Paris (AFP)
Political programs, fight against disinformation, but also new tele-hook for Nagui, return of Thierry Ardisson and a slew of new fictions ... France Télévisions is heading for the 2022 presidential election, while concocting many times of "breathing" to the viewers.
For this electoral year, the public audiovisual group is making the "triple bet of transparency (...) of innovation and debate", declared its president, Delphine Ernotte, during a press conference on the 2021 grid -2022.
"Quite worried about the very strong mistrust vis-à-vis the media", she "condemned" the attacks against journalists during demonstrations against the health pass.
France Televisions will continue to go "on the ground" to "re-establish dialogue", insisted Laurent Guimier, its news director.
Succeeding "You have the floor", "Elysée 2022" will be the major political meeting of France 2 one Thursday per month, always under the leadership of the duo Léa Salamé-Thomas Sotto.
There will be added the "8:22 p.m.", a big interview following on from the 8 p.m., led by Anne-Sophie Lapix, with Nathalie Saint-Cricq and the young Mohamed Bouhafsi, former star football journalist from RMC.
Another novelty, still on France 2, "I have an idea for France", a program hosted by Julian Bugier where proposals from abroad or experienced in the regions will be debated by a citizen jury and put to the viewers' vote. .
- Targeted youth -
The franceinfo channel (channel 27) which celebrates its 5th anniversary on September 1 will also put itself in order of battle, promising to privilege "facts, decryption and interactivity with the French" at a time when the model of the media d opinion carried by CNews infused in the audiovisual sector.
With 0.7% audience share over the 2020-2021 season, the channel is progressing but remains behind LCI, CNews and BFMTV.
Another field of action, the web and social networks, notably with "La République, c'est toi", a format intended for young Tik Tok users who are far from traditional media.
Or the launch at the end of August, in partnership with the German channel WDR, of the digital NOWU offering "young Europeans" to take action "in the face of an environmental emergency".
The host of France Télévisions Nagui, August 24, 2021 in Paris STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN AFP
On France 5, the daily talk-show "C à vous" will be extended by 40 minutes and will welcome Mohamed Bouhafsi and the ex-matinalier of Europe 1 Matthieu Belliard.
Disembarked like him from the station, Pascale Clark will host "Revu", a Sunday variation of the zapping of "Vu" news.
To allow viewers to "breathe a little", according to the number 2 of France TV, Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez, the group will also draw new entertainment, magazines and other fictions.
A future rival of "The Voice All Stars" (TF1), Nagui will host "The Artist" every week, a live tele-hook dedicated to singer-songwriters for whom the public can vote for free.
A daily variation will be presented by Leïla Kaddour-Boudadi on France 4.
- Literary adaptations -
The season will also mark the great return of Thierry Ardisson on the public service on France 3 with "the Hotel of time", a program in which he will question personalities ... deceased, like Jean Gabin or François Mitterrand.
And this thanks to artificial intelligence and a "rigorous documentary work" to "collect only proven remarks", according to the press kit.
Faustine Bollaert will host "Les temps changent", a program of testimonies in the vein of "That is discussed" by Jean-Luc Delarue.
As for the series, pride of place will be given to adaptations of literary works such as "Germinal" by Emile Zola, "Around the world in 80 days" by Jules Verne, "Elementary particles" by Michel Houellebecq or even "l ' Ile au thirty coffins "by Maurice Leblanc.
On the digital front, in addition to new fictions such as "Or de lui" with Ramzy Bedia, the public group also intends to strengthen the "presence of cinema films" on its free france.tv offer, insisted Delphine Ernotte.
France Télévisions host Thierry Ardisson, August 24, 2021 in Paris STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN AFP
Finally, sport will also remain in the spotlight with the Beijing 2022 Games, an entertainment planned 1,000 days before the 2024 Paris Games or the broadcast of the Tour de France Women next summer.
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