Replacement program on Tuesday: DFB Cup beats Rosenheim Cops!

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The Rosenheim Cops will be canceled on October 28, 2023 due to the DFB Cup game. The new season starts on October 7, 2025 on ZDF.

Die Rosenheim-Cops fallen am 28. Oktober 2023 aus, wegen DFB-Pokal-Spiel. Neue Staffel startet am 7. Oktober 2025 im ZDF.
The Rosenheim Cops will be canceled on October 28, 2023 due to the DFB Cup game. The new season starts on October 7, 2025 on ZDF.

Replacement program on Tuesday: DFB Cup beats Rosenheim Cops!

For fans of “The Rosenheim Cops” there will be a reason to be happy and disappointed at the same time on October 28, 2023. While the cult series has been an integral part of ZDF's early evening program for over two decades, no new episode will be broadcast on this day. The reason for this is the live broadcast of the DFB Cup game between Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund, which starts at 6 p.m. and is expected to last until 8:45 p.m joyn.de reported.

The “Rosenheim Cops”, since its premiere on German television in 2002, has become the most popular crime series in the early evening program. With the stories from the Chiemgau region, the fictional Rosenheim criminal police are presented in a very charming way. The first episode of the twenty-fifth season premiered on October 7, 2025 and airs every Tuesday at 7:25 p.m., making fans look forward to the new episode on November 7, 2023. Since the start of the new season, the episodes have also been available in the ZDF media library a week before they are broadcast on TV, they said Allgäu newspaper.

An exciting football evening

For football fans, however, the evening will be anything but dreary. The DFB Cup game between Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund has long since become a highlight. Both teams performed impressively through the first rounds of the cup; Frankfurt defeated FV Engers 07 5-0, while Dortmund won 1-0 against Rot-Weiss Essen. Their last meeting was in the 2017 final when Dortmund lifted the trophy. This time, former Frankfurt coach Niko Kovač will switch sides and coach Dortmund, which promises additional excitement, according to a report from news.de is mentioned.

There is no stopping the broadcast of the DFB Cup games: On October 28th, the game will be shown on ZDF at 6:00 p.m., followed by a summary of the other games at 11:25 p.m. For those who are really curious, there is still the option to stream the highlights on the ZDF media library and on SPORT1 after the live game. It is also possible to broadcast games in a convenient, usable form, be it on a computer, tablet or smartphone.

While the fans wait for the next episode of “Rosenheim Cops”, they can look forward to an exciting football game. On October 28th, crime fans will have to wait and sports enthusiasts will have to get another beer and enjoy the game!