"Deville" is taking a summer break. The fact that the SRF satire format is going into hibernation on the first summer weekend of the year sounds like a bad joke. But it isn't, it's a fact and it's simply a shame.
Almost without exception, every "Deville" show was dense and witty, the clips short and pointed - the humor was sometimes bitter ("open pants for the CVP. And for the Greens", "The party program of the Young SP belongs in the toy library"). A highlight in the ten episodes: the number about Federal President Ueli Maurer's visit to Donald Trump. Maurer's nigeria rcs data appearance on CNN was known to be real satire at its finest and thus a through ball for the in-house satirists of Swiss television. But not for Deville and his team. He explains in the corresponding show: "We're not doing a number about that, there's nothing satirical to be gained from it." But what flickers across the screen in the following five minutes about Ueli Maurer elicits at least one loud laugh from every viewer and shows how surprising and in tune with the times this format is.
"Deville", which I initially assumed was more superficial and sensational than "Late Update", Michael Elsener's rival show, dishes out criticism, sometimes harshly, towards parties and companies - even Liechtenstein and the Boy Scouts are mentioned. Current political topics are also repeatedly addressed: STAF, AHV, the militia political system, nuclear power, 5G or weapons law. This gives the show the substance it needs for a late-night show on public television.