Moderator Frank Plasberg moderated the ARD political talk “Hart aber fair” for 22 years before handing over to his younger colleague Louis Klamroth in January 2023. But a male friendship did not develop from this. Because his successor has terminated the collaboration with the previous production company (of which Plasberg is also managing director). Klamroth never spoke to him himself, said Plasberg in the “DWDL” interview a few weeks ago: “He went to WDR. WDR informed us.”
Louis Klamroth wanted a break: Frank Plasberg is out as producer of “Hart aber fair”.
In the future, a newly founded company, of which Klamroth is a co-partner, will produce the show “Hart aber fair”. Plasberg said of Klamroth: “He wants a break. He was hardly ever here in the company right from the start. It was new for the team and at the same time disturbing that he was obviously looking for distance.” And further: “I had to be 66 years old to get to know someone who was so friendly and had such an approach.”
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New concept and new studio: “Hard but fair” is getting changes
Moderator Louis Klamroth will produce the Monday talk show himself with the company Florida Factual from January 29, 2024. “Hard but fair” gets a new concept. They want to focus more on the dialogue with citizens. “There will be changes in the selection of guests and topics and the dramaturgy as well as in the design of the studio and the look of the show,” announces ARD.
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Moderator Louis Klamroth about the new start: “‘Hard but Fair’ will not only come in a new look, but will also set new accents in terms of content and become more digital. We’ll try out a lot, I’m looking forward to that!”
The dominant red is a thing of the past: This is what the old studio of “Hart aber fair” looked like © WDR/Dirk Borm The dominant red is a thing of the past: This is what the old studio of “Hart aber fair” looked like
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Klamroth himself described the last few months in the “Zeit” interview as “a mixed” year. So far he has “not felt the freedom to moderate in the way that suits me. I could hardly create the show myself.”
Louis Klamroth rejects Frank Plasberg’s allegations: “I remember the events completely differently”
Moderator Louis Klamroth also comments on Plasberg’s criticism; “I can understand that he needs his own story about how this separation came about. I remember the events completely differently. We discussed with Frank Plasberg and his team for weeks. At times there was the idea of a to start a joint venture. But in the end it became clear that it wouldn’t work together.”
They no longer agree: Frank Plasberg (right) and his “Hart aber fair” successor Louis Klamroth © WDR/Ansager & Schnipselmann/Julia Feldhagen They no longer agree: Frank Plasberg (right) and his “Hart but fair” successor Louis Klamroth
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“Hard but fair”: First picture of the new studio
Interesting: In addition to Klamroth, Caren Miosga also presented her new political talk on ARD. What is striking is that they both use the same colors for their studio. Petrol with a warm, dark orange were brought together here. Did ARD look at the two concepts beforehand and compare them with each other? It doesn’t look like it. Because the similarity is astonishing, almost a bit bizarre.
Caren Miosga’s first guest was CDU leader Friedrich Merz © ARD/Screenshow Caren Miosga’s first guest was CDU leader Friedrich Merz
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Amazing similarity to “Caren Miosga”: That’s what ARD says about the new “Hart aber fair” studio
The AZ asked the broadcaster ARD how this could come about. “Different teams worked on the studio designs (logo, colors, design shapes) of ‘Caren Miosga’ and ‘hart aber fair’,” a spokesperson clarifies. “In both development processes, shades of green emerged as a color for the studio. When voting, ARD made sure that each program was clearly recognizable. That’s why ‘hard but fair’ also plays a role in the on-screen design Red still plays a central role – while ‘Caren Miosga’ is characterized throughout by tones of blue, turquoise and green.”
“Hard but Fair” wants to attract younger viewers
In addition to politicians, “Hard but Fair” will also feature citizen guests in the future. “Their voices and perspectives are given even greater importance,” the broadcaster said in a statement. Greater focus should be placed on “social debate topics with high conversation value”.
They definitely want to attract more younger viewers to “Hard but Fair”. Therefore there is also a media library restart. On Tuesdays, users can find a version of the previous evening’s program commented on by Louis Klamroth and supplemented with editorial content.
Brigitte Büscher has left the ARD show “Hart aber fair”.
In December 2023 it was announced that “viewer advocate” Brigitte Büscher was leaving “Hart aber fair” after 23 years. She read audience reactions on the show and did street polls. “It’s over for me, I’m going to start something new, go down new paths. And as the saying goes? All the best, all the best. And we’ll see what happens in 2024,” said Büscher in her last broadcast.
Some viewers were sure that they had found Louis Klamroth to be the culprit for Brigitte Büscher’s “Hard but Fair” exit. “Anyone who is even slightly informed knows what went on behind the scenes and how Klamroth and his production company took over everything,” explained one angry fan via X (formerly Twitter).
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Büscher herself emphasized that her departure was her sole decision. Louis Klamroth had nothing to do with it. At “t-online” the journalist emphasized: “He offered me to continue with him and his new team in whatever role. But I didn’t want that. I wasn’t bullied out, and it wasn’t an intrigue either.”
“Hard but fair”: Ratings fell under moderator Louis Klamroth
As “Quotenmeter” reports, the last eight editions of “Hart aber fair” were tuned in by an average of 1.98 million (8.6 percent market share). In the young target group, 0.32 million were there (6.4 percent).
Frank Plasberg used to attract significantly more viewers to the screen. In 2021/22, 2.81 million tuned in (10.6 percent market share). Among 14 to 49 year olds it was 0.53 million (7.9 percent).
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