Overview
- The new season of Gefragt – Gejagt returned to Das Erste with Alexander Bommes as host, a run that began on Monday, May 18 and restored the 18:00 quiz slot formerly used by another program.
- Producers shortened the on-air introductions of the three Jäger so they are now announced only by name, a change viewers on Instagram described as impersonal and “lieblos.”
- The season opener produced several notable live moments: veteran Jäger Sebastian Jacoby and a contestant both missed a simple date question and host Alexander Bommes intervened to stop a near-misunderstanding over a reported €5,000 versus €5 offer.
- ARD reported that the premiere averaged about 2.25 million viewers with a roughly 17.6 percent market share, indicating that ratings have not yet slipped despite the backlash.
- The show has kept the pandemic-era choice to forgo a studio audience, a long-standing production decision that viewers say, together with shorter Jäger intros, has reduced the program's familiar, personal tone.