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Tatort series cast transitions

Entities: Tatort · Ivo Batic · Munich · Oskar Weber · ARD

Overview

Germany’s long‑running ARD crime series Tatort will pause from 13 September 2026 for a 19‑week summer hiatus, the longest in its history, to accommodate the 2026 FIFA World Cup schedule. Repeats will fill the gap while the autumn schedule reshuffles several long‑standing teams.

Returning star Maria Furtwängler leads the new case “König in Gelb,” and a fresh Munich duo portrayed by Ferdinand Hofer and Carlo Ljubek will debut. Veteran pairs in Vienna (Harald Krassnitzer and Adele Neuhauser) and Munich (Ivo Batic and Franz Leitmayr) are slated for their final appearances.

The July 12 2026 episode “Azra” marked the last joint investigation of Moritz Eisner and Bibi Fellner in Vienna, while the July 19 “Unter Gärtnern” episode featured detectives Frank Thiel and Prof. Dr. Karl‑Friedrich Boerne in Münster. On 26 July 2026 the Munich‑set detectives Ivo Batic and Franz Leitmayr returned in “Game Over.” A routine traffic stop turns deadly when a young policewoman is shot; a burned getaway car later yields a second, charred police corpse. The case pulls the detectives into the city’s e‑sports underworld, where they work with gamer Oskar Weber and colleague Calli to trace online aliases. Investigators uncover a sizable Bitcoin fortune linked to a murdered gamer, providing a financial motive and exposing internal police suspicions. This episode is one of the last for the Batic‑Leitmayr team before their scheduled departure.

From 2027 the Vienna Tatort will be led by a new half‑sibling team—Charlotte “Charlie” Hahn (Miriam Fussenegger) and Alex Maleky (Laurence Rupp).

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Timeline

  1. 3 days ago

    [CULTURE] 7 sources
    Munich 'Tatort' episode 'Game Over' tackles police murders

    The Munich‑set “Tatort” episode “Game Over” aired 26 July 2026, showing investigators Batic and Leitmayr probing the murder of a policewoman, a second officer found in a burned car, and a link to the e‑sports‑​

  2. 9 days ago

    [CULTURE] 3 sources
    German TV lineup: 'Tatort' Münster case and 'Xena' episode stream on July 19, 2026

    ARD will broadcast the 'Tatort' Münster episode 'Unter Gärtnern' on July 19 2026, while Tele5 streams the Xena season‑2 episode 'Der Preis' the same day.

  3. 15 days ago

    [CULTURE] 11 sources
    ARD airs new ‘Tatort’ episode “Azra” on Sunday night

    ARD aired the ‘Tatort’ episode “Azra” on 12 July 2026, featuring detectives Eisner and Fellner tackling a mafia murder in Vienna with undercover informant Azra; no TV repeat is scheduled but it’s on the Mediat‑

  4. 15 days ago

    [CULTURE] 5 sources
    Tatort's veteran Vienna detectives Eisner and Fellner set to leave, new duo to debut in 2027

    Tatort’s veteran Vienna detectives Eisner and Fellner will exit after the “Azra” episode, with new half‑sibling investigators to debut in 2027.

  5. 17 days ago

    [CULTURE] 4 sources
    Tatort returns in September after 19‑week summer break

    Tatort will return on 13 Sept 2026 after a 19‑week break caused by the World Cup, introducing new cases and marking final episodes for veteran duos in Vienna and Munich.

Sources

archyworldys.com · fehmarn24.de · insidebw.de · it-boltwise.de · klack.de · kreiszeitung.de · kurierverlag.de · leinetal24.de · mannheim24.de · merkur-online.de · merkur.de · op-online.de · spielfilm.de · suedtirolnews.it · taz.de · tvinfo.de · tz.de · unterhaltung.t-online.de · wochentlich.de · zoanthus.fr

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