2011 in German television

Events

• 7 May – Pietro Lombardi wins the eighth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar.
• 14 May – The 56th Eurovision Song Contest is held at the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf. Azerbaijan wins the contest with the song "Running Sacred", performed by Eli & Nikki.
• 18 May – The Kelly Family singer Maite Kelly and her partner Christian Polanc win the fourth season of Let's Dance.
• 8 June – TV chef Horst Lichter and his wife Nada become the first contestants to win €1million on Rette die Million!.
• 12 September – Marc Sonnen wins the eleventh season of Big Brother Germany.
• 6 December – David Pfeffer wins the second season of X Factor.
• 17 December – 27-year-old panpipe player Leo Rojas wins the fifth season of Das Supertalent.

Debuts

Free for air

Domestic

• 24 November – ''The Voice of Germany''

International

• 4 March – United States of Tara
• 23 April – ''The Jungle Book''

Cable

International

• 18 September – //The Amazing World of Gumball
• 19 September – /My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
• 8 November – /''The Octonauts''

Military Television Debuts

BFBS

• Everything's Rosie
• /Mrs Brown's Boys
• Driver Dan's Story Train
• ''Sooty''

Television shows

1950s

• ''Tagesschau''

1960s

• ''heute''

1970s

• ''Tagesthemen''

1980s

• Wetten, dass..?
• ''Lindenstraße''

1990s

• Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
• Marienhof
• Unter uns
• Verbotene Liebe
• Schloss Einstein
• In aller Freundschaft
• ''Wer wird Millionär?''

2000s

• Deutschland sucht den Superstar
• Let's Dance
• ''Das Supertalent''

2010s

• ''X Factor''

Ending this year

• Big Brother Germany
• ''Marienhof''