ZDFneo is a German digital terrestrial television channel, programmed for an audience aged 18 to 45 to counter the primarily older-skewing main channels of public broadcasters ZDF and ARD. It replaced ZDF's documentary channel, "ZDFdokukanal", on November 1, 2009.
Although the channel's logo reads "zdf_neo", ZDF refers to the channel as "ZDFneo" in all written text.
ZDFneo is broadcast (along with the rest of ZDFvision) via DVB-T digital terrestrial television, receivable in most areas of Germany. It is also transmitted in DVB-C through German cable networks, and in DVB-S from the Astra 1H satellite.
ZDFneo's broadcasts mostly consists of comedy and drama series produced in-house. Shows imported from America and the United Kingdom plus a few documentaries, music shows, and movies round out the schedule.
Die Deutschen ("The Germans"; history)Alisa – Folge deinem Herzen ("Follow your heart"; soap opera)Bianca – Wege zum Glück ("The way to happiness"; soap opera)Lafer! Lichter! Lecker! ("Lafer, Lichter, delicious!"; talk, cooking)Terra X (history)Abenteuer Wissen ("Knowledge Adventure"; science, history)Neues aus der Anstalt ("News from the (mental) institution"; cabaret)Heute Show (satire)Lena: Liebe meines Lebens ("Lena: Love of my Life"; soap opera)Neo Magazin Royale (late-night satire talk show; continuation of NeoMagazin mit Jan Böhmermann which was aired on ZDFneo)Schulz & Böhmermann (talk show)Süper Tiger Show (comedy)neoMusik (music)neoLeben (living)Neo Magazin (Talk show)Der Straßenchor ("The Street Choir"; music)Hochzeitsfieber! ("Wedding Fever!"; living)Comedy Lab (comedy)Bambule (culture/current affairs)30 Rock (comedy)Mad Men (drama)Hart to Hart (drama; titled Hart aber herzlich)Miami Vice (drama)The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (mystery)Spooks (drama; titled Spooks – Im Visier des MI5, engl. Spooks – In sight of the MI5)Hustle (drama; titled Hustle – Unehrlich währt am längsten, engl. Hustle – Dishonest it works much longer )Taking the Flak (dramedy; titled Taking the Flak – Reporter auf Kriegsfuß, engl. Taking the Flak – Reporters at war)In Plain Sight (drama)In Treatment (drama)Seinfeld (comedy)Free Agents (comedy; titled Free Agents – Zweisam einsam, engl. Free Agents – Twosome lonesome)How Not to Live Your Life (comedy)Being Erica (comedy)Weeds (comedy)Dirty Sexy Money (drama)Star Trek (Sci Fi; titled Raumschiff Enterprise, engl. Spaceship Enterprise)Midsummer Murders (detective drama; titled Inspector Barnaby)Luther (psychological crime drama)