Media philosopher Lorenz Engell is one of the defining figures in Germany's young discipline. His publications are read with great interest by a steadily growing audience of specialists. Engell's reflections on television, which have not yet been published in a cohesive form, form the core of his media philosophical work alongside his film studies texts. This book systematically reconstructs Engell's television theory for the first time, using it as both a defining horizon and a subject of critical reflection. Furthermore, against the backdrop of current television theoretical concepts, the achievements and contradictions arising from the evolutionary context of the theory are gradually unfolded and subjected to a differentiated and forward-looking overall assessment. An interview with Lorenz Engell, in which the author confronts him with the results of his work, concludes the book.