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District Inspector Lisa Engel takes over a dilapidated and long-abandoned police station on Lake Mondsee. There, she must first come to terms with her predecessor, the now-retired District Inspector Rudi Aschenbrenner, and deal with all kinds of criminal cases during her stay in the Austrian mountains.

'Die Gipfelzipfler' are Nick Pralle and Frank Rensing, who clash behind the scenes of the TV show 'Die Musikantenheimat' through Frank's manager. There they are supposed to perform as 'Die Gipfelzipfler'. But they have a big problem and finally have to write a new song - and time is running out. After all, it is a real-time comedy. That means every minute is also a minute until the countdown to the big performance. And there, of course, they stumble from one problem to the next. Then there are the major differences between the characters themselves. One comes from the folk Schlagermusik, the other is a studio musician who rather likes Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin - which of course leads to great tensions between the two. But the whole thing finally ends in a big showdown that takes a surprising turn.

Simon Polt, gendarmerie inspector from Brunndorf, is connected with the body and soul of the landscape and the people in the Weinviertel, as well as the wine itself. A little more brooding than the others and with a great sense of justice, he occasionally suffers from his job-related outsiderhood. Polt doesn't like to punish, he doesn't shoot and doesn't like to use force. He always rides his old bike to the crime scene and goes there in search of the truth. Thanks to his tenacity, he solves the cases in his very own way.

Robert Palfrader plays Empereor Robert Heinrich I. of Austria, He's supported by his chamberlain Seyffenstein (Rudi Roubinek - he's also the main writer of the show) and his servant Vormärz (FM4-host Rudi Schöllerbacher).

Daniela and Andreas Pichler regularly visit their couples therapist Dr. Nemeth. Once he's got his Sigmund turtle in position, things get going, and Dani in particular always has something to talk about. All in all, Andi would like to take it easier - if it weren't for their children together. The 16-year-old twins Celiné and Hanna are not only fraternal, but different in every way. And Lukas, the nine-year-old runt of the litter, is a very special child in his own right. Margarete, Andi's mother, is one of the certain family extras. A great grandma, but also a crazy noodle who drives her daughter-in-law to despair. And then there's Andi's best friend, Florian, who has no sense of humour at all and tempts Andi into all kinds of nonsense.

The focus of the miniseries is a Viennese tenement and its inhabitants. In this microcosm in the seventh Viennese district, five decades of political and economic changes are reflected in Austria.

Two men who couldn't be more different: one a proper accountant, the other a happy hippie child. And yet they are brothers - half-brothers, to be precise. Half-brothers who not only find out about each other after the sudden death of their father, but also take over his detective agency from one day to the next and discover that life is simply not a children's birthday party.

Anyone who thinks of "Der wilde Gärtner" as a typical gardening magazine is mistaken. Because this service show with sitcom character is a gardening guide of a special kind. Based on the viewer's own garden, it aims to awaken a love of the garden as a habitat and of nature in general in a witty and provocative way, and to raise awareness of the need to treat our planet with respect. For all plant lovers, gardeners and those who want to become one, there are also easy-to-implement tips and tricks that are intended to show alternatives to the common knowledge offered by the countless gardening books.

"It's a comedy series about the impossibility of being happy with someone of the opposite sex, because it only gets funny when it really hurts." That's how writer, director and leading actor Michael Niavarani describes the idea behind "Ex - a romantic comedy." At the center of the plot is 43-year-old, sex-obsessed Philipp, who (for the umpteenth time) is on the verge of failing in a relationship because there's one thing he just doesn't get: What really moves the women in his life.

Since 1997, Elizabeth T. Spira, who holds a doctorate in journalism and has won many prizes, has been running a kind of outreach dating agency on television together with cinematographer Martin Petritsch. For "Liebesg'schichten und Heiratssachen" she visits lonely hearts in their prime in their home and gives them the opportunity to present themselves.

Society journalist Polly Adler not only has stress at work, but her private life is also causing her headaches. Her husband Max has a crush on a colleague at work, his divorce lawyer makes clear advances on her, and daughter Resi is in the midst of puberty. Along the way, a journalistic investigation that begins with a harmless press conference develops into a scandal of national proportions. Polly Adler works as a society journalist for the newspaper Confact. It is not only her work life that is turbulent. Her private life also provides material for relevant columns: Polly's husband Max loses his heart to another woman, while Max's lawyer in turn falls in love with Polly. Along the way, the dedicated journalist uncovers a scandal through research that moves the entire nation.

The Horrowitz and Schnabel families actually have only one thing in common: they live in the same Salzburg apartment building, which is to be demolished because its profit-seeking owner has found a way to squeeze even more money out of the property. The problem: The tenants are not thinking of letting themselves be evicted so easily. Even Otto Schratt, the janitor, can do little against their combined resistance. He was hired specifically to get rid of the rebellious residents. However, he is not very clever at it.

Rudi Deschek has been playing the lottery for years. In a game community with his wife Claudia, his son Romeo and his mom Kriemhild, who lives in the same municipal housing household. The winnings have so far been limited, more than a few threesomes were not possible. But luck strikes at the ultimate record super jackpot and the Descheks are millionaires overnight.

At the center of the TV comedy series Tohuwabohu is a small, amateurish private television station, whose name says it all: a curious hodgepodge of news, sport, entertainment, culture, music, entertainment, information, show, entertainment and entertainment. Under pressure from financiers and creditors as well as on the run from the ORF, the post office and the police, the staff of Tohuwabohu chases from scene to scene and from one media and artistic faux pas to the next. The result of this type of programming is not only a desolate chaos, but also an expression of advanced lack of talent and ideas. But behind the presented absurdities of Tohuwabohu, on closer inspection, there is a TV, media and social criticism that picks up everything and everyone or unmasked them with parodic references.

Documentary series from Austria

Dr. Gerald Novotny stands as a newly divorced man before the ruins of his life. And because his ex does not usually wait for a long time, there is also a pile of relocation goods in the middle of the dental practice, which he runs together with his study friend Stefan Maroudi. Unfortunately, Gerald hasn't thought of looking around for a new apartment yet. So Stefan jumps in and offers his friend the guest room in his apartment. Only temporarily, of course...

"Tom Turbo" is an interactive children's thriller written by the popular children's book author and UNICEF ambassador Thomas Brezina. The viewers can slip into the role of the detective themselves and "solve the case". The main location is Thomas' office and Tom Turbo's garage in the Schönbrunn Zoo.

TV program under the motto "The program with the viewer", which was to be understood in such a way that a viewer visited the living room-like studio every week. With abstruse stories, extra silly jokes that were performed professionally and unprofessionally, the orchestra under the direction of Helmut Sommer (alone on the home organ), a star guest and a spectator who was identified every week by a small quiz, entertained half of the Alpine nation.

Join Austrian cabaret artist Alfred Dorfer as he hosts fellow comedians in his satirical classic, taking swipes at political and media events in Austria. Laugh along with Dorfers Donnerstalk as they hilariously dissect current events and cultural trends, offering a unique perspective on the world.

ORF III comes "Zur Sache": the new talk in the main evening. Every Friday, top-class guests discuss current topics that concern us - exciting, controversial, profound.