Excellent ratings for PBS premiere of THE NAZI GAMES – BERLIN 1936!

The PBS premiere of THE NAZI GAMES – BERLIN 1936 achieved remarkable ratings. PBS was able to surmount its average annual national market share by 50% – prime time! – even leaving behind FOX.

Moreover, the Channel 4 (UK), SBS (Australia), ZDF (Germany) and ORF (Austria) premieres were similarly successful. The, distributed by PBS International, exists in two different versions – with and without reenactments.

Featuring never before seen archival footage and new research, “The Nazis Games” reveals how the Olympics as we have come to know them were shaped by the collaboration of interests between Hitler and ambitious Olympic gentlemen. After initial distrust, both, the IOC and the Nazis found common ground in turning the 1936 Games into the biggest Olympic show the world has ever seen.