Overview
- RTL removed the show's Free‑TV run on Thursday after airing three episodes in the Sunday 19:05 slot and announced repeats will take the place.
- Audience figures tracked by AGF Videoforschung fell from about 570,000 viewers at the July 5 premiere to roughly 410,000 by the third episode and the 14–49 market share slid from about 5.2% to 3.0%.
- The fourth scheduled broadcast on Sunday, July 26 will be replaced by repeats of the 2020 series Die Versicherungsdetektive and RTL has not announced a new Free‑TV timeslot for the series.
- All five episodes of season 5 remain available to stream on Sky, WOW and RTL+, so viewers can still watch the full season despite the linear removal.
- The decision follows RTL’s early June takeover of Sky and its strategy to reuse Sky originals on Free‑TV, and it signals that weak linear ratings can quickly curtail such experiments and affect scheduling and advertiser planning.