Monday, 27. October 2008
Topic: TV - on October 27, 2008 at 1:04:00 PM CET
Stefan Raab an unlikely TV star - ProSieben host set to become international mogul
He is obnoxious yet witty, irreverent and unconventional -- but he's got talent. Stefan Raab, a most unlikely Teuton TV star, has long been the creative centerpiece of the ProSieben empire.
In pubcaster-dominated Germany, TV exports haven't done particularly well. German humor always seemed to get lost in translation.
But Raab -- a self-deprecating host, producer, comedian, songwriter and singer from Cologne -- is on his way to becoming an international TV mogul with the surprising success of his offbeat gameshow "Schlag den Raab" (Beat Your Host), a format that has been turned into an improbable German export success.
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