Observed Signal · Jul 29, 2026 · Content Release · Source: DWDL · Impact: 2/5 · Sentiment: Neutral
ARD’s 'Nachtstreife' Leaves Mainz After Final Mainz Season
ARD will publish six new episodes of the documentary series "Nachtstreife" from Mainz on August 19 in the ARD Mediathek; the first episode will also air on linear TV on August 24 after the "Tagesthemen," and the six episodes will be broadcast as double episodes on SWR Fernsehen starting September 2. This is the seventh season of the series and the fifth set in Mainz, but it will be the last time the Mainz police units are filmed there. SWR plans future filming in Ludwigshafen; NDR contributes a Hamburg edition and HR is developing a Frankfurt season. The new episodes were produced by Die Company LS Media GmbH (Feb–Jun 2025) and emphasize officers' encounters with people in acute mental-health crises. The format uses on-camera commentary from officers rather than an off-screen narrator.
Programmatic and production update for a public-broadcaster documentary series affecting content supply and regional production for ARD/SWR; limited industry impact beyond broadcaster programming and distribution.
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- ARD will publish six new episodes of 'Nachtstreife' from Mainz in the ARD Mediathek on 2026-08-19.
- The first episode will also air in the linear programme on 2026-08-24 after the 'Tagesthemen'; six episodes broadcast as double episodes on SWR Fernsehen from 2026-09-02 at 23:30.
- The new season is the seventh overall and the fifth filmed in Mainz — it is the last season filmed in Mainz; SWR will shoot future episodes in Ludwigshafen.
- Die Company LS Media GmbH produced the new episodes between February and June 2025.
- NDR supplies a Hamburg spin-off and HR is working on a season from Frankfurt; the season focuses on police encounters with people in acute mental-health crises and uses on-camera officer commentary instead of off-commentary.
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