The house band is led by Helmut Zerlett The first incarnation of the show aired from 5 December 1995 in the Tuesday-Saturday 11:15 pm time slot.

Schmidt then moved to Das Erste with his band leader Helmut Zerlett, but without his sidekick Manuel Andrack.

Schmidt moved back to Sat.1 beginning from 13 September 2011, hosting two shows a week every Tuesday and Wednesday at 11:15 pm.

Schmidt was criticized for multiple usage of Polish jokes in his show.

He mentioned that nobody makes much fuss about jokes involving Japanese or Germans.