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Tatort series cast transitions

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2026-07-26 08:25 UTC → 2026-07-26 18:31 UTC · added removed

Germany’s long‑running ARD crime series Tatort will return on pause from 13 September 2026 after for a 19‑week summer hiatus, the longest pause in its history, caused by to accommodate the 2026 FIFA World Cup broadcast schedule. The break Repeats will be filled with repeats fill the gap while the autumn lineup introduces a reshuffle of schedule reshuffles several long‑standing teams. Returning star Maria Furtwängler heads 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” aired on ARD at 20:15 MEZ, showing detectives marked the last joint investigation of Moritz Eisner and Bibi Fellner investigating a mafia‑related murder in Vienna and marking the last on‑screen collaboration of the iconic duo. Their 40th joint case “Dann sind wir Helden” will air at the end of 2026, after which the duo will exit the series. From 2027 Vienna, while the Vienna Tatort will be led by a new half‑sibling team—Charlotte “Charlie” Hahn (Miriam Fussenegger) and Alex Maleky (Laurence Rupp). On 19 July 2026 ARD broadcast the Münster‑based episode 19 “Unter Gärtnern” at 20:15 MEZ, featuring episode featured detectives Frank Thiel and Prof. Dr. Karl‑Friedrich Boerne investigating the death of a senior citizen found in a garden, extending the summer rollout of regional teams before the announced hiatus. Two days later, on Münster. On 26 July 2026, 2026 the Munich‑set detectives Ivo Batic and Franz Leitmayr returned in the episode “Game Over,” probing Over.” A routine traffic stop turns deadly when a murder of young policewoman is shot; a fellow officer that leads burned getaway car later yields a second, charred police corpse. The case pulls the detectives into the e‑gaming world—one 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 their the last stories for the Batic‑Leitmayr team before their scheduled departure. The same evening Tele 5 aired the fantasy series “Xena” episode “Der Preis/Ship of Doom,” highlighting From 2027 the broader German television schedule. 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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