Huntress

Yes, Jenny is a recast. Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen is the fourth actress to play her. The first Jenny (Christiane Klimt) was simply awesome, the second one (Silvia Maleen) took some time to make the role her own, and the third one (Sophie Lutz) only appeared in a video message. Schmidt-Tychsen is the least popular actress on AWZ right now. Regarding Deniz, I have no idea. I hope they don't put him with Lena which would mean him and his father Marian going after the same woman – again. The show desperately needs some new blood.

The anniversary episodes are still up if you click on the individual links I posted. They're no longer available on the episode overview, though. By comparing #1000 and #4000, you will notice that the show has undergone a complete transformation. Back in the 90s and the early 00s, German soaps still had that distinct "soap look" with sets that looked like stages and rather wooden actors. The production quality gradually increased but the big change eventually came around 2006/2007 with the construction of more realistic sets and a new filming technique. The next soap to celebrate its anniversary is Alles was zählt. The 1500th episode will be broadcasted on August 17th, 2012. It has been announced that three new contract cast members will arrive on the scene. Among them are two recasts: Katharina Woschek, who played Marie Töppers on "Marienhof" from 2007 to 2009, has been cast as a now grown-up Zoé Laffort, Ingo and Celine's daughter. The character had previously been played by Carolin von der Groeben on a recurring basis from 2008 to 2010. Ulrich Drewes, a telenovela veteran – he has played parts on "Wege zum Glück", "Anna und die Liebe", "Alisa – Folge deinem Herzen" and "Hanna – Folge deinem Herzen" – has been cast as Rüdiger Steinkamp, Richard's younger brother and Franziska's father. The character had previously been played by Christian Kerepeszki on a recurring basis in 2010 before Rüdiger went to prison. Rosetta Pedone has been cast as Viktoria König, a professional dancer. Pedone is best-known for her work on "Marienhof" where she played devious doctor's receptionist Laura Conti from 2008 to 2009. Laura was responsible for a big explosion which resulted in the collapse of the Marienhof mall. In addition, now that Annette is dead, it seems that Ingo will find himself attracted to Jenny – the woman who killed his wife!

Yes, Marion Shaw returned in early season 6 when Coop (Linden Ashby) was introduced. She shot at Michael and attacked Megan in the operating room. I think she ended up in the loony bin or something similar.

I don't know if you watch these episodes from every country, but RTL put up old anniversary episodes of GZSZ for free: http://rtl-now.rtl.de/gzsz.php (where it says " FREE | Anlässlich der 5.000. Folge "GZSZ" bieten wir diese Jubiläumsfolgen 7 Tage lang kostenlos an") There's a short ad at the beginning of each episode. Episode 1000 (1996): A rallye through Berlin unites all cast members http://rtl-now.rtl.d...ayer=1&season=0 (Contract cast: Barbara #2, Charlie, Clemens, Daniel, Elisabeth, Fabian, Flo, Gerner, Kim, Leon, Nataly, Nico, Robert K., Tina #1, Vanessa, Vera) (Opening sequence: 1996.1 Heiko - Elke - Clemens - Vera - Charlie - Elisabeth - Daniel - Saskia - Tina - Gerner - Rebecca - Andy - Kim - Tom) Episode 2000 (2000): In the midth of a big charity event, Cora goes into labor and gives birth to her daughter Antonia http://rtl-now.rtl.d...ayer=1&season=0 (Contract cast: Barbara #3, Charlotte, Chris, Clemens, Cora, Daniel, Flo, Franziska, Gerner, Jan, Kai, Lara, Marie, Moritz, Nataly, Nico, Peter #3, Sandra #1, Sonja #2) (Opening sequence: 2000.1/A Jan - Nataly - Clemens - Marie - Kai - Elisabeth - Daniel - Flo - Nico - Gerner - Barbara - Philip - Cora - Peter) Episode 3000 (2004): Most of the cast is on board of a plane that might crash http://rtl-now.rtl.d...ayer=1&season=0 (Contract cast: Clemens, Cora, Daniel, Deniz, Elisabeth, Gerner, Hannes, Isabel, John, Julia, Katrin, Lena, Leon, Nico, Paula, Sandra #2, Senta, Tim #2, Verena, Vincent) (Opening sequence: 2003.1/B Verena - Elisabeth - Daniel - Sandra - Hannes - Ben - Paula - Deniz - Cora - John) Episode 4000 (2008): A big explosion at the "Fasan" restaurant kills Franzi http://rtl-now.rtl.d...ayer=1&season=0 (Contract cast: Dominik, Emily, Franzi, Gerner, Jasmin, John, Katrin, Paula, Philip) (Opening sequence: 2007.1/A Alexander, Lucy, Iris & Lenny - Elisabeth, Tim & Clemens - Caroline / Henrik - Leon - Emily - Daniel, Paula & John - Marc - Franzi & Philip - Sandra - Katrin & Gerner - Jasmin / Dominik - Verena)

There were also inaccuracies in the Sydney-Jane-Michael history. I watched the 4th episode of the reboot yesterday (the show is currently on repeats in my country) where Jane first appeared. In that episode, Violet tells Jane that she is Sydney's daughter and that Jane is now the only relative she has left. Obviously the new writers missed the fact that Sydney and Jane were only adoptive sisters. Furthermore, David blackmails Jane and tells her that she should have changed her internet passwords after her divorce from Michael. Hello, Jane and Michael divorced in 1998/1999 (and of course for the first time in 1993). I don't think Jane was ever seen using a computer on the original show. Except Amanda, nobody even had a cell phone back then.

Jane and Michael met during a party at the apartment complex in episode 16 of the reboot. They obviously still seemed attracted to one another, but did not have much dialogue. Amanda and Jo were also at the scene.

"Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten" celebrates 5000 episodes and its 20th anniversary on May 23rd, 2012. New cast pictures have been released. From left to right: John, Pia, Dominik, Jasmin, Ayla, Philip, Emily, Vince, Zac, Lilly and Tanja The twentysomethings: Philip, Ayla, Dominik, Emily, Jasmin, John and Pia The teens: Zac, Tanja, Lilly and Vince It is however striking that Patrick, Jacky and Tuner were ommitted on the group pictures even though they also belong to the younger crowd. They were probably not sexy enough.

Yes, you're right, I mixed that up. From a 1998 interview:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GRXClexJVuY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> The original single version is an auto-tuned dance song, but Mandy can also pull it off without any electronic help.

No, I don't think so. I remember that Josie Bissett also asked for a change in Jane's character, which is why she became more assertive and manipulative starting with season 4. However, they redeemed Jane a few episodes into season 5 with her becoming "normal" again and finding out that she was adopted. This was probably done because Bissett became pregnant and it was clear that this pregnancy couldn't be written into the show's storylines. They had to usher her out and leave the door open for a return. I think Bissett, Lisa Rinna and Alyssa Milano were the only cast members that left the show on good terms and actually wanted to return (Rinna also left because of her pregnancy and Milano because of "Charmed"). Everyone else wanted out of their contracts (for example Show, Thorne-Smith, Zuniga, Charvet), demanded too much money so they were fired (Leighton, Cross) or were simply written off because they weren't needed anymore (Williams, Davis, Langton, Shue, Ashby).

I think they played that story out well with Sydney unwillingly having to take care of Jane; Michael trying to have sex with Jane while Jane was living at the beach house (she smashed a vase on his head); Jake rescueing Jane from drowning which eventually led to their relationship; and Jane wondering who drugged her with Sydney trying to put the blame on Jo and Richard. Later on, Jane found out the truth and blackmailed Sydney into helping her with Richard's murder.

And I always thought I was the only one who really liked Jane Of course Josie Bissett was one of the weakest actresses on the show, but she was good at playing rude and bitchy. She also had great chemistry with Thomas Calabro and Laura Leighton. It's too bad they turned Jane into such a whimp again once she had returned in late season 6. Megan already fulfilled that role sufficiently.

Alison didn't actually come between them. It was Jane who pushed Jake away after she got raped by Richard. Both Jake and Alison tried to be there for Jane, but she didn't care and secretly plotted Richard's murder. That's when Jake and Alison grew closer and eventually kissed in the season 4 finale.

Official promotion trailer for the "WzG" reboot: "Wege zum Glück – Spuren im Sand"*: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/n7TA7j3yuwo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> * Literal translation: "Paths to Happiness – Traces in the Sand".

I thought that Sandy had potential which was completely wasted. Amy Locane's acting wasn't that bad (if we forget about her disappearing and returning southern accent), and she and Grant Show had great chemistry – something that most of Jake's other pairings clearly lacked. This may be an unpopular opinion, but I never thought that Jo/Jake or Amanda/Jake were great couples. I actually prefered him with Sydney, Jane and Alison If we just take a look at the first half of season 1, I would have written Jane and/or Michael off the show instead of Sandy because they were just boring and were just there. Thank God that changed later on and they became two of my favorite characters (next to Sydney and Kimberly of course). I also found it weird that Alison basically drove the whole first season. She was the heart and soul of the show, and Courtney Thorne-Smith was the only female regular to appear in all 32 episodes. Bissett and Williams missed a lot of episodes, especially in the second half of the season, and sometimes they only appeared in one or two scenes. Beginning with season 2, Alison was thrown under the bus – or rather thrown under Amanda. I wonder what CTS thought about her character changing from moral center to being the doormat. Even though they were pushed to the backburner in their last two years on the show, Jake and Alison should have stayed until the very end. Billy and Matt should have been written out after season 4 at the latest.

While reading that article from the show's beginning, I thought: "Did I watch a different show back then?" Because the first 15 episodes were clearly not trendy, sexy or racy at all. And when exactly did Rhonda's kiss with a not black man happen? I can't remember her kissing anyone but her future husband Terrence.

Original cast member Ulrike Röseberg is out on Alles was zählt. After almost six years with the show, the actress has decided to leave her role and move to Berlin to live with her girlfriend. Her character Annette Bergmann-Zadek, who has been the heart and soul of the show since the very beginning, will be killed off. Röseberg's final episode will be shown in June 2012. Thus, Tatjana Clasing and Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Simone and Richard Steinkamp) remain as the last original cast members. Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk) and André Dietz (Ingo Zadek) have also been with the show since the beginning, but started out as recurring. The last main character to be killed off was Roman Wild, played by Dennis Grabosch, last November. Ironically, Roman was Annette's best friend. Annette will be survived by her husband Ingo, her sister Lena Bergmann (Juliette Menke), her half-sister Katja Bergmann (Anna Katharina Samsel) and her newphew Alexander von Altenburg (Lena and Maximilian's son).

Preview pictures for April 2012: Unter uns 01. Irene (Petra Blossey), nuConnor (Finn Ariens) and one of Connor's kiddy friends 02. Sina (Valea Scalabrino) and Rebecca (Imke Brügger) 03. Micki (Joy Lee Juana Abiola-Müller) and Bela (Bela Klentze) 04. Till (Ben Ruedinger) and Eva (Claudelle Deckert) 05. Britta (Tabea Heynig) and Eva (Claudelle Deckert) 06. Nils (Martin Baden) and Paco (Milos Vukovic) 07. Paco (Milos Vukovic) and Anna (Marylu Saskia Poolman) 08. Britta (Tabea Heynig) 09. Easy (Lars Steinhöfel) and Lili (Sarah Bogen) 10. Moritz (Marvin Linke) and Sina (Valea Scalabrino) Alles was zählt 01. Lena (Juliette Menke) and Florian (Michael N. Kuehl) 02. Maximilian (Francisco Medina) and Katja (Anna-Katharina Samsel) 03. Lena (Juliette Menke) and Marian (Sam Eisenstein) 04. Jenny (Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen) 05. Simone (Tatjana Clasing) and Jenny (Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen) 06. Axel (Daniel Aichinger), Ben (Jörg Rohde), Richard (Silvan-Pierre Leirich) and Maximilian (Francisco Medina) 07. Constanze (Sabine Fernandez), Marian (Sam Eisenstein) and Lena (Juliette Menke) 08. Maximilian (Francisco Medina) 09. nuEtienne (Mehdi Moinzadeh) and Annette (Ulrike Röseberg) 10. Melanie (Anna Katharina Fecher), Franziska (Julia Engelmann) and Sebastian (Frederik Götz) Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten 01. Maren (Eva Mona Rodekirchen) and Alexander (Clemens Löhr) 02. Katrin (Ulrike Frank), Gerner (Wolfgang Bahro) and David (Kai Holzapfel) 03. Tanja (Senta-Sofia Delliponti) and Zac (Jascha Rust) 04. Tuner (Thomas Drechsel) and Jacky (Samia Dauenhauer) 05. John (Felix von Jascheroff) and Pia (Isabell Horn) 06. Patrick (Björn Harras) and Tayfun (Tayfun Baydar) 07. Lilly (Iris Mareike Steen) 08. Pia (Isabell Horn) and Jasmin (Janina Uhse) 09. Vince (Vincent Krüger) and John (Felix von Jascheroff) 10. Tayfun (Tayfun Baydar) and Ayla (Sila Sahin)

"Give Me All Your Luvin'" entered the German Single charts at #8 this week. This is Madonna's 25th Top 10 single on that chart. Her most successful songs over here were: #10 - Justify My Love (1990) #10 - American Life (2003) #9 - Holiday (1983) #8 - Give It 2 Me (2008) #8 - GIve Me All Your Luvin' (2012) #6 - True Blue (1986) #6 - This Used to Be My Playground (1992) #5 - Me Against the Music (2003) #5 - Sorry (2006) #5 - Celebration (2009) #4 - Like A Virgin (1984) #4 - Vogue (1990) #4 - The Power of Goodbye (1998) #4 - Die Another Day (2002) #3 - Into the Groove (1985) #3 - Express Yourself (1989) #3 - Don't Cry For Me, Argentina (1996) #2 - Papa Don't Preach (1986) #2 - Who's That Girl (1987) #2 - Like a Prayer (1989) #2 - Frozen (1998) #2 - Music (2000) #1 - La Isla Bonita (1987) #1 - American Pie (2000) #1 - Hung Up (2005) #1 - 4 Minutes (2008) Her least successful era over here was the mid-90s. So far, 59 of Madonna's songs have charted. Her lowest peak position was #78 for "You Must Love Me". All other songs at least reached the Top50. With 4 #1 singles, Madonna is placed at a tied #8 in the "Who had the most #1 singles?" list. #1 The Beatles (11) #2 Freddy Quinn (10) #3 ABBA (9) #4 The Sweet / Boney M. (8) #5 Peter Alexander (7) #6 Caterina Valente / The Rolling Stones (6) #7 Modern Talking / Sarah Connor (5) #8 The Bee Gees / The Pet Shop Boys / Falco / Madonna / Tokio Hotel / No Angels / Shakira / The Black Eyed Peas / Lady GaGa / Rihanna (4) #9 Whitney Houston / Cliff Richard / Xavier Naidoo / Robbie Williams / DJ Ötzi / Rednex / Smokie / Frankie Goes to Hollywood / Eminem / Timbaland / Herbert Grönemeyer / Mark Medlock (3) #10 Kylie Minogue / Michael Jackson / Britney Spears / Depeche Mode / Aura Dione (2)

Ivy Quinaoo, finalist on "The Voice of Germany"... she's absolutely brilliant. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YZoiNmU-7iE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Brigitte Nielsen won the 6th season of "Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!" last night. Complete ranking: 11. Martin Kesici (left voluntarily) 10. Daniel Lopes 09. Ramona Leiß 08. Jazzy 07. Radost Bokel 06. Ailton 05. Vincent Raven 04. Micaela Schäfer 03. Rocco Stark 02. Kim Gloss 01. Brigitte Nielsen Omg, "Forsthaus Falkenau" Yeah, it's some sort of family drama and one of the longest-running shows on German television, currently in its 23rd season.

It wasn't that bad actually. The best thing about it was Isa Jank who played the main antagonist Annabelle von Gravenberg for most of the show's run. Annabelle was very similar to VL's Clarissa von Anstetten, also played by Jank. However, while Clarissa sometimes displays a softer side, Annabelle was a real witch. The new edition will probably not feature any of the former characters.

It happened faster than everyone thought: Sat.1 has taken "Anna und die Liebe" off its schedule as of next week. The remaining episodes will be shown on sixx – a channel that only a small number of households can receive. The same happened last fall with "Hand aufs Herz" which was also only shown on sixx towards the end of its run. However, ZDF has reactivated its telenovela "Wege zum Glück" which ran from 2004 to 2009. A new season will debut this spring. I think it was due to the fact that it was basically a clone of "Verliebt in Berlin". Besides, both lead actors clearly lacked screen presence.

Honestly, I've never watched the show. Just caught a glimpse here and there. The show's official website: http://www.sat1.de/t...iebe/charaktere The show's main star was Jeanette Biedermann as Anna Broda, née Polauke. Biedermann used to be GZSZ's poster child after the turn of the millenium and I could never stand her. Due to her popularity as an actress, she also became a successful singer, scoring ten top 10 hits on the German Singles Chart between 2000 and 2009. After "Anna" had completed its first year, Biedermann left the show and was replaced by Josephine Schmidt who starred on GZSZ from 2002 to 2009. Schmidt's character was named Mia, but the show was still called "Anna und die Liebe". In November 2010, Schmidt left and Biedermann returned. Anna's husband Jonas, whom Anna had finally married at the end of her first run, was killed off and there was some surreal storyline with Jonas being a ghost, which the audience did not approve of. Subsequently, ratings began to fall. The ghost story was scrapped and a new triangle featuring Anna, Tom and Enrique became the main storyline. Anna and Tom eventually got married and Biedermann announced her second departure from the show. Her final airdate is January 25th, 2012. A few weeks ago, the new main character Nina was introduced, who is played by former AWZ actress Maria Wedig. However, Nina is very unpopular with the audience and ratings have fallen once again. For the most part of its run, "Anna und die Liebe" aired against "Marienhof", which was cancelled in early 2011. In Germany, the ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG is the main opponent of the RTL group. While RTL operates RTL, RTL II, VOX, SuperRTL and n-tv plus several pay-tv stations, ProSiebenSat.1 owns ProSieben, Sat.1, kabeleins, sixx and N24 plus several pay-tv stations. While RTL has three successful soaps, Sat.1 has a poor record of keeping soaps and telenovelas on the air. Their first attempt at establishing a daily soap was "So ist das Leben! Die Wagenfelds" which ran from October 1995 to February 1996 at 6 p.m. and was cancelled after only 127 episodes. In 1997, "Geliebte Schwestern" failed at 7 p.m. Until February 2005, they did not launch another daily serial until "Verliebt in Berlin", the German adaption of "Ugly Betty", was produced. ViB became a huge success during its premiere year and even threatened GZSZ in the ratings department. However, during the second season ViB became unwatchable and ratings declined, leading to the show's cancellation in October 2007. Around the time the second season of ViB premiered, Sat.1 also launched a second telenovela called "Schmetterlinge im Bauch" which was cancelled only a few months later. "Anna und die Liebe" then debuted in August 2008. From 2009 to 2010, "Eine wie keine" was paired with "Anna und die Liebe". After the former show's cancellation, "Hand aufs Herz" was launched. HaH also only survived one year. I don't think Sat.1 will produce another soap or telenovela in the near future.

The next show has been cancelled: According to media reports, Sat.1 has pulled the plug on "Anna und die Liebe". The telenovela debuted in the fall of 2008 and has suffered from weak ratings for the past few months.