Galileo (German TV series)

{{short description|German television program}}

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{{Expand German|topic=cult|date=August 2020|Galileo (Fernsehsendung)}}

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Galileo is a German television program series produced and broadcast on ProSieben television network. It is also sold to broadcasters in other countries (namely Russia[https://redarrowstudios.com/sevenone-international-sells-prosiebens-science-magazine-galileo-to-russia/ SevenOne International sells ProSieben's science magazine Galileo to Russia] // Red Arrow Studios and Poland).{{cite web | title=German TV program on Piql watched by millions | website=Piql | date=19 April 2018 | url=https://www.piql.com/german-tv-program-on-piql-watched-by-millions/ | access-date=13 August 2020 | archive-date=21 October 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021055107/https://www.piql.com/german-tv-program-on-piql-watched-by-millions/ | url-status=dead }}

The first show was broadcast in 1998, and is now stored in the Arctic World Archive in Svalbard, Norway, after being transferred to special film created by Piql.

Galileo has also a YouTube channel which has more than 3 million subscribers as of September 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/user/GalileoOffiziell|title = Galileo - YouTube|website = YouTube}}

Former German national rugby player Aiman Abdallah is one of the presenters.{{cite web | title=Aiman Abdallah | website=www.prosieben.de | date=11 March 2020 | url=https://www.prosieben.de/stars/star-datenbank/aiman-abdallah | language=de | access-date=13 August 2020}}