Jorg Wontorra & Rudiger Hoffmann |
| April 30, 1994 | S1·E19 | Rainer Krohnert |
| April 23, 1994 | S1·E18 | Uli Potofski |
| April 16, 1994 | S1·E17 | Karsten Speck & Maddin Schneider |
| April 9, 1994 | S1·E16 | Rudi Carell |
| March 19, 1994 | S1·E15 | Karl Dall & Angelika Milster |
| March 12, 1994 | S1·E14 | Erika Berger & Andreas Elsholz |
| March 5, 1994 | S1·E13 | Dirk Bach & Rudiger Hoffmann |
| February 19, 1994 | S1·E12 | Ulla Kock am Brink, Walter Freiwald & Harry Winjvoord |
| February 12, 1994 | S1·E11 | Tatjana Simic & Richardo Greico |
| February 5, 1994 | S1·E10 | Dieter Nur & Rainer Basedow |
| January 15, 1994 | S1·E9 | Tom Gerhardt |
| January 8, 1994 | S1·E8 | Jorg Knor |
| December 18, 1993 | S1·E7 | Herbert Fux |
| December 11, 1993 | S1·E6 | Rudiger Hoffmann & Elmar Horig |
| December 4, 1993 | S1·E5 | Hella von Sinnen |
| November 27, 1993 | S1·E4 | Lotty Huber & Ingo Appelt |
| November 20, 1993 | S1·E3 | Helge Schneider |
| November 13, 1993 | S1·E2 | Ingo Appelt & Gerd Haucke |
| November 6, 1993 | S1·E1 | Olaf Kracht |
