Tabaluga tivi (partially found ZDFtivi German game show; 1997-2011)
Tabaluga tivi's first logo
Status: Partially Found
This article has been tagged as Needing work due to its editor notes and unfinished nature.
Tabaluga tivi was a long-running German game show that aired on ZDFtivi from 1997-2011 and had reruns on KiKA every Sunday. It premiered on October 4th, 1997 and aired its last episode on May 7th, 2011. It was cancelled to make way for "new and innovative entertainment formats"[1]. The show was produced on behalf of ZDFtivi by the Munich production company MingaMedia and recorded in the Bavaria Studios near Munich. The show ran for 14 years with a total of 652 episodes and was cancelled to make way for new formats.
Format
Two presenters along with Tabaluga the Dragon, Happy the Snowhare, Arktos the Snowman, and James the Mute Penguin Butler ran the game show. Each episode ran for 90 minutes until 2006, when the runtime was shortened to 65 minutes until 2008, when it was shortened once again to 45 minutes. There were two teams of two children each, one red team and one yellow team, competing against each other in 5 rounds (changed to 3 rounds in 2003). Action, skill and knowledge games alternated. There used to be a second quiz in the first round. In 2003, this was replaced with the "Freundschaftbox", which was then replaced by "Wortball" in 2008. The two teams collected lucky points during the game rounds (from 2003), which were converted into a sum of money at the end of the episode and donated to a good cause. The children would determine the donation goal themselves beforehand.
From 2000 to 2011, there was a segment called "Arktos’ unheimlich böse Aufgabe" where the external presenters had to solve a task given by Arktos in 90 seconds. If the presenter managed to complete the task in time, the winning team would receive a bonus point for the final game.
The final game was called the "Arktos Super-Spiel", and was there since the beginning of the show. A path would light up on the board briefly, before going out, and the team would have to cross the board by remembering where the path was. From 1997 to 2003, if the players won the "Arktos Super-Spiel", the team would win the Golden Tabaluga, a golden trophy statue that looked like the dragon, Tabaluga.
Throughout the entire game show's run, there were educational and service short films and series aired during the show, which fell into the "Drachenstark" category. There were often also music acts and performances from studio guests. From 2003-2011, there was an article series on the show called "Das verschenkte Glück". The article series presented short films showing stories of people who went through special efforts to help others and make them happy. "Glücksbringer" were given the Golden Tabaluga as an award. From 1997-2006, the show would air 2 episodes of German cartoons and TV shows. Most notably, all 78 episodes of the Tabaluga cartoon adaptation had their broadcast premiere on this show.
Broadcast, Promotions, and Availability
The show was broadcast on ZDFtivi on Saturday afternoons from 1:30 p.m. until 2000 when it was moved later in the morning. In 2006, the show's broadcast slot was moved to 7:20 a.m. in the early morning. In 2008, it moved airing times yet again to 6:50 a.m. until May 7th, 2011, where the final episode aired at 6:15 a.m. in the morning. The episodes were rebroadcast several times throughout their lifespan on KiKA every Sunday.
There was also a website that offered videos of several episodes, such as the final episode, segments from the show, some episodes of the spin-off series "Ein tierisch tolles Haus", information about the show, information about Tabaluga and his friends, schedules for airings and reruns of episodes of the main show and the spin-offs, held many contests, and much more things.
The show was heavily promoted in magazines while it was running, usually talking about when the next episode aired, when the previous episode aired, and when an episode would be re-broadcast.
Out of the 652 episodes, only 3 have resurfaced in full, with clips and segments of various other known and unknown episodes resurfacing over the years, though some episodes have segments cut out in the episodes or have muted music due to copyright.
List of Episodes
| # | Episode Title | Air Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Folge 1 | Oct 4th, 1997 | Lost |
| 2 | Folge 2 | Oct 11th, 1997 | Lost |
| 3 | Folge 3 | Oct 18th, 1997 | Lost |
| 4 | Folge 4 | Oct 25th, 1997 | Lost |
| 5 | Folge 5 | Nov 1st, 1997 | Lost |
| 6 | Folge 6 | Nov 8th, 1997 | Lost |
| 7 | Folge 7 | Nov 16th, 1997 | Lost |
| 8 | Folge 8 | Nov 22nd, 1997 | Lost |
| 9 | Folge 9 | Nov 29th, 1997 | Lost |
| 10 | Folge 10 | Dec 6th, 1997 | Lost |
| 11 | Folge 11 | Dec 13th, 1997 | Lost |
| 12 | Folge 12 | Dec 20th, 1997 | Lost |
| 13 | Folge 13 | Dec 27th, 1997 | Lost |
| 14 | Folge 14 | Jan 3rd, 1998 | Lost |
| 15 | Folge 15 | Jan 10th, 1998 | Lost |
| 16 | Folge 16 | Jan 18th, 1998 | Lost |
| 17 | Folge 17 | Jan 24th, 1998 | Lost |
| 18 | Folge 18 | Jan 31st, 1998 | Lost |
| 19 | Folge 19 | Feb 8th, 1998 | Lost |
| 20 | Folge 20 | Feb 14th, 1998 | Lost |
| 21 | Folge 21 | Feb 21st, 1998 | Lost |
| 22 | Folge 22 | Feb 28th, 1998 | Lost |
| 23 | Folge 23 | Mar 7th, 1998 | Lost |
| 24 | Folge 24 | Mar 14th, 1998 | Lost |
| 25 | Folge 25 | Mar 21st, 1998 | Lost |
| 26 | Folge 26 | Mar 28th, 1998 | Lost |
| 27 | Folge 27 | Apr 4th, 1998 | Partially Found (Drachenstark Segment) |
| 27 | Folge 28 | Apr 11th, 1998 | Lost |
| 29 | Folge 29 | Apr 18th, 1998 | Lost |
| 30 | Folge 30 | Apr 25th, 1998 | Lost |
| 31 | Folge 31 | May 2nd, 1998 | Lost |
| 32 | Folge 32 | May 9th, 1998 | Lost |
| 33 | Folge 33 | May 16th, 1998 | Lost |
| 34 | Folge 34 | May 23rd, 1998 | Found |
| 35 | Folge 35 | May 30th, 1998 | Lost |
| 36 | Folge 36 | Jun 6th, 1998 | Lost |
| 37 | Folge 37 | Jun 13th, 1998 | Lost |
| 38 | Folge 38 | Jun 20th, 1998 | Lost |
| 39 | Folge 39 | Jun 27th, 1998 | Lost |
| 40 | Folge 40 | Jul 4th, 1998 | Lost |
| 41 | Folge 41 | Jul 11th, 1998 | Lost |
| 42 | Folge 42 | Jul 18th, 1998 | Lost |
| 43 | Folge 43 | Jul 25th, 1998 | Lost |
| 44 | Folge 44 | Aug 1st, 1998 | Lost |
| 45 | Folge 45 | Aug 8th, 1998 | Lost |
| 46 | Folge 46 | Aug 15th, 1998 | Lost |
| 47 | Folge 47 | Aug 22nd, 1998 | Lost |
| 48 | Folge 48 | Aug 29th, 1998 | Lost |
| 49 | Folge 49 | Aug 5th, 1998 | Lost |
| 50 | Folge 50 | Aug 12th, 1998 | Lost |
| 51 | Folge 51 | Aug 19th, 1998 | Lost |
| 52 | Folge 52 | Aug 25th, 1998 | Lost |
| 53 | Folge 53 | Oct 3rd, 1998 | Lost |
| 54 | Folge 54 | Oct 10th, 1998 | Lost |
| 55 | Folge 55 | Oct 17th, 1998 | Lost |
| 56 | Folge 56 | Oct 24th, 1998 | Lost |
| 57 | Folge 57 | Oct 31st, 1998 | Lost |
| 58 | Folge 58 | Nov 7th, 1998 | Lost |
| 59 | Folge 59 | Nov 14th, 1998 | Lost |
| 60 | Folge 60 | Nov 21st, 1998 | Lost |
| 61 | Folge 61 | Nov 28th, 1998 | Lost |
| 62 | Folge 62 | Dec 5th, 1998 | Lost |
| 63 | Folge 63 | Dec 12th, 1998 | Lost |
| 64 | Folge 64 | Dec 20th, 1998 | Lost |
| 65 | Folge 65 | Jan 2nd, 1999 | Lost |
| 66 | Folge 66 | Jan 9th, 1999 | Lost |
| 67 | Folge 67 | Jan 16th, 1999 | Lost |
| 68 | Folge 68 | Jan 23rd, 1999 | Lost |
| 69 | Folge 69 | Jan 30th, 1999 | Lost |
| 70 | Folge 70 | Feb 6th, 1999 | Lost |
Gallery
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External Links
tivi Episode Guide of Tabaluga tivi's first website (archive.org) of Tabaluga tivi's second website (archive.org) of Tabaluga tivi's third and final website (archive.org)