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With "Meiberger – At the Head of the Offender" begins this week the first self-produced police series of Servus TV. The cast with well-known actors such as Fritz Karl, Ulrike C. Tscharre and Otto Schenk shows that the small channel wants to play with the series in the first televised league. MEEDIA watched the first episode and said if "Meiberger" also plays qualitatively in the first division.
of Jens Schröder
Thus, Servus TV has not yet arrived in Germany. The average market share has stagnated at 0.3% for one to two years. In Austria, Servus TV is now 2.5% (October), but even in this country the station is not in the top ten. In addition to the two ORF stations, ATV and Plus 4 also have six German channels before Servus TV – from ZDF to Vox.
"Meiberger – At the head of the offender" should now allocate to the station quotas, well above this normal level. In any case, no other claim can be made for such self-production. The first series is "Meiberger" for Servus TV: in 2017, there was already "Trakehner Blood", which was then seen in Germany under the name "Gestüt Hochstetten" in the first. But with the second self-produced series "Meiberger", the channel now launches into the favorite genre of the Germans: thrillers.
Fritz Karl, who received the 2012 Austrian Romy television award and also starred in the ARD "Falk" series premiere in the spring, mimics the main character of the Servus series, forensic psychologist Thomas Meiberger. He helps prosecutors and police investigate crimes in which psychological problems play a role. The first episode, for example, is about a woman who should have seriously waddled with a knife.
Besides Meiberger, there are the main characters of the prosecutor Barbara Simma (Ulrike C. Tscharre) and the chief of the crime leader Nepo Wallner (Cornelius Obonya). In the role of father of Meibergers, one can also see Otto Schenk, Austrian legend of drama and cabaret.
The images of the region where the series is played are particularly striking when we look at "Meiberger": the Alpine region of Wolfgangsee, as well as Salzburg and its surroundings. The house of Servus TV so – fit. The quality of production corresponds to the standards of much larger channels, "Meiberger" could just as easily be shown at 20:15 in the first or ZDF. The problem of "Meiberger" is perhaps there: if the series strives to combine with his characters a psychological thriller with slight Austrian humor, but overall, "Meiberger" seems too much beautiful, too public, too innovative to be new.
It's not because of the actors doing a good job – with the possible exception of the excessive character of the police badistant – but the story simply does not take the audience away. Although a violent crime committed by a sleepwalker seems creative, the experienced viewer knows from the start that he has not done so well. At the latest when the husband's case is revealed. Surprisingly, the resolution is not.
In addition, "Meiberger" wants too much at the same time: the crime story takes second place, because the broken family of Meiberger should play a role, the quarrels with the prosecutor and the commissioner – and then at the end of the first episode are also manifest. a new love interest for Meiberger whose role is certainly taken from the episode 2 is also expanded. Too much time for 45 minutes.
In the end, "Meiberger" is not bad, but it is not so good that it is essential to continue the series. Crime friends, especially with a penchant for beautiful alpine pictures, but may risk a look.
You can watch "Meiberger" from Tuesday, November 6 at 8:15 pm on the Austrian television channel Servus, as well as at the German branch of the station from Friday, November 9 at 20:15. Ironically, the ZDF crime thrill hits so much.
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