BERLIN (dpa-AFX) - ZDF's crime thriller "Marie Brand und die Ehrenfrauen" left the other stations far behind on Wednesday night. 8.30 million (29.3 percent) tuned in to the film starring Mariele Millowitsch and Hinnerk Schönemann starting at 8:15 pm. This time, TV investigator Marie Brand is troubled by a dead body at a construction site.

Günther Jauch's RTL quiz "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" was watched by 3.73 million (16.4 percent). Das Erste showed the biography "Green Book - Eine besondere Freundschaft" with Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali and Linda Cardellini, reaching 2.26 million (8.2 percent).

The Sat.1 comedy show "Die besten Comedians Deutschlands" attracted 1.54 million (6.2 percent). ProSieben's program included the U.S. war drama "Midway - Für die Freiheit," with Luke Evans, Patrick Wilson and Mandy Moore, which 1.38 million (5.3 percent) wanted to see.

Kabel eins ran the thriller "The Purple Rivers" with Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel and Nadia Farès - the feature brought in 710,000 viewers (2.6 percent) to tune in. The regional crime thriller "Wilsberg: Schutzengel" with Leonard Lansink and Oliver Korittke interested 630,000 people (2.2 percent) on ZDFneo. Vox had the American crime series "Bones - Die Knochenjägerin" with Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz in its lineup - 610,000 men and women (2.1 percent) were watching. The comedy "How to Be Single" with Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson and Alison Brie had 490,000 viewers (1.8 percent) on RTLzwei./bok/DP/ngu