10-03-2005 22:24									#1
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...and TV courtrooms?

I swear, every time I turn on a German channel (I get RTL 1 & 2, DSF, ORF) there is a 50-50 chance there will be a "court" talk show on. Mostly on RTL I think.

My Deutsch ist sehr shitty so Ich kann nicht verstanden what they are talking about.

So that is my question. Who are these people puting on trial all the time, why, and why is this so popular in Germany?

	10-03-2005 22:29									#2
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If you turn on German TV after 9PM, you will definitely not get much courtroom stuff.

	10-03-2005 22:45									#3
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if you turn on German TV after midnight...

	11-03-2005 00:39									#4
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Try Barbara Salesch next time

	11-03-2005 00:50									#5
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quote: Originally posted by VetLegion ...and TV courtrooms? I swear, every time I turn on a German channel (I get RTL 1 & 2, DSF, ORF) there is a 50-50 chance there will be a "court" talk show on. Mostly on RTL I think. My Deutsch ist sehr shitty so Ich kann nicht verstanden what they are talking about. So that is my question. Who are these people puting on trial all the time, why, and why is this so popular in Germany?

It's that love of order and control the Germans have.

	11-03-2005 00:51									#6
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fascists

is america much better? We have too much courtroom coverage.

	11-03-2005 01:29									#7
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quote: Originally posted by VetLegion ...and TV courtrooms? I swear, every time I turn on a German channel (I get RTL 1 & 2, DSF, ORF) there is a 50-50 chance there will be a "court" talk show on. Mostly on RTL I think. My Deutsch ist sehr shitty so Ich kann nicht verstanden what they are talking about. So that is my question. Who are these people puting on trial all the time, why, and why is this so popular in Germany?

entertainment for the social underclass

Basically the cases are like person A was told by B to murder C, but D is accused of having done the murder and in the end it gets all resolved and the real criminals are always found out.
I don't know how much these cases are based on reality, sometime they show videos of a crime-scene visit that look somewhat authentical, or not, I don't know.
Then there was a case where the father was accused of breaking his boy's leg while he was asleep who wanted to become a dancer, but in the end it was his brother who was jealous.

It started out long ago and the niveau at first was okay and the cases normal and I liked it because there was this sarcastic commentator who looked like a law student.

However not long and they couldn't resist digging out the dirtiest dirt they could find and the level fell a lot. The "youth court" - "Jugendgericht" or so is the worst of them all presenting problems of the lowest social level.

	11-03-2005 02:50									#8
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VetLegion, y ou are correct. EVERYTIME!!! Germans.. :shakehead:

	11-03-2005 03:55									#9
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Better stay away from that rubbish! Instead of Jerry Springer we get this. And even when I thought things can't get much worse...

quote: The "youth court" - "Jugendgericht" or so is the worst of them all presenting problems of the lowest social level.

...so true. I use to call her Frollein Freisler. Thankfully our real judges can do way better than this.

	11-03-2005 21:02									#10
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no they can't. I was just fvcked by one at Amtsgericht Tiergarten a few weeks ago

	11-03-2005 21:25									#11
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quote: Originally posted by VetLegion ...and TV courtrooms? I swear, every time I turn on a German channel (I get RTL 1 & 2, DSF, ORF) there is a 50-50 chance there will be a "court" talk show on. Mostly on RTL I think. My Deutsch ist sehr shitty so Ich kann nicht verstanden what they are talking about. So that is my question. Who are these people puting on trial all the time, why, and why is this so popular in Germany?

Jeah, RTL ansd Sat 1 love to show these things every afternoon
As Atahualpa said, enterntainment for the lower classes.

But it´s also good if you want to learn for any exam and just want to have the TV running without being tempted to think too much about the things you see in TV (did so during learning for a maths exam )
As for the cases themselves:
They aren´t real cases anymore. I think in the beginning some shows like Barbara Salesh showed real cases for some time, but it got them legal troubles and so now, everything you see in these court talk shows is just an invention of a scriptwriter (they also have a disclaimer which says so in their credits)

	11-03-2005 21:30									#12
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that's why you don't turn on a TV set during the afternoon in this country.

or during any other part of the day for that matter. I do watch Star Trek now and again when I visit my parents or a friend, apart from that my life is TV-free.

	11-03-2005 21:45									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthelion that's why you don't turn on a TV set during the afternoon in this country.

Yeah, unfortunately you can say that for morning, noon, and often evening and night as well.

Unterschichtenfernsehen

	11-03-2005 22:29									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthelion no they can't. I was just fvcked by one at Amtsgericht Tiergarten a few weeks ago

Oh, that's where I work. Maybe I fvcked you. What did you do?

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quote: Originally posted by VetLegion ...and TV courtrooms? ... So that is my question. Who are these people puting on trial all the time, why, and why is this so popular in Germany?

Nuremburg fasinated them.

	11-03-2005 22:41									#16
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quote: Originally posted by BeBro Unterschichtenfernsehen

Social prejudice


Of course, myself, I'm an élitist who rarely watches TV.

	11-03-2005 23:07									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthelion that's why you don't turn on a TV set during the afternoon in this country. or during any other part of the day for that matter. I do watch Star Trek now and again when I visit my parents or a friend, apart from that my life is TV-free.

Well, actually it's not that bad, if you know the channels you can find yourself watching TV from 16-22 or so. There are Star Trek, Simpsons, King of Queens (3 in a row),...

Most people are watching TV from 18 or 19 to 22 or so, this is called the "primetime" and starts at 20:15. Pretty every channel plays a movie or documentary, at least something that lasts until 22 (commercials included). After which comes either another movie or some other stuff like late-night shows or so.

I am in Spain currently and I can tell you it's worse here.

	12-03-2005 01:05									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Last Conformist Social prejudice Of course, myself, I'm an élitist who rarely watches TV.

Unterschichtenfernsehen is a well known term here. Of course, only if you watch a certain German late night show....

	12-03-2005 01:13									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Saras if you turn on German TV after midnight...

nothing happens.

	12-03-2005 02:18									#20
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The last time I was in the Czech Republic, I turned on German TV after I go back from dinner (2200 or so). All the ads were for phone sex lines and the show that started was some sort of sex documentary. I changed the channel to another German TV channel and got the same thing. Of course the Italian TV channel I tried next was no better (but the people featured were better looking).

	12-03-2005 08:39									#21
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Yeah, that's an even bigger complaint of mine

All German TVs seem to have commercials for phone sex lines, which feature very "spent" looking models. Too bad.

But DSF also has "sexy sport clips" which feature a good looking girl from time to time (but mostly not).

	12-03-2005 10:10									#22
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You must be mistaken, at 22:00 no german tv displays adult commercials.

	13-03-2005 14:30									#23
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Yep, they are just allowed to show them after 00:00
(better not watch some channels after this time, if you don´t wish to get bombarded by commercials advertising horny grannies, women with ugly XXL boobs and horny housewifes who would like to do everything for you
[with most of the women starring in the spots having a physical appearance which would rather convince you to become gay than to phone the sex-line they advertise ])

	13-03-2005 19:16									#24
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quote: Originally posted by pchang If you turn on German TV after 9PM, you will definitely not get much courtroom stuff.

Have you considered the fact that it may actually be 3am in Germany and it is just overnight filler?

	14-03-2005 16:58									#25
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nope, TV shows are on in the afternoon. midnight fillers are sex shows and "dctp" documentaries about the war

	14-03-2005 16:59									#26
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oedo:

I allegedly crossed a red light on my bike. this is a bullenstaat though

you're probably the dude who showed me the way from the entry to room 1.22 or whatever that number was

	14-03-2005 16:59									#27
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Hm, but I think some stations repeat their stuff from the afternoon during the night.....

	14-03-2005 17:03									#28
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yep. you might even catch some court room show that you missed in the afternoon

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this month has been idle. let's arrange some Kiez-pubjumping for some night in March