Kanzleramt (TV series)

{{Short description|German television series}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Kanzleramt title card.png

| caption = Title card

| camera =

| runtime = 45 minutes

| creator = Hans-Christoph Blumenberg {{cite web |last1=Kirzynowski |first1=Marcus |title="Kanzleramt": Als das ZDF auf "West Wing"-Spuren wandelte |url=http://fortsetzung.tv/2016/11/01/kanzleramt-als-das-zdf-auf-west-wing-spuren-wandelte/ |website=Fortsetzung.tv |accessdate=12 January 2019 |language=de |date=1 November 2016}}
Martin E. Süskind

| starring = Klaus J. Behrendt
Robert Atzorn
Herbert Knaup

| country = Germany

| network = ZDF

| first_aired = {{Start date|2005|03|23|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2005|06|29|df=yes}}

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 12

| list_episodes =

}}

Kanzleramt (engl: "Chancellery") is a German serial political drama television series created by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg and Martin E. Süskind that was originally broadcast on ZDF from 23 March to 29 June 2005. The show is based on the template of the American TV series The West Wing.

The series is set primarily in the office of fictional Chancellor of Germany Andreas Weyer (Klaus J. Behrendt), telling stories about the German head of government's political career and private life as a widower and father of a teenage daughter. "Chancellery is entertaining, exciting and interesting," said Friedrich Bohl (CDU), former chief of the Federal chancellery.{{cite news |last1=Götsch |first1=Antonia |title=If it is in the Chancellor's office |url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/zdf-serie-wenn-es-im-kanzleramt-menschelt-a-348045.html |accessdate=12 January 2019 |work=spiegel.de |date=24 March 2005 |language=de}} Compared with the multi-award winning US template The West Wing, Chancellery appeared to most critics but rather shallow and trivial.{{cite web |title=Kanzleramt |url=https://www.wunschliste.de/serie/kanzleramt |website=TV Wunschliste |accessdate=12 January 2019 |language=de}} It was written by the former speechwriter of German statesman Willy Brandt, Martin E. Süskind, but they deemed unrealistic.{{cite news |last1=Meyer |first1=Michael |title=- "Kanzleramt" wird eingemottet |url=https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/kanzleramt-wird-eingemottet.954.de.html?dram:article_id=141555 |accessdate=12 January 2019 |work=Deutschlandfunk Kultur |date=29 June 2005 |language=de}}

It was neither a critical nor ratings success, and was cancelled after twelve episodes. It opened with 4.87 million viewers (market share of 15.2 percent),{{cite news |last1=Mantel |first1=Uwe |title=Neue ZDF-Serie "Kanzleramt" erfolgreich gestartet |url=https://www.dwdl.de/zahlenzentrale/4418/neue_zdfserie_kanzleramt_erfolgreich_gestartet/ |accessdate=12 January 2019 |work=DWDL.de |date=24 March 2005 |language=de}}{{cite web |title=ZDF-Serie "Kanzleramt": Schelte von Horst Ehmke |url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/zdf-serie-kanzleramt-schelte-von-horst-ehmke-a-348258.html |website=Spiegel Online |accessdate=12 January 2019 |language=de |date=24 March 2005}} but the viewing numbers dropped relatively quickly to 1.5 to 1.7 million.{{cite news |last1=Perger |first1=Von Werner A. |title=Der Kanzler überlebt |url=https://www.zeit.de/2005/27/Kanzleramt_27 |accessdate=12 January 2019 |work=ZEIT ONLINE |date=30 June 2005 |language=de}}