This is a list of German television related events from 2017.
That year the first German television drama series were produced for Amazon Prime Video (You Are Wanted) and Netflix (Dark), which was said to have ”changed the nature of TV” in the country.Mikos, Lothar. "TV drama series production in Germany and the digital television landscape." A European Television Fiction Renaissance. Routledge, 2020. pp. 177-190.
Events 9 February - Levina is selected to represent Germany at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Perfect Life". She is selected to be the sixty-second German Eurovision entry during Unser Song 2017 held at the Köln-Mülheim Studios in Cologne.
Debuts 4 Blocks Babylon Berlin Bad Cop - kriminell gut Charité (TV series) Curvy Supermodel, season 2 (RTL2) Dark (TV series) Einstein (German TV series) Love Island (German TV series) Magda macht das schon! Nacktes Überleben - Wie wenig ist genug? Professor T. (German TV series) Das Sacher The Same Sky (TV series) The Worst Witch (2017 TV series) You Are Wanted
Television shows 1950s Tagesschau (1952–present)
1960s heute (1963–present)
1970s heute-journal (1978–present) Tagesthemen (1978–present)
1980s Lindenstraße (1985–present)
1990s Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (1992–present) Unter uns (1994–present) Schloss Einstein (1998–present) In aller Freundschaft (1998–present) Wer wird Millionär? (1999–present)
2000s Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002–present) Let's Dance (2006–present) Das Supertalent (2007–present)
2010s The Voice of Germany (2011–present) Promi Big Brother (2013–present)
Ending this year Bad Cop - kriminell gut Maya the Bee (TV series) Das Sacher
Networks and services Launches Network Type Launch date Notes Source Eurosport Xtra 2 Cable television 4 August
Conversions and rebrandings Old network name New network name Type Conversion Date Notes Source RTL Nitro Nitro Cable television 31 July
Closures NetworkTypeEnd dateNotesSourcesRTL InternationalCable television31 MaySky 3DCable television1 July
See also 2017 in Germany
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