Having been on the air since the 1970s, crime drama Tatort is a staple on German TV screens, with 13 million people still watching regularly. How has the show managed to keep audiences tuning in over the decades? And what’s the appeal of scheduled programming in the age of streaming?

Stuck to their smartphones and accustomed to watching what they want, when they want, broadcasters have struggled to adapt to Gen Z’s TV viewing habits. But Skam, a Norwegian teen drama, is demonstrating how ‘real-time’ episodes and social media integration can keep teens hooked on a show.

From Game of Thrones to Westworld, HBO is no stranger to high-concept dramas and its series Confederate is no different. The show offers an alternative outcome of the American civil war, but the premise is hitting a nerve, since fiction can misinform viewers' perceptions of reality.

People may moan about the amount of time others spend slumped on the sofa watching TV, but what about the time we spend deciding what to veg out to? With hundreds of channels and countless shows available online, people are spending hours upon hours just browsing the options.