Christine. Perfekt war gestern!

Christine. Perfekt war gestern!
GenreSitcom
Based onThe New Adventures of Old Christine
StarringDiana Amft
Janek Rieke
Anna Julia Kapfelsperger
Elisabeth Baulitz
Marco Girnth
Minh-Khai Phan-Thi
Opening themeUpside Down by Paloma Faith
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
ProducerBeatrice Kramm
Production locationBerlin
Running time23 minutes
Production companyPolyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft
Original release
NetworkRTL Television
ReleaseAugust 22 (2013-08-22) –
October 17, 2013 (2013-10-17)

Christine. Perfekt war gestern! is a German television sitcom first aired on 22 August 2013 on RTL. It is an adaptation of the American series The New Adventures of Old Christine.

Premise

Christine is a thirty-something, single mom. She still has a good relationship to her former husband Stefan. Then she meets his new girlfriend whose name is also Christine. So she becomes the “old Christine” and starts looking for a new boyfriend for herself.

Cast

  • Diana Amft as Christine Wagner
  • Janek Rieke as Stefan Wagner
  • Anna Julia Kapfelsperger as the “new” Christine
  • Carl Wegelein as Tom Wagner
  • Elisabeth Baulitz as Franziska Lüttich
  • Brigitte Zeh as Caro von Wiese
  • Axel Schreiber as Mark
  • Minh-Khai Phan-Thi as Betty

Production

Christine. Perfekt war gestern! is an adaption of the American sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Some dialogs of the original were just translated and put in the German version.[1] Production took place from 20 November 2012 to 25 January 2013[2] in Berlin.[3] On 24 October 2013 it was announced that there is not going to be a second season of the show.[4]

Episodes

Season 1 (2013)

No. in
series
No. in
season
Title Original air date Viewers
(million)
11"Die neue Christine"August 22, 2013 (2013-08-22)2.32 [5]
22"Kleine Abenteuer"August 29, 2013 (2013-08-29)1.98[6]
33"Magic Moments"September 5, 2013 (2013-09-05)2.24[7]
44"Olle Kamellen"September 12, 2013 (2013-09-12)1.93[8]
55"Ich zeig Dir meins"September 19, 2013 (2013-09-19)1.96[9]
66"Glücklich allein"September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26)1.90[10]
77"Schöne Scheidung"October 10, 2013 (2013-10-10)1.64[11]
88"Ein Ex zum Knutschen"August 29, 2013 (2013-08-29)1.43[12]

References

  1. ^ Christian Junklewitz (2013-08-22). "Play By Day: Christine - Neue Sitcom auf RTL". Serienjunkies.de.
  2. ^ "Box office / business" (in German). IMDb.
  3. ^ "Filming Locations" (in German). IMDb.
  4. ^ Uwe Mantel (2013-10-24). "RTL setzt "Christine" und "Sekretärinnen" nicht fort". DWDL.de (in German).
  5. ^ Manuel Weis (2013-08-23). ""Doc meets Dorf" kommt stark aus den Startlöchern". Quotenmeter.de.
  6. ^ Alexander Krei (2013-09-06). "Neue RTL-Serien müssen erneut Verluste hinnehmen". DWDL.de.
  7. ^ Kevin Kyburz (2013-08-30). "Primetime-Check: Donnerstag, 29. August 2013". Quotenmeter.de.
  8. ^ Kevin Kyburz (2013-09-13). "Primetime-Check: Donnerstag, 12. September 2013". Quotenmeter.de.
  9. ^ Kevin Kyburz (2013-09-20). "Primetime-Check: Donnerstag, 19. September 2013". Quotenmeter.de.
  10. ^ Kevin Kyburz (2013-09-27). "Primetime-Check: Donnerstag, 26. September 2013". Quotenmeter.de.
  11. ^ Kevin Kyburz (2013-10-10). "Primetime-Check: Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2013". Quotenmeter.de.
  12. ^ Kevin Kyburz (2013-10-18). "Primetime-Check: Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2013". Quotenmeter.de.