The BBC does not joke with Twitter, TF1 formalizes the return of “Mask Singer” and the September audiences in the rearview mirror

The threat of the new boss of the BBC.

We don't mess with neutrality at the BBC.

This is one of the axes defended by the new boss of the British public group before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday.

His name is Tim Davie, he took office on September 1st and he has just sent a very clear message to all BBC staff: "don't tweet anything!".

Next month, a list of measures and sanctions will be published to govern the use of social networks by air stars, but also BBC staff.

Depending on the seriousness of the situation, the people concerned may be prohibited from communicating on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and it is not excluded that they may even be dismissed.

Why be so strict about it?

The new boss of the BBC wants to avoid giving food to grind to those who accuse the public group of not being impartial.

In recent years, even well-known employees of the group have not hesitated to give their opinion on politics, and in particular on Brexit, which undermines the image and credibility of the news from the BBC.

There were already very strict rules for the journalists of the group, but new instructions will be given to all employees, even those who host or prepare entertainment or series.

And rest assured, layoffs or account closings will only concern the most serious cases.

"Some will just need a little chat," said Tim Davie.

The monthly audiences were published at the beginning of the week by Médiamétrie.

It's time to take stock of September and the news is good for the public service.

The lag of the Tour de France at the start of the school year is obviously not for nothing, we have talked about the excellent scores recorded by the cycling competition.

Result, France 2 peaked at 16.4% audience share over the month, its best return since 2007. France 2 also had a hit as a bonus thanks to "Alex Hugo" in particular, and its afternoons outside the Tour de France continue to federate.

We saw it with the audience records recorded by "It begins today" by Faustine Bollaert. 

As for France 3, it is the best month of September since 2010, thanks to the Tour of course but also to the boxes recorded on Saturday evening as a bonus or even to "La Stagiaire".

What about private channels?

TF1 obviously remains the leader but in poor form in the face of this unusual competition: it signs its worst historic comeback at 18.8%.

In question, as a bonus, "Big Little Lies" which did not find its audience or even "Clem" who fell in front of "Love is in the meadow".

On the other hand, the chain was able to count on the successful return of "Koh-lanta", for example, and it can console itself with a score up on its favorite target, women responsible for purchases under 50, at 22, 3%.

On the side of M6, it is not the joy either since the channel is at the lowest for a month of September since 1991!

And for women under 50, it loses 0.9 points over one year to less than 15%.

Fortunately, she relaunched "Love is in the meadow", always unifying, but which has lost feathers against "Clem" on TF1.

Other things to note among the TNT channels?

France 5 and TMC are still in the lead with 3.3 and 3.2% audience share, respectively.

Both strings are aided by the large "C to you" and "Daily" returns. 

Conversely, the C8 access is struggling and takes the chain with it: 2.4% audience share on the clock, its worst comeback since 2012, when it was still called Direct 8.

And finally, we were talking about it a few days ago, on the news channel side, CNews is in excellent shape.

The Canal + group channel has more than doubled its audience compared to the start of the 2019 school year. It has an audience share of 1.5%, still one point less than BFMTV, but 0.5 more than LCI.

To resume colors, TF1 hopes to be able to count on "Mask Singer".

The channel made it official this Tuesday, the second season of its masked song contest, particularly topical in a pandemic period, will be back on October 17.

Incidentally, the front page changes the programming of the show: season 1 was offered last year on Friday, and it passes this year to Saturday.

Obviously, no question of touching "Koh-Lanta"!

We do not change a winning team, so no evolution on the side of the investigators: Jarry, Alessandra Sublet, Kev Adams and Anggun will be back, while Camille Combal will of course be in charge of the show.

And the strength of this second season will lie in its casting, the number one stake in legitimizing the show.

We need stars under the masks!

That's the show's promise, and indeed there was some criticism about it last year.

Even Kev Adams recognized him at Louise Bernard's microphone.

On the side of TF1, we do not share this impression but we recognize that there was an axis of improvement on the casting.

It was Rémi Faure, director of the channel's flow programs, who explained it to us.

Stars known to young people, therefore, but not only.

TF1 has a secret boot in its cast, which Camille Combal, Alessandra Sublet and Kev Adams spoke to Louise Bernard.

The announcement of a sequel to one of the biggest boxes in the history of cinema.

Disney made it official this Tuesday: "The Lion King" will have a sequel.

This is the live action film, released in 2019 and directed by Jon Favreau.

It was the very faithful adaptation of the 1994 cartoon, and voice side, Disney had convinced Donald Glover and Beyoncé to lend their voices to Simba and Nala.

For now, we do not know anything about the scenario of this sequel, but a first version has already been written.

It is also unclear when production could start, or when the film will hit theaters.

We know that Disney entrusted the production to Barry Jenkins, the director of "Moonlight", who won the Oscar for best film in 2017. This sequel to the "Lion King" is necessarily a priority project for Disney, after the phenomenal success from the first film.

With nearly $ 1.7 billion in revenue, it is the seventh highest grossing film in cinema history.

In France, the film captivated 10 million spectators, almost as many as the cartoon of 94.