Media & Information

TV:

Die Maus - This TV show equals perhaps the Sesame Street in America, although it's not made only for poorer children. It's made without dolls; the hero is an orange mouse (in short animated catoons) and her friend, a small blue elephant, sometimes there's also a little yellow duck and a very tiny green clad man
Zimmer frei - a talk show with usally only one guest who has to prove worthy to move in, the concept suggests a small "Wohngemeinschaft" (in short called usally WG meaning a shared flat, appartement or something like that).
cabaret, comedy, satire
Augsburger Puppenkiste - a traditional string puppet show

Quarks & Co. (WDR)
Q 21 (WDR)
planet-wissen.de (WDR)
nano (3sat)
LexiTV - a moderated Encyclopedia, every episode has one topic to talk about with guests and to show documentations about the topic (mdr)
w wie wissen (ARD)
Wissen macht AH! (WDR) this show is mainly for teenagers or growing-ups (dunno whether you cann call people growing-ups ... meaning people who are not yet fully grown-up but not youngsters anymore either)
Kopfball (WDR)

kulturzeit - show about news concerning the culture and civilization, that's not only theatre, museums, arts gallaries, and perhaps concerts, that's also hard talk about politics and the clash of civilizations, as well as cultural exchange
titel, thesen, temperamente - TV-show about literature and further cultural news