Overview
- Maischberger’s Wednesday edition examined recent drone attacks on Ukraine and German arms support with ARD correspondent Vassili Golod and former Moscow ambassador Rüdiger von Fritsch, joined by Sky du Mont and a commentary trio of Theo Koll, Ulrike Herrmann and Vince Ebert.
- Lanz’s overnight show featured Welt reporter Ibrahim Naber recounting a near‑fatal Russian drone strike in Ukraine and investigative journalist Florian Flade detailing reporting on alleged Russian nuclear assets in the Arctic and a covert underwater surveillance system using Western technology.
- ZDF listed tonight’s Lanz lineup as Karl‑Theodor zu Guttenberg, journalist Melanie Amann, Argentina expert Susanne Käss and psychologist Stephan Grünewald to discuss U.S. politics, the AfD, Argentina under President Milei and public sentiment in Germany.
- Earlier this week, Lanz probed CDU tactics against the AfD in Saxony‑Anhalt and U.S.–Venezuela tensions, while Maischberger focused on the ‘Stadtbild’ debate, social reforms and Germany’s defense industry with Britta Haßelmann, Stephan Mayer and René Obermann.
- Episodes for both shows are posted shortly after broadcast in the ARD and ZDF mediatheks, and ZDF set the year‑end special “Markus Lanz – Das Jahr 2025” for December 17 at 20:15.