COLOGNE -- The Airlift, the big budget two-parter from German production house TeamWorx. chronicling the 1948 Soviet blockade of Berlin and the U.S. effort to break it, soared above the competition on Sunday, with the first episode drawing a 24% market share and up to 9.9 million viewers for commercial channel Sat.1. The miniseries, which stars Heino Ferch, Bettina Zimmermann and Ulrich Noethen, was a direct hit with ad-relevant viewers, with 31% of the 14-49 year-old demographic tuning in. Sat.1 stuck with the historic theme, following the airing of the first half of Airlift with the documentary The Airlift - Berlin Won't Give Up, which featured eye-witness testimonies, including U.S. air force pilot Gail Halverson. The documentary retained much of the primetime audience, scoring a 20.3% market share with 5.77 million viewers.
- 11/28/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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