2008 in German television
# 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)
