Lerchenberg is a satirical sitcom produced for ZDF's 50th birthday. The plot centers on Billie, a young ZDF editor who wants to develop innovative productions for the station. When her supervisor tells her that washed-up actor Sascha Hehn, of all people, is going to get a lead role, Billie is stunned.

After Billie returns from her pitch meeting with Dr. Wolter, everyone is excited to meet the hero of the innovative new ZDF series. But nobody expected has-been actor Sascha Hehn to take the lead role…

Sascha Hehn does not want to take the supporting role he’s been assigned — instead, he opts to audition for the lead role, adding a few inappropriate touches of his own. The casting team is horrified! Can Billie fix the situation?

Doctor Wolter hands over Billie’s film project to Billie’s trainee, Judith, and tasks Billie with arranging Sascha Hehn’s comeback. Can she convince the washed-up star to take a less-conventional role?

Billie’s bad day gets even worse when Philipp tells her that he will now be dating her intern! Meanwhile, Sascha Hehn isn’t feeling so lucky either: His comeback isn’t materializing, and he now has to face the consequences of his illegal parking.

Billie visits Sascha Hehn in his hotel room and insists that he could still make a comeback – but Sascha’s not exactly in the best situation in his private life.

There’s a new role for Sascha Hehn! But trouble arises when he realizes he’s not playing the lead…

Dr. Wolter isn’t impressed with the latest draft of the script, and orders Judith to make corrections. Meanwhile, it comes to light that Sascha turned an important editor against him years and years ago. Will Billie be able to help him make things right?

Sascha gains access to data that is none of his business — perhaps he and Sibylle can use it to their advantage? Meanwhile, Judith suddenly gets sick out of nowhere.

Sascha's bribery attempt fails. Now Sybille has to convince him to own up to his mistakes and promise to do better. But Sascha refuses to say he's sorry!

Judith is taking all of the credit for Billie’s revision, but at least it seems that Philipp has also begun to see through Judith. He and Billie decide to the soccer game together as she had hoped. Meanwhile, Sascha fires his agent, or does his agent fire him?

Sascha apologizes to Mr. Bode — but then something else comes up that takes Mr. Bode by surprise. Ultimately, it looks like Sascha and Billie are in for a bumpy ride together.

Sascha Hehn is watching a cooking show in Judith and Billie's office while they wait for the conference call with Dr. Wolter to begin. One thing leads to another, and the idea of a new cooking show starring Sascha is born! Billie remains unconvinced, until a little flirtatious brainstorming in the cafeteria between her and Philipp results in a plan that seems a bit more promising.

Doctor Wolter’s secretary is not making things easy for Billie and Sascha! Ultimately, they prevail, and their show concept gets approved. Now Billie and Philipp have made plans to go out together and celebrate.

Billie is happy to have finally found a suitable project for Sascha, and to have developed the idea as a team! The two are just putting together the trailer for the new show when Billie is called downstairs to decide on the new decorations. When she returns, a nasty surprise awaits her...

Billie partied too hard with Philipp — and they seem to be on different pages regarding what’s happened between them. Meanwhile, Sascha has completely changed the format of the TV show they pitched. Can he really be taken seriously as the star of a cooking show?

Sascha Hehn gets some cooking lessons — and the new episode taping seems to be going well!

Sascha is doing well in his new role as a celebrity chef – until the kids in the choir discover there’s nothing in the gift boxes they were given and begin to make a racket.

After the cooking show disaster, Billie gets another chance to find a successful program for Sascha's TV comeback. Her boss has made it clear that her career is on the line. What will she come up with this time?

The new film project kicks off with a visit to the local Sascha Hehn Fan Club – but this plan, too, ends in chaos. Then Billie has another idea: a relaxed tour of what appears to be Sascha’s home!

The new strategy, a Sascha-centered reality TV show, ends up showing Sascha at his worst! And Billie feels guilty about putting him in this position. But what’s going on between him and Dr. Wolter?

Billie has finally had enough of people taking advantage of her – and decides to take a bold step.

It seems like all is lost for Billie: After being fired from her job, she’s forced to work as a mascot, greeting her former colleagues as they enter the building. Judith is smug about having taken over her job. And last but not least, even Philipp has turned against her!

Sascha and Billie have joined forces: Billie figures out how to prevent the embarrassing footage of Sascha from reaching the public, and Sascha intervenes when Billie spots Philipp with another woman.

An obituary for Sascha Hehn — what happened? Don’t worry, he’s still very much alive! And he wants to help Billie get back on her feet.

Billie returns to work to find that she has a new corner office! Dr. Wolter is extremely annoyed, and Billie just barely has Mr. Bode on her side. Meanwhile, Sascha goes to acting class to add a second facial expression to the one that made him famous.

Billie passes the boring script for the next “Dream Ship” episode over to the enthusiastic new intern, Markus. Meanwhile, Sascha is impressed by Iris Berben's performance in their first lesson.

Sascha Hehn escapes Iris Berben’s acting class; intern Markus rejects Dr. Wolter’s advances; and Billie turns down an opportunistic Judith.

Judith cooks up a plan to win Billie’s support. Meanwhile, Markus tries to coax an admission out of Sascha.

Berthold Bode makes Billie a very attractive offer — the catch is that she has to keep it a secret. Meanwhile, Sascha nails an audition and gets a new role.

Due to his role in the made-for-TV movie "Hitler's Dog Handler," Sascha is invited to be interviewed on a morning TV show – only to be presented with a surprise!

The newspapers accuse Sascha of racism following his TV appearance with Roberto Blanco, and opportunist Judith exploits the situation to make a name for herself. Billie jumps at the chance to give the scheming intern a good talking-to.

Sascha tracks down his alleged son, Antoine Monot, who is an aspiring actor himself, and suggests that they get to know each other. Meanwhile, Billie deals with all sorts of accusations from her former boss.

Billie recasts the role on Traumschiff as requested by Sascha, and immediately gets an earful from the actor being let go. Meanwhile, Sascha has other problems when he goes to apologize to Robert Blanco.

It looks like all is lost when Sascha finds himself in the midst of another scandal, and also finds how that he's being conned. And yet, at the last minute, he manages to surprise everyone.

As it turns out, Mr. Bode is totally impressed by Sascha's reconciliation with Roberto Blanco, and thinks that it's Billie's doing.

A new zombie series starring Sascha doesn't do as well as Billie hoped, and she finds herself in direct competition with Dr. Wolter for Mr. Bode's job.

Judith Kleine is making herself unpopular again, Billie wants Sascha's help revising her series to increase the ratings and J.B. Rosenberg comes out as a fan of Sascha Hehn.

It seems that J.B. Rosenberg has decided on Sascha for his film, but then a friendly round of baseball ends in an accident...

With the help of Ms. Merzig, Billie tries to steal the secret to good ratings from the program director's safe, but unfortunately they are interrupted by a security guard, and the whole situation may not be what it seems...

Billie is quite angry when Bode chooses Wolter, even though she hasn't come up with any good ideas. It seems what really counts is having the right party membership book. Meanwhile, Judith carries out her own agenda, Sascha continues to meet with Rosenberg, and Billie sneaks back into the program director's office.

Berthold Bode is furious at Billie, though he's not exactly a role model when it comes to appropriate workplace behavior. While Sascha makes compromises, Billie once again finds herself demoted.

Judith apologizes to Billie and tells her how she might still be able to stop Dr. Wolter. With Sascha's help, Billie searches Berthold Bode's office.

The set of the show "aktuelle sportstudio" is hijacked by Jan Böhmermann, who puts the presenter out of action with a taser and demands a better broadcasting slot. Only one person can save this situation, which has gotten completely out of hand...

Jan Böhmermann makes a fool of himself in front of an audience of millions. Meanwhile, Billie discovers the outrageous truth about Dr. Wolter, and Sascha plays the action hero.

Having hijacked the sports news show, Jan Böhmermann sings a song in an effort to win over the audience, but it doesn't go down well. Sascha Hehn gets in touch to give him some advice.

Sascha rises from the dead, and suddenly discovers his commitment to nurturing young talent. He and Jan Böhmermann might be teaming up! Meanwhile, Dr. Wolter reveals to Billie why she envies her.

It's up to Billie to finally put a stop to all the havoc that Jan Böhmermann has caused. With Dr. Wolter exposed and Sascha out of excuses, maybe Billie can finally save the future of German television.