RTL Aktuell

RTL Aktuell is the daily newscast of RTL in Germany that airs every evening at 18:45. RTL has six other newscasts with the same graphics and music sequence: RTL Nachtjournal, RTL Direkt, Punkt 6, Punkt 7, Punkt 8, and Punkt 12. 
In addition, the RTL Deutschland group has two other daily newscasts: VOX Nachrichten on VOX, and the youth-oriented RTL Zwei News on RTL Zwei. There is also the dedicated 24-hour news channel n-tv. 
==RTL Aktuell (first era)==
===1984===
==7 vor 7==
===1984–1988===
==RTL Aktuell (second era)==
===1988–1992===
===1992–1994===
===1994–1997===
===1997–2000===
===2000–2004===
Introduced in spring 2000, possibly May.
===2004–2010===
===2010–2021===
First introduced 11 September 2010. The basic set design and graphics have been unchanged since that date, unlike some of the RTL Group’s other daily newscasts, such as RTL Nieuws in the Netherlands and RTL Híradó in Hungary, which rebranded in 2014 and 2016, respectively. However, the studio slightly changed on 10 June 2014.
RTL Aktuell Logo 2010.jpg|Closing logo screen.
RTL Aktuell.svg|Alternative logo.
RTL Aktuell Studio 2010.jpg|Unlike most news programmes, RTL Aktuell does not have an intro title screen. The name ‘RTL Aktuell’ appears directly on the screen behind the presenters. Source: YouTube.
===2021–2022===
Introduced on 15 September 2021.
RTL Aktuell Spezial (2021).svg|Special edition
===2022–present===
First shown on the RTL Aktuell Spezial intro on 25 February 2022, the new design was fully introduced on 4 September 2022.
RTL Aktuell Spezial (2022).svg|Special edition variant (first used on 25 February, and since 8 September 2022)
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