Mein neuer Freund
Mein neuer Freund (English Translation: My New Friend) was a German reality television show, which aired on ProSieben in 2005. It was the German adaptation of the British comedy "My New Best Friend". The host of the show is Christian Ulmen, who plays the "new best friend" for many candidates on the show. Concept of TV Show. A contestant must spend an entire weekend with someone they do not know, is unpleasant, and just gets on their nerves. The best friend's identity is withheld during this time. The contestant must bear everything the person wishes to  do with them, while sitting across from their new friends and their new friend's parents. A camera crew follows them around all weekend, and the candidate and his "new friend' are stuck together the entire time. If the candidate overcomes the friend's provocations, they can win €10,000. The person who plays the "new friend" makes an excuse to hand over the money, and then leaves the room. The candidate can cop out at any time. Christian Ulmen plays each "friend" in disguise. TV Ratings. The show's host channel had removed the program from its listing, because  the first episode of the series did not match Pro 7's desired market share. In response to a fan-initiated internet petition, Pro 7 resumed the series at short notice, during their 11:15 P.M. slot. Although the later episodes saw more views than the pilot, the ratings were still below the station's target. Re-runs. On November 1, 2005, reruns of the entire season of My New Friend were shown on MTV. Three years later, another repeat ran in early 2008, on Comedy Central. Conclusively, there was a special episode where Christian Ulmen commented on the individual characters  he played, and candidates he messed with while on the show. Ulmen.tv. The roles "Alexander Von Eich, Knut Hansen", and Uwe Woellner, and the time on the eleventh of December that he played the corner named "Maurice Horstmann", have been incorporated into ulmen.tv. In ulmen.tv, there are no contestants to spend a weekend with the characters. Unlike "Mein Neuer Freund", the videos of ulmen.tv since the end of August 2008 were first shown only on the internet, and could be seen at 3min.de. Since October 2012 all episodes can be seen on ulmen.tv. Only later was a broadcast of selected  episodes of ulmen.tv also on Comedy Central and MTV. Ulmen ran 20 episodes on Tele 5 since October 11, 2012. Internet and DVD. All episodes that were broadcast on television, were made available in full length on MySpass.de free of charge. In addition, a DVD was released, which includes a special never before broadcast episode.