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Alles was zählt became the last successfully introduced daily soap in 2006, airing as a lead-in to Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten and also being produced by Grundy Ufa.

Since Germany started to produce its own telenovelas, all soap operas had to face a decline in the ratings.

Unter uns was in a scare of cancellation in 2009, which was prevented by budget cuts and the firing of original cast member Holger Franke.

Fans were outraged by his firing and the character's death, which resulted in a ratings spike in early 2010.

After Unter uns was saved, Das Erste was about to make a decision in its soap line-up.

Marienhof had to deal with multiple issues in story telling as well as in producing a successful half-hour of television.

Several changes were made within months, but in the end Marienhof was canceled in June 2011.

Verbotene Liebe was about to get canceled as well, but could convince the network with its changes in 2010 as well as in 2011.

The soap opera later was extended to an hour after Marienhof was canceled and the network tried to make up their mind about a new line-up.