2004 in German television
# 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)
