In this book by the classic of Austrian children's literature Christine Nestlinger you will find a new batch of stories about Franz, who is almost nine years old. He is in second grade and is friends with Eberhard and Gabi. In general, everything in Franz’s life is great, except for one thing: mom and dad don’t want Franz to watch TV all day long. He has no cable television or satellite dish at home and only three channels on his TV. In addition, mom and dad make sure that Franz watches only “good” programs. And his classmates watch everything: horror stories, action films, all sorts of nonsense, as Franz’s parents say. And of course, the kids discuss all these films at school every day. Franz is terribly offended, he can’t say a word and feels stupid. Not only that, but they also call him a little brat. But it seems that Franz knows how to stop all this... An astronaut from the distant planet Gomel, the grumpy housekeeper Frau Sokol and, of course, his beloved grandmother will help him with this!