Although it is only the first episode it already feels like that the prison is full. Maybe all affected should open up a TV jail in a new show but which TV station would be willing to air this?
You need four ears and two opinions to dissect the absurdities of private and public television. For this purpose, Laura Larsson aids Anja Rützel and together they judge those who spoil the love for TV for them.
Anja Rützel welcomes guest Caro Worbs. Together, they enter a fever dream of stuff that should not go together: Goal wall shooting with Matze Knop, sex rope artists on a downward slope and a wedding proposal.
Real men do BBQ on an hourly basis during summer, rub each other's bodies with beer - and visit Anja's podcast. This is why TV author bon vivant Gregoy Ryl came to be guest.
What could have been: After spending an hour together, it felt like a journey to the own mind and Anja and Oliver both needed a straitjacket to share How did they get to vagina prints and Tony Marshall posters?
The mental horizon of today's guest seems infinite. And since two elaborate people meet each other of course all they talk about is sex. Anja and Samira enter the depths of phallus county which seems to be threatened by climax change.
Anja's guest has to survive the "Rützel Bootcamp" before entering the reality ring. The only rule: Gawk till you drop. No problem for Stefan Niggemeier, being the primoballerino of TV ballet. Together, they meet sleazy adversaries.
Anja's partner in crime today is Philipp Fleiter from next door. They talk, among other things, about creepy uncles from the train who get their own TV shows.
People's sexuality has to be treated with caution by other people. Neither a man is gay because he wears a feather boa nor is a woman heterosexual because she has the wish to marry. It doesn't matter. Lovely Simon Dömer is the guest.
Fresh from the summer break Anja Rützel and thoroughbred Lars Tönsfeuerborn ride through the German TV landscape and soon realize: Who seeks love in TV is on the wrong track. And what about Ross Anthony?
Anja and her guest El Hotzo talk about long-running German TV series "Kommissar Rex" about a police dog that solves crimes as well as weird advertising films about life and vacation in Hessian town Bad Sooden-Allendorf.
Katjana and Anja hop aboard the naked train and talk about the very explicit streaming show "Stranger Sins", the Netflix real estate series "Selling Sunset" and the cold case "Rudis Tagesshow" from December 7th, 1981.
Anja Rützel and Polish-German singer Balbina talk about the weird dating show "My Mom, Your Dad", trash TV classic "Ich bin ein Star, holt mich hier raus" and a particular weird episode from classic talk show "Bärbel Schäfer".
Anja Rützel meets Guilia Becker and watch reality star dating show "Are You The One?", "Big Brother - Das Dorf" and a particular sexist old episode of "Der 7. Sinn" about women who drive.
Anja Rützel greets Miguel Robitzky and they talk about the very German TV series "Frühling", the Schlagerboom show in Kitzbühel and the weird old educational TV show "Knoff Hoff".
Kathrin Wosch and Anja do couples therapy and watch "Die Paartherapie" in ARD, "Die strengsten Eltern der Welt" and the documentation series about Bushido and his wife Anna-Maria.
Olli and Anja experience the onlooker comfort while talking about "Ehen vor Gericht", "Die Pyramide" on Sat.1 and a look back on the classic TV series "All Creatures Great and Small".
Anja Rützel greets fellow trash TV podcast host Mark Oliver Lehmann. Together, they talk about the current season of "Das Sommerhaus der Stars", a birthday episode of "Goodbye, Deutschland!" and "Lafer, Lichter, Lecker".
Philipp Fleiter returns to once again talk about TV crimes with Anja Rützel: They investigate "Motorsägen Masters" with Ralf Moeller, RuPaul's "Drag Race Germany" and "Vivavision" with Stefan Raab.
Anja greets German acting giant Ulrich Matthes. Together, they talk about "Let's Dance", "Zwischen Tüll und Tränen" and investigate the cold case of "Spiel ohne Grenzen".
Anja and her guest, actor and TV host Louis Klamroth, talk pseudo-courtroom TV show "Verklag mich doch!". Louis brings his beloved reality TV pioneer "Die Abschlussklasse" and the cold case TV show "Let's Have a Party" from 1992.
Anja Rützel meets ex-GNTM model Michaela Schäfer to talk about Michael Remus, the "Mallorca Makler", all the former bachelors from the German edition of "Der Bachelor" and investigate the cold case "Die Schwarzwaldklinik".
In a first, fully orchestrated live event, Anja Rützel yet again greets guest Samira El Ouassil to talk about "Mein Job, Dein Job". Samira brings "Monaco Franze", the cold case is "Der Bulle von Tölz".
Anja Rützel and Simon Gosejohann get together to talk, among other things, about the German political talk-show "Talk im Turm" from the 90s and the sequel mini-series "Club las Piranhas".
Comedy author Michael Buchinger guest stars to talk with Anja Rützel about the Austrian trash TV formats "Drunk Dates", the reality soap "Die Lugners" (about a super-rich family) and "Wir leben im Gemeindebau" (about super-poor families).
Anja and Riccardo Simonetti talk about German daytime TV show "Shopping Queen" and MTV cult classic "Flavor of Love". They also invest the German TV show "Rivalen der Rennbahn" as a cold case, a German rip-off of "Dynasty".
Anja meets Youtuber Fabian Siegismund. They talk about the wrongdoings of "Das große Promi-Büßen". Fabian brings "The Ultimate Fighter" where MMA fighters live in an apartment together. The cold case is the old German talk show "Fliege".
Anja reunites with her former colleague Jan Köppen to investigate the current season of "The Masked Singer". Jan wants to talk about the second season of "Popstars" from 2001 and the cold case of "The Next Uri Geller".
After 30 episodes Anja learns that all roads lead to Cologne. So she gets together once again with Yasmine M'Barek to talk about several German TV dating shows.
A little summer break is announced to watch even more telly until the eyes turn square so the next episodes on August 6th will work just fine. So the listeners are invited aboard the "Traumschiff" for this special mini-episode.