Speaker Sandra Maischberger (57) can be seen several times on ARD on Mondays in April. His talk show of the same name traditionally airs on Tuesdays and Wednesdays late at night. “The success of Sandra Maischberger's talk format should be bolstered by additional broadcast dates, particularly on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and, on rare occasions, on Monday evenings. Here we will take advantage of the Easter break planned for the Hart aber fair,” said the spokesperson of the ARD program directorate in response to a request from dpa. Several media outlets reported this on Wednesday. Louis Klamroth, who took over Frank Plasberg's talk show, will take a break and return. According to Info, he will return with his Monday evening talk on April 29.

“Hard but Fair” is intended for a younger audience

In the summer of 2023, ARD announced that it wanted to show Maischberger more often. The talk show “Hart aber fair” should therefore develop into a format that will also attract a younger audience to the ARD media library. Public broadcasting is struggling with the fact that television audiences tend to be older. The classic TV show continues to be “Hard but Fair,” as they said back then.

Maischberger announced at the end of last week's Wednesday show that he would return on April 8 after Easter and then present the show three times a week, Monday through Wednesday, for three weeks. The management of the ARD program said that it will start on Mondays after “Tagesthemen”. “There are no more Monday releases planned at this time.”

Klamroth's “Hard but Fair” is shown every Monday before “Tagesthemen”. According to the information, this slot has documentaries for the next three weeks. The talk show said: “'Hart aber fair' is a well-known brand for political talk. We developed the brand linearly and digitally with Louis Klamroth and wanted to use the popularity of the brand to adapt the format's media library. 'Hart aber fair to go' is better known”.