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ZDF TV guide

ZDF today, and every day back to January 2023.

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CountryGermany
Thu 15 Oct31 programmes
Listings fromJan 2023
CategoryGeneral
On now on ZDF13:56 CEST
On now
Live: ARD-Mittagsmagazin
12:00 to 14:00 CEST
4 minutes left
14:00Live: heute - in deutschland
14:15Die Küchenschlacht
15:00Live: heute Xpress
15:05Bares für Rares
ScheduleZDF schedule

All times Europe/Berlin. The same day from the API: GET /v1/channels/ch_65mhnvme/schedule?date=2026-10-15&tz=Europe/Berlin

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TimeProgrammeEpisodeCategoryLength
00:00heute journal updateŞtiri15m
00:15auslandsjournal – die Doku: Mullahs, Macht, MilizenDiverse45m
01:00Am Puls mit Dunja Hayali Unsere Bahn: geliebt, verflucht – gefährlich?Diverse45m
01:45auslandsjournalŞtiri30m
02:15Die SpurDiverse30m
02:45Im Schatten des Krieges Der geheime Einsatz des Mossad im IranDiverse45m
03:30plan b: City vibesDocumentar45m
04:15planet e.: Wenn Vögel die Stadt erobernDiverse45m
05:00hallo deutschlandDiverse30m
05:30ZDF-MorgenmagazinDiverse3h 30m
09:00heute XpressDiverse5m
09:05Volle Kanne - Service täglichDiverse1h 25m
10:30Notruf HafenkanteDiverse45m
11:15SOKO StuttgartDiverse45m
12:00ZDF - MittagsmagazinDiverse2h
14:00heute – in DeutschlandŞtiri15m
14:15Die KüchenschlachtDiverse45m
15:00heute XpressDiverse5m
15:05Bares für RaresDiverse55m
16:00heute – in EuropaDiverse10m
16:10Die Rosenheim-CopsDiverse50m
17:00heuteDiverse10m
17:10hallo deutschlandDiverse50m
18:00SOKO StuttgartDiverse1h
19:00heuteDiverse20m
19:20WetterDiverse5m
19:25Notruf HafenkanteDiverse50m
20:15The Lost City – Das Geheimnis der verlorenen StadtFilm1h 40m
21:55heute journalMuzică30m
22:25maybrit illnerDiverse1h
23:25Markus LanzDiverse1h 15m
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curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_65mhnvme/schedule?date=2026-10-15&tz=Europe/Berlin"

# what is on now, and next
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_65mhnvme/now"

# any past day (Archive plan)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_65mhnvme/history?from=2025-10-13T00:00:00Z&to=2025-10-14T00:00:00Z"
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// GET /v1/channels/ch_65mhnvme/schedule?date=2026-10-15, the first programme
{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "ls_q4g5kdjt",
            "channel": "ch_65mhnvme",
            "start": "2026-10-14T22:00:00Z",
            "stop": "2026-10-14T22:14:59Z",
            "title": "heute journal update",
            "sub_title": null,
            "description": null,
            "category": [
                "Ştiri"
            ],
            "flags": {
                "new": false,
                "live": false
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "count": 31,
        "date": "2026-10-15",
        "tz": "Europe/Berlin"
    }
}
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