Lindenstraße is a German television show on ARD's Das Erste, one of Germany's two publicly administered TV channels. The first episode was aired on 8 December 1985 and since then new episodes have been broadcast weekly. Its current timeslot on Das Erste is Sundays at 18:50. The events of the Sunday episode usually take place on the Thursday before the show, based on the TV station's original plan of airing the episodes Thursday night. Prior of the start of the show, the timeslot was switched to Sunday evening but the Thursday remained the day the events usually take place as the show shall feature the daily life routine of the protagonists on a working day. Exceptions are the so-called holiday episodes that take place on Sunday, such as for Christmas and Easter and also on important election days.
Setting the pace for other soap operas in Germany, the first episodes were met with mostly bad reviews. However, Lindenstraße soon became one of the most successful shows on German TV.
Danthep is an entertainer, a dancer/singer/actor. Everything is going well for him. He’s dating Praifah, a supermodel and they are going to get engaged in a month. Everything is peachy until he receives a puzzling email from a young girl named Ida who is claiming to be the daughter he had with Kate, Danthep’s former girlfriend from his teenage years. Moreover, Ida intends to come to Thailand to see him. The email troubles Danthep, so he tells his personal assistant Pung that roughly 15 years ago, he might have gotten a girl pregnant one summer in Holland. That girl is Kate. Without finding out the truth, Kate’s mother lied to him and barred him from seeing Kate ever again. This is why he is not sure if Ida is his daughter or not. Regardless, he knows it could get messy if people knew the details of his relationship with Ida. It could cause a huge scandal...
The show is divided into several segments, each one offering contestants prizes in return for achieving a set of challenges or game tasks given by the host. The prizes offered range from cars and motorcycles to gold, cash, vacation packages and household items. The show is funded by sponsors, advertisers and commercial brands
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