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COLOGNE, Germany -- German commercial networks RTL and SAT.1 proved they are still the standouts in the stand-up crowd by dominating the nominations for the third annual German Comedy Prize, which were announced Wednesday. The two channels picked up 10 nominations each, all but shutting out the competition. The only other station represented in this year's nominations for Germany's top television comedy award is SAT.1 sister channel ProSieben, whose TV-Total picked up a nomination for best comedy show. Alles Atze (Everything Atze), the weekly RTL sitcom based on the stand-up routines of blue-collar comedian Atze Schroeder, led the nominations, grabbing a nom for best comedy series as well as comedy actor and comedy actress nominations, respectively, for stars Schroeder and Heike Kloss. Schroeder will also host the ceremonies for the awards, set to be broadcast Oct. 11 on RTL.

COLOGNE -- German commercial networks RTL and SAT.1 proved they are still the standouts in the stand up crowd by dominating the nominations for the third annual German Comedy Prize, which were announced Wednesday. The two channels picked up 10 nominations each, all but shutting out the competition. The only other station represented in this year's nominations for Germany's top television comedy award is SAT.1 sister channel ProSieben, whose "TV-Total" picked up a nomination for Best Comedy Show. "Alles Atze", (Everything Atze), the weekly RTL sitcom based on the stand up routines of blue collar comedian Atze Schroeder, led the nominations grabbing a nom for Best Comedy Series as well as Best Comedy Actor and Best Comedy Actress nominations for stars Schroeder and Heike Kloss. Schroeder will also host the German Comedy Prize, which will be broadcast October 11 on RTL. Comedy vet Anke Engelke picked up two nominations for Best Comedian and Best Sketch Show for her SAT.1 weekly "Ladykracher". Up against her in the top Best Comedian category are German-Turkish comedian Kaya Yanar for his sketch/stand up show "Was guckst Du?" (What Are You Looking At?) and Bastian Pastewka for his "Ohne Worte" (Without Words.) This year the Cologne Comedy Festival, the organization which runs the German Comedy Prize, will also present a special honorary award to ground breaking German sketch comedy group Klimbim'.