Einstein is a German police procedural dramedy television series that is based on the 2015 film of the same name, written by Martin Ritzenhoff und Matthias Dinter.

The television series premiered on Sat.1 emotions on January 5, 2017[1] and has sold to over 100 territories[2] including a hit in Spain and Portugal on AXN and also in Czech Republic on FilmBox.

[3] Felix Winterberg, unknown great-great-grandson of Albert Einstein, is the youngest professor of theoretical physics at Ruhr University Bochum.

He must help Kriminalkommissarin (Police commissioner) Elena Lange as an independent consultant under the direction of Kriminaloberkommissar Stefan Tremmel in the investigation of murder cases in order not to end up in prison for violations of the Narcotics Act (unauthorized amphetamine).

In October 2018, an adaptation of the series at NBC was announced, with a creative team that included writer Michael Reisz, Carol Mendelsohn, and Tariq Jalil in association with Universal Television.