Yesterday, October 28, 2024 at 8:15 pm 1.075 million people watched Thomas Stipsitz on ORF 1. The famous cabaret artist, actor, musician and writer received support from the eponymous “Headscarf Mafia”, who never missed a beat from their lookout post on the village street. An average of 1.049 million (provisional weighting) with a 39 percent market share in the 12+ target group preferred to watch Daniel Geronimo Proszaska’s ORF/ARTE film adaptation of Thomas Stipsitz’s first bestseller “Stinats Grimi”. Not to be missed, streaming on ORF ON. In ORF-1 prime-time films, “Headscarf Mafia” reached a record level since 2006 (surpassing “Weber and Breitfuss” with 1.131 million in December 2022) – and in market share (best value since 2004). . Among the younger target groups, 12-29 and 12-49, the market share was 37 and 35 percent, respectively. More information about the film is available at presse.ORF.at. “Headscarf Mafia” is a co-production of ORF, ARTE and Mona Film with the support of the state of Burgenland.
ORF General Director Roland Weissmann: “Getting a million viewers in front of the TV with a movie is literally impossible in a fragmented TV landscape. Thomas Stipsitz makes the impossible possible, and ORF is delighted to be working with him.
ORF Program Director Stefanie Krois-Horowitz: “When Thomas Stipsitz hunts criminals together with his Stinatz originals, great entertainment is guaranteed. I would like to thank the entire team in front of and behind the camera for this great Austrian audience success, and the second part of our new crime series ‘Uhudlerwerschvorung’.” Waiting for.”
Thomas Stipsitz Senses a “Uhudler Conspiracy”: A Second “Stinatz Crime Thriller” Is Already in the Can
In the ORF/ARTE film adaptation of his second “Stinatz crime novel”, Thomas Stipsitz follows the trail of a “Uhudler conspiracy” that leads deep into the underworld of the sunny wine region, surrounding the death of a winemaker. Fermentation gas accident is determined. The film will be shown on ORF 1 and ORF ON in 2025, and the shooting of the film was completed in early October 2024.
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