Vorabend Navigator
A discovery and watchlist app for Germany's daily-evening crime and family series, helping fans find new shows when their favorite ends and ranking episodes by emotional payoff.
Casual German TV viewers in their 50s-70s who watch daily ZDF and ARD crime/family series and feel lost when a long-running show ends
- 'My favorite ended' mood-based recommender that suggests replacement series by tone, setting, and cast feel
- Episode-by-episode viewer ratings aggregated from German fan forums
- Weekly TV planner tuned to the Vorabend 19:25 slot
- Cross-show story arc explainer so newcomers can join a series mid-run
As veteran series like Rosenheim-Cops lose longtime cast members, older German viewers face a discovery gap with no curated guide for the daily-evening slot they have watched for decades.
Marisa Burger's exit drove sustained interest in what comes next for Vorabendserien fans, but the search volume is moderate, not mass-market.Krimi - ZDFmediathek ↗
TV Spielfilm is broad but not curated for older viewers of daily-evening series; Joyn's own discovery is generic.Krimi - ZDFmediathek ↗
Older German TV viewers are a strong but hard-to-reach ad demographic; subscription conversion may be slow.Krimi - ZDFmediathek ↗
Germany's daily-evening series tradition is deeply entrenched and culturally durable.
Episode metadata and fan ratings exist; the recommender mostly requires tone-tagging via LLM.