Europe 1 1:21 p.m., April 8, 2024
While it had not offered a talk show for more than ten years, the sixth channel is embarking on a new adventure, that of “La Grande Semaine”. New show presented by Ophélie Meunier, usually at the helm of “Zone Interdite”, it will be broadcast every Saturday afternoon. A challenge for M6, which seeks to renew itself.
INTERVIEW
A new talk show is coming to M6. Every Saturday afternoon, viewers will be able to watch
La Grande week
, a current affairs program presented by Ophélie Meunier. The promise: return to current events, analyze and decipher the trends and phenomena of the moment. The first show, recorded this Thursday, attracted between 400,000 and 450,000 viewers on both parts, or 4.4% market share. A decent score for a first broadcast despite a complicated slot for M6.
"I was stressed but from the first feedback I got, we feel that I had a lot of fun. There was a lot of energy, joy on set and we want to continue to give it. I I noticed it on Saturday and I was very happy with it", confides Ophélie Meunier, guest of
Media Culture
on Europe 1.
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After
Zone Interdite
, “it’s difficult to imagine yourself anywhere else”
In a more serious register usually, at the helm of
Zone Interdite
for eight seasons, and sometimes presenting the M6 television news, the host therefore tried her hand at a brand new exercise, which seems rather successful. “I really enjoyed the exercise. But when you present a show like
Zone Interdite
, which is part of me and which has been part of French homes for thirty years, it’s difficult to imagine yourself elsewhere, to project yourself” , she explains.
“With the management of the channel, we wondered what more we could offer and it’s true that this talk show format, we’ve been talking about it for a long time and we said to ourselves that that could be it. the good idea", adds Ophélie Meunier at the microphone of Thomas Isle. She specifies that this new talk show is only in its infancy and is not quite complete. “We still have a lot of adjustments to make,” warns the host.
The Big Week
was this Saturday a little below the audiences for
Chasseurs d'appart'
, the usual meeting offered by M6 at the same time. "We expected that. We know that radio and television are traditional media. Arriving with a new brand, a new format, not seen for more than ten years on M6, but it's a good basis starting point", welcomes Ophélie Meunier. She is counting on her group of columnists and their kindness to raise this new show, a real challenge for the sixth French channel.