Back in November of last year, RTL2 shocked soap fans with this news: The station is completely unexpectedly cancelling the popular early evening series Köln 50667. After the last episode was broadcast regularly on television in June, the question remained as to who would replace the cathedral city show at 6:05 p.m. Now it is finally known which format viewers can look forward to, because RTL2 sticks to the tried and tested.
Stories from the Benz Barracks: Popular social report is back!
Hartz und herzlich – Tag für Tag has been running on RTL2 since 2016 and has been a permanent fixture in the TV schedule ever since. Now the documentary series is returning with new episodes – and a new broadcast slot. Hartz and herzlich – day by day, from 26 August, new stories will be told from the Benz barracks in Mannheim and thus secures the popular broadcast slot at 6:05 p.m. The successor to Cologne 50667 gives insights into the lives of the people who live in the socially disadvantaged district every day from Monday to Friday. In the new season, for example, Petra and Florian are accompanied in their everyday lives. Petra had a dream of a life in Dessau, which unfortunately backfired. Will she be able to return to the Benz barracks? Florian has to cope with his everyday life with five children and is accompanied by the production team. The social report also accompanies the residents of the social housing estate on numerous excursions such as the Mannheim May Fair, the Federal Garden Show and a monster truck show in Hockenheim.
Chin up, Cologne 50667 fans: This is how you can continue watching the Daily
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The shock of the cancellation of Köln 50667 had not yet been fully digested when the news suddenly came: It is going on after all! Not on linear TV, but on the streaming service RTL+. 40 new episodes since June the soap was offered for streaming. As nice as this news was, there are still many changes. There are no new episodes every day, but only on Mondays and Fridays. And the length of the episodes has also been drastically reduced to almost half. The new edition of the show largely dispenses with extras and the stories mainly take place in the art bar, where the format had its beginnings. Many fan favorites said goodbye to the show, but there was also a big comeback from former actors.