Entertainment & Media

Mainz – November 06, 2026 -- All five episodes of the first season of ZDF's new documentary series "Terra X: Die Geschichte der Deutschen" (The History of the Germans) will be available in the ZDF streaming portal from Monday, November 9, 2026. Linear TV broadcasts on ZDF begin on November 15, 2026. Actor Matthias Brandt narrates.

The series follows ordinary people, not kings

The series centers on ordinary people and their daily lives rather than kings, emperors and dynasties. Personal stories are tied to major social upheavals and show how everyday life, work, faith and community changed over millennia. Archaeological finds, modern genetic research and historical sources are used to reconstruct these worlds.

Season one runs from the last Ice Age to the late Middle Ages. Season two follows in 2028 with five more episodes reaching into the 20th century.

Arlington – November 06, 2026 -- Viewers of the 100th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 26, will see Pinelope, a float with an animatronic bowler in kinetic action, roll through New York City. Go Bowling is sending her down the parade's 2 1/2-mile route.

Pinelope travels the route with pin-costumed characters

Bowling pin-costumed characters will accompany the float. Go Bowling, the consumer-facing brand of the International Bowling Campus, has been an official parade partner since 2018.

This year's parade includes a record 100 inflatable elements, the return of some past favorites and several new characters.

One bowler can win a $1,000 Macy's shopping spree

Go Bowling is running a sweepstakes for the 2026 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Shopping Spree. One winner receives $1,000 to spend at Macy's. Entries go through the Go Bowling website.

Stuttgart -- Before grabbing a Black Friday deal around November 27, 2026, German consumer portal DSLWEB advises checking which TV and streaming subscriptions you already pay for. A discount only saves money if it replaces existing costs or covers a real viewing need.

Start by tallying every monthly payment

Separate services for a favorite series, for films and for live sports can strain a household budget quickly. DSLWEB suggests collecting all monthly payments first and asking which services you actually use. It also asks which subscription keeps running after a series has ended.

Existing TV, internet or mobile plans deserve a look too. They may already include streaming services that go unused.

Baden-Baden – November 06, 2026 -- A new documentary series about life at one of Europe's most exclusive boarding schools arrives in the ARD Mediathek on December 29, 2026. "Louisenlund – Das Elite-Internat" follows four students through a full school year, and NDR broadcasts it on January 4, 2027, at 10 p.m.

Four students from very different backgrounds anchor the series

The series tracks Johanna, Florian, Milad and Louisa at Schloss Louisenlund, set directly on the Schlei. More than 300 young people live at the school away from their families, often since early childhood.

Some students come from privileged homes. Others are highly gifted teenagers from financially disadvantaged families who won a place through support programs.

Unterföhring – November 05, 2026 -- ProSieben's new adventure show "Catch Us. Die Jagd durch Europa" premieres Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 21:25 and continues on November 11 and 12 at 20:15. The episodes also stream on Joyn.

The premise pits four celebrity targets against almost 14 million social media users. Andrea Kiewel, Chris Tall, and the father-son pair Jenke and Jánik von Wilmsdorff must stay undetected for five days in a European metropolis. They wear conspicuous red-and-white striped shirts the entire time.

Daily tasks force the targets out of hiding

Simply staying put is not an option. Each day, the targets must complete tasks that pull them out of cover and into public view.

They start with a one-hour head start on their pursuers and flee to three European cities. Planting false trails is key to throwing the hunters off.

Munich – November 05, 2026 -- The three-part documentary series "Kings of Scam" about the fake DHL text message scam is available in the ARD Mediathek and has won first prize at the Helmut Schmidt Journalist Prize. The Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) production traces the criminal network behind the messages and a mysterious piece of software.

The scam starts with a harmless-sounding parcel notice

The series opens with a message like this one: a DHL parcel has arrived at the warehouse, cannot be delivered because of an incomplete address, and the recipient must confirm the address via a link within 12 hours. According to the source, messages like this open the door to a large-scale fraud. Every year, sensitive data is stolen from hundreds of thousands of people, and their credit card details are skimmed.

Strasbourg – November 05, 2026 -- The 90-minute documentary "The Slavery Network: Tracing a Dark Legacy" streams on arte.tv from December 1 and airs on TV at 8:15 p.m. the same day. It is a first broadcast.

The film follows money from Ghana and the Caribbean to three European cities

Directors Sarah Vianney and Martin Carazo Mendez trace financial flows from the past into the present. The route runs from Ghana and the Caribbean to Liverpool, Nantes and Berlin. The film shows how widely Europe profited from slavery, which it describes as both one of history's greatest crimes and a global economic system.

Stuttgart – November 04, 2026 -- Electric bassist Wolfgang Schmid will receive the 2027 German Jazz Trophy, a lifetime achievement award worth €15,000, at a ceremony on June 30, 2027, at 19:00 in the SpardaWelt Eventcenter in Stuttgart.

The ceremony opens the Jazz Open Stuttgart 2027. Winners also receive a statue by Stuttgart sculptor Otto Hajek. The prize is presented by the Sparda-Bank Baden-Württemberg's Foundation for Art and Culture, the magazine neue musikzeitung and JazzZeitung.de.

The jury credits Schmid with establishing the electric bass in jazz

Martin Buch, a jury member and CEO of Sparda-Bank Baden-Württemberg, said Schmid established the electric bass over decades as a distinctive, virtuosic and stylistically boundless jazz instrument. As a musician, composer, producer and teacher, Schmid inspired generations of players and made German jazz visible far beyond the country's borders, Buch said.

NEW YORK – November 04, 2026 -- SiriusXM will carry live play-by-play of every MLS Cup Playoffs match, starting with the Wild Card games on November 19. Access is included in several subscription plans, and a new sports-focused tier costs $5 per month.

Home-team broadcasts for every playoff game

Through the MLS Cup Final, SiriusXM will carry the home team's broadcast for each match. The Final is on December 18, and SiriusXM will produce its own exclusive national audio broadcast of it. Keith Costigan will call the play-by-play, former English Premier League player Danny Higginbotham will be the analyst, and Toronto FC defender Walker Zimmerman will report from the sideline.

Listeners can find the match schedule at SiriusXM.com/Sports. Soccer broadcasts are available on the Platinum, All Access and Music & Entertainment plans, and on the new SiriusXM Sports Pass at $5 per month.

Columbia – November 04, 2026 -- "Where We Once Stood," a documentary following Vietnam Veterans back to the country for the first time since the war, will stream on Prime Video in the U.S. starting on Veterans Day. It is the first feature-length film from Veterans United Home Loans.

Golden Globe winner and longtime Veteran advocate Gary Sinise executive produced and narrates the film.

A 2025 trip marked the war's 50th anniversary

The crew filmed in 2025, 50 years after the Vietnam War ended. The Veterans revisit the pivotal places that defined their military service. Veterans United brought together men from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force. Many had rarely spoken about their experiences, and the trip let them face those memories together.