Also, German ‘Documentary/Comedy’ is likely a mix of scripted reality shows of the private channels (what the middle and owning classes call ‘^lower class TV’ ), infotainment ( “Hitler’s Megabauten” ) and opinionated comedy news shows (Böhmermann, Welke, Ehring et al.).
German comedy is incredibly bad, but still one of the most popular genres.
The last good German comedian was Loriot and he died 12 years ago.
Also, German ‘Documentary/Comedy’ is likely a mix of scripted reality shows of the private channels (what the middle and owning classes call ‘^lower class TV’ ), infotainment ( “Hitler’s Megabauten” ) and opinionated comedy news shows (Böhmermann, Welke, Ehring et al.).