 In addition to this, he was master of ceremonies for several special show programs on ZDF such as yearly reviews of the people and stories making news in the past twelve months around Christmas.In 2009 Johannes B. Kerner switched back to Sat.1 for a TV show simply called "kerner", as a magazine now.His eponymous talk show went on air every Thursday night on ZDF at around 11 pm since January 1998.