SRF zwei

SRF zwei
Programming
Picture format	720p HDTV; (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Sister channels	SRF 1; SRF info
History
Launched	1 September 1997; 26 years ago
Replaced	S Plus; Schweiz 4
Former names	SF2 (1997–2005); SF zwei (2005–2012)
Links
Website	www.srf.ch/tv
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	DVB-T; (channel numbers varied with location; ceased on 3 June 2019)

SRF zwei (Swiss Radio and Television Two) is a Swiss German-language free-to-air television channel run under the public SRG SSR broadcasting group.

History

The channel was launched in 1997 as 'SF 2' as the German-speaking replacement for the formerly nationwide second public channel S Plus (which originally launched in 1993 and was subsequently renamed 'Schweiz 4' in 1995). It is the second of the three national German-language channels in Switzerland (the others being SRF 1 and SRF info).

SF 2 was renamed to 'SF zwei' on 5 December 2005, in order to differentiate it more from its sister channel SF 1. An HD version launched on 29 February 2012.

Programming

SRF zwei mainly broadcasts programmes aimed towards a younger audience. There is a heavy emphasis on movies, TV series and sporting events, much like its Austrian equivalent ORF 1. Feature films and TV series are often broadcast with both the German dub and the original soundtrack.

From 1998 to 2003, a Nickelodeon-branded programming block was broadcast on SRF zwei (then known as SF 2) on weekdays between 10am and 5pm; there was a mixture of Nicktoons and Swiss productions, as well as live broadcasts featuring interactive games. In addition, a Junior-branded block was broadcast on weekend mornings; this was extended to weekdays from September 2003, replacing the Nickelodeon block. This too ended in December 2006, and was replaced by SF tubii, which was renamed Zambo in 2010.

On 29 February 2012, a major programme overhaul was undertaken: the children's block Zambo was shortened and moved to SRF 1, due to programming on SRF zwei regularly being interrupted for sports broadcasts. In addition, The Simpsons was removed from its early evening slot due to poor ratings, and was replaced with a series of in-house productions.^[1]

Broadcasts

sport live: Live sporting events
sport aktuell: Daily sports news magazine
sportpanorama: Weekly in-depth sports magazine
PresseTV: Various magazine programmes produced by print magazines
Movies
TV series

Entertainment

Series

Arrested Development
Babylon Berlin (2018–present)
Boston Legal
Breaking Bad
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Castle
Chicago Justice (2018–present)
Chicago P.D. (2015–present)
Code Black (2016)
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2017)
Der Lehrer (2010-2011)
Desperate Housewives (2005-201?)
Devious Maids (Devious Maids - Schmutzige Geheimnisse) (2014, 2017)
Dexter
Family Guy
Fargo
Friends
Fringe (Fringe - Grenzfälle des FBI) (2009-2011, 2014)
Glee (2011-201?)
Grey's Anatomy (2006–present)
Homeland
Intelligence (2015–present)
Last Man Standing (2014–present)
Line of Duty (2017–present)
Mad Men (2018–present)
Madam Secretary (2015–present)
Malcolm in the Middle
Outlander
Prime Suspect (Heißer Verdacht) (2006)
Prison Break (2007-201?)
Revenge (2012-2016, 2018–present)
Sherlock
Six Feet Under
Station 19 (Seattle Firefighters - Die jungen Helden) (2018–present)
Stalker (2015-2017)
Tatort (2011–present)
The Bugs Bunny Show (1997-2005?)
The Catch (2017–present)
The Fall (The Fall – Tod in Belfast) (2018–present)
The Good Wife
The Great Indoors (2018–present)
The Grinder (2016-2017)
The Guardian (The Guardian - Retter mit Herz) (2005, 2012-2016, 2018–present)
The Sopranos
The Tudors