title: 2004 in German television
text: # 2004 in German television
  
  This is a list of German television related events from 2004.
  
  ## Events
  
  * 13 March - Elli Erl wins the second season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. Her debut single, "This Is My Life" reaches number three in the Official German Charts in April 2004.
  * 19 March - Max Mutzke is selected to represent Germany at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with his song "Can't Wait Until Tonight". He is selected to be the forty-ninth German Eurovision entry during Germany 12 Points! held at the Arena Berlin in Berlin.
  
  ## Debuts
  
  ### Domestic
  
  * 15 January - The Wishing Tree [de] (2004) (ARD)
  * 29 February - Dittsche (2004–present) (ARD)
  * 11 October - Stromberg (2004–2012) (ProSieben)
  * 5 November - Queen of Cherries [de] (2004) (Arte)
  
  ### International
  
  * 2 October - The O.C. (2003–2007) (ORF 1)
  
  ## Television shows
  
  ### 1950s
  
  * Tagesschau (1952–present)
  
  ### 1960s
  
  * heute (1963-present)
  
  ### 1970s
  
  * heute-journal (1978-present)
  * Tagesthemen (1978-present)
  
  ### 1980s
  
  * Wetten, dass..? (1981-2014)
  * Lindenstraße (1985–present)
  
  ### 1990s
  
  * Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (1992–present)
  * Marienhof (1992–2011)
  * Unter uns (1994-present)
  * Verbotene Liebe (1995-2015)
  * Schloss Einstein (1998–present)
  * In aller Freundschaft (1998–present)
  * Wer wird Millionär? (1999-present)
  
  ### 2000s
  
  * Big Brother Germany (2000-2011, 2015)
  * Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002–present)
  