Cyril Hanouna's daily show on C8, "TPMP", will have to be programmed at the end of the evening if it broadcasts again "sequences unsuitable for the young audience" like a "joke" of Jean-Marie Bigard about a rape in February, threatened the CSA. "The CSA has noted the particularly raw and violent nature of the joke," said the regulator in this statement published Friday.
CSA calls C8 officials to vigilance
Noting the spread of other "unsuitable sequences to the young audience" in "Do not touch my position", the CSA called the leaders of the channel Canal + "to the greatest vigilance as to the content of this program, broadcast on a prime time family ". "The reiteration of such findings on new emissions could result in the classification of the program" in "category III," says the CSA.
This classification in "program recommended for children under twelve" would prevent the broadcast from being broadcast before 22 hours, potentially causing a drastic drop in advertising revenue for this locomotive in the C8 chain.
Hanouna minimizes the warning
"Everyone will get fired," warned Jean-Marie Bigard before telling his trivial and misogynistic joke, evoking a rape, at the end of the TPMP on February 11. A story that is part of the repertoire of the comedian, and that he had already told in recent years in several programs, including TPMP in 2013. The CSA said it was seized by "many viewers".
Cyril Hanouna, already sanctioned heavily by the CSA in the past, responded Monday on Twitter by minimizing the intervention of the regulator and attacking journalists who published the information. The host also assured that the show, which celebrates its 10th anniversary next season, will begin as at its beginning at 18:30, and that "there will be a very big part media".