Overview
- The show will return with a 75-minute, pre-recorded premiere scheduled to air on ARD at 22:50 on Thursday, 16 July.
- Season 22 opens with guests Campino and Barbara Schöneberger, features Connor Skinner's TV debut, and includes a performance by Die Toten Hosen of a song from their newly released album.
- NDR's production lists further season guests such as Dieter Nuhr, Fabian Köster, Tahnee, Alexander Gerst, Marteria and Jan Ullrich across the Thursday line-up.
- The comeback follows the program's third Deutscher Fernsehpreis win in 2025 and builds on Ina Müller's recent #1 album and a film role, giving the season notable public momentum.
- Produced at the Hamburg Schellfischposten pub, the long-running format has been an ARD Thursday late-night staple since 2007 and is expected to offer summer viewers an alternative with interviews, comedy and live music.