Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten

Infobox_Television_Soap_Opera
show_name = Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten


caption = "GZSZ" logo
genre = Soap opera
network = RTL
creator = Reg Watson
executive_producer = Guido Reinhardt
Rainer Wemcken
head_writer = Berthold Eversmann
Marie Hölker
distributor = Grundy UFA TV Produktions GmbH
senior_cast_members = Frank-Thomas Mende
Lisa Riecken
Hans Christiani
Wolfgang Bahro
country = Germany
first_aired = May 11, 1992
run_time = est. 24 minutes
num_episodes = 4025 (as of July 7, 2008)
official_website = http://www.gzsz.de/
imdb_id = 0092325
tv_com_id = 1232

"Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten" (German for "Good Times, Bad Times") is an German television soap opera.

In 1990, the first commercial channel in the Netherlands, RTL 4 had a spectacular ratings success with its soap Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden, a remake of the Australian soap-opera "The Restless Years". Like in this Dutch version, the storyline was ported to fit German surroundings and to adapt to the decade that lay between the Australian show and the first episode. The first 230 episodes were taken from the Australian script, but heavily rewritten; since spring 1993 the scripts are original material written in Germany.

Today, the only thing it shares with the Dutch version is the fan-base's abbreviation of the show title to the first four letters of each word. In Germany, the show is referred to as GZSZ, while in the Netherlands GTST. Both titles mean the same.

Since its launch on May 11, 1992, Germany's first daily soap has always been a hit for the RTL network. For over 14 years now, the show has been number one in its timeslot at 7.40 pm with 4.5 million viewers in average. In 2002 the show reached its peak with over 7 million viewers. Set in Berlin, Germany's capital city, the show is about a group of people who try to find their way in life.

Former stars of the soap include Jeanette Biedermann and Yvonne Catterfeld who have both launched a successful career in the music business.

Cast

Current cast members

See also "Goede tijden, slechte tijden".

External links

* [http://gzsz.rtl.de/ Official Website] (German)
* [http://www.soapsworld.de/index.php?so
] (German)
* [http://gzsz-wiki.de An own Wiki about GZSZ] (German)