title: 2008 in German television
text: # 2008 in German television
  
  This is a list of German television related events from 2008.
  
  ## Events
  
  * 8 March - No Angels are selected to represent Germany at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Disappear". They are selected to be the fifty-third German Eurovision entry during Wer singt für Deutschland? held at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg.
  * 17 May - Thomas Godoj wins the fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar.
  * 7 July - Silke "Isi" Kaufmann wins the eighth season of Big Brother Germany.
  * 22 November - 44-year-old harmonica player Michael Hirte wins the second season of Das Supertalent.
  
  ## Debuts
  
  ### Free for air
  
  **Domestic**
  
  * 23 June - Doctor's Diary (2008–2011) (RTL)
  * 14 December - Die Patin – Kein Weg zurück [de] (2008) (RTL)
  
  **International**
  
  * 28 April - Roary the Racing Car (2007–2009) (KiKa)
  
  ### Cable
  
  **International**
  
  * 28 February - Dexter (2006–2013) (Sky)
  * 16 June - The Secret Show (2006–2007) (Disney Channel)
  
  ### BFBS
  
  * Frankenstein's Cat (2008)
  
  ## 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–present)
  * Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002–present)
  * Let's Dance (2006–present)
  * Das Supertalent (2007–present)
  