BERLIN (dpa-AFX) - The crime series "Nord bei Nordwest" with Hinnerk Schönemann and Jana Klinge attracted the most viewers on Thursday evening. 6.63 million (25.2 percent) wanted to watch the new episode "Natalja" on Ersten starting at 8:45 pm. Earlier, 5.33 million (19.9 percent) watched the ARD special program "Brennpunkt" on the subject of "Tank poker: Leopards for Ukraine?" On ZDF, the doctor series "Der Bergdoktor" with Hans Sigl, Heiko Ruprecht and Monika Baumgartner also drew a strong 6.11 million (22.7 percent).

Vox scored with the French science fiction flick "Lucy. The film starring Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman was seen by 1.51 million viewers (5.7 percent). The RTL docu-soap "Bushido & Anna-Maria - Alles auf Familie" was watched by 1.22 million (4.6 percent). RTL's jungle camp "Ich bin ein Star - Holt mich hier raus!" then drew 3.00 million (18.7 percent) to the screen starting at 10:15 p.m., with 30.3 percent (1.10 million) of 14- to 49-year-olds watching.

ProSieben offered the ranking show "Big Countdown!" to 830,000 viewers (3.2 percent). Kabel eins aired the coaching series "Rosins Restaurants Spezial," appealing to 700,000 people (2.7 percent). The social documentary "Reeperbahn Privat! Das wahre Leben auf dem Kiez" on RTLzwei convinced 610,000 (2.3 percent) to tune in.

Sat.1's crime series "Biarritz - Mord am Meer," with Camille Lou, Thierry Neuvic and Marylin Lima, reached 410,000 people (1.6 percent). ZDFneo had the U.S. crime series "Monk" with Tony Shalhoub and Ted Levine in its lineup - that reached 350,000 viewers (1.3 percent)./bok/DP/nas