Overview
- WDR announced the end of Frau tv and said the final episode will air on Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 22:15.
- The decision was driven by steadily declining viewers, with the show averaging a 3.4 percent market share and roughly 131,000 viewers in North Rhine‑Westphalia last year.
- WDR said it will replace the linear magazine with digitally produced projects and social distribution, naming a menopause documentary due on October 12 and a social‑reality series for the ARD‑Mediathek planned for autumn.
- Program director Andrea Schafarczyk thanked the editorial team and presenters Lisa Ortgies and Sabine Heinrich and stressed the move is a strategic reset rather than an end to coverage of women’s topics.
- The change leaves no classic women’s TV magazine on German screens and fits a wider trend of public broadcasters moving resources from traditional magazines to digital formats to reach fragmented audiences.