Only 5.8 million people watched the "Tatort" from Vienna on Whit Monday – a bad figure. In addition, the overall average is falling in the current year.
Is this a sign of crisis for the ARD institution? Only two films have attracted more than 10 million TV viewers so far in 2023. The unusual double episode from Berlin, "Nothing but the Truth", had a hard time at Easter. The average audience shrank to 8.9 million (calendar year 2021 still 9.18 million)