It had its origins in "Herz & Co", a channel dedicated to soap operas launched in 1996 with the DF1 satellite package.

When DF1 became Premiere World in 1999, the channel was rebranded and became "Sunset", a broader channel dedicated to television series.

Many popular American drama series had their German television premiere on the channel, including Lost, Desperate Housewives and Medium.

On 4 October 2008, Premiere Serie was discontinued at 6:13 am in favor of the German version of Fox Channel.

[1] Series broadcast on the channel included: