the premiere the ratings dropped dramatically and Großstadtträume was canceled after only seven aired episodes. The programme was never aired again since then. Parody In the German comedy series Freitag Nacht News, they had a sketch called Schlechte Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (Bad Times, Bad Times or SZSZ) which was a parody of the soap opera. The sketch featured four men who lived together in an apartment, and suffered from severe depression. In every sketch, they kill each other but often kill themselves. Although three of the characters were unnamed, the fourth person was named Clive, whose face was never seen. He is always shown dead in every sketch, mostly hanging himself. See also Goede tijden, slechte tijden References External links GZSZ-Wiki German television soap operas 1992 German television series debuts 1990s German television series 2000s German television series 2010s German television series 2020s German television series German-language television shows RTL (German TV channel) original programming Non-Australian television series based on Australian television series Television shows set in Berlin