Drama at Leipzig Zoo: Veterinarian Dr. Mertens inspires millions!

Drama at Leipzig Zoo: Veterinarian Dr. Mertens inspires millions!

Leipzig, Deutschland - The popular series "Veterinarian Dr. Mertens" broadcast her exciting relay finale on June 24th. The show has been inspiring its viewers for almost two decades and has seen 3.469 million viewers in the last episode, which corresponds to a market share of 16.4 percent. The series thus took second place behind the "Tagesschau", which achieved 5.84 million viewers that evening, such as Thueringen24.de reported.

The plot around Susanne Mertens, who works as an assistant doctor in the Leipzig Zoo, took dramatic twists in the season finale. In addition to an attack on an zookeeper, central topics revolved around two crown makis. Fortunately, Susanne was able to successfully save the kidnapped animals, while the wedding of Matteo and Gina was celebrated in the zoo.

quotas and spectator interest

The ninth season of the series was started with a strong start of 4.27 million viewers and a market share of 17.1 percent. In the much younger target groups, especially between 14 and 49, the market share was 9.3 percent, which was promising. However, the tendency is that the series has difficulties in the younger age groups. In the target group of 14- to 59-year-olds, however, only 6.6 percent were achieved in the season finale, comparable to popular formats such as "in all friendship" and "daily topics" ( wunschliste.de ).

Compared to the previous week, the number of spectators easily fell from 3.683 million to 3.469 million, which leads to discussion about the future of the series. The ARD will decide a possible tenth season based on the switch -on rates and the feedback from the audience. It remains to be seen whether the makers of the series find paths to arouse the interest of the younger spectators and to keep the number of spectators.

• Season finale: 3.469 million viewers - 16.4 percent market share
• appearance of "Tagesschau": 5.84 million viewers - 23.3 percent market share
• market share in the target group 14-49 years: 6.6 percent

Overall, “Veterinarian Dr. Mertens” remains an integral part of German television culture, but there are definitely challenges to manage to achieve the minds in younger age groups and to secure the high ratio of the long -term.