Overview
- MDR said it will rely on completed and contractually secured episodes during the break, keeping the crime franchises on air in a limited way.
- For Dresden, one episode that began filming in autumn 2025 is slated to air in 2026, and a follow-up titled "Löschen!" is scheduled to shoot from late May 2026 for a 2027 broadcast.
- The Dresden team led by Martin Brambach’s Peter Michael Schnabel and Cornelia Gröschel’s Leonie Winkler is still expected in two episodes before the pause takes full effect.
- Fans posted anger and sadness on Instagram, actor Vladimir Burlakov wrote "What?", and Gröschel responded with crying emojis, reflecting how viewers fear losing a Sunday favorite.
- These are long-running Sunday-night crime dramas made by regional ARD stations, with MDR covering Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, and even a taz column offered a satirical "replacement" that underscored the cultural stakes.