Could "The Late with Alain Chabat" return to TF1? The channel responds

• TF1 will draw the curtain on

  Le Late with Alain Chabat

  this Friday, December 2, broadcasting at 10:55 p.m. the last issue of a salvo of ten pre-recorded episodes.

• The nine issues already broadcast have attracted an average of nearly a million viewers each evening and allow the channel to boast of a "huge card" for its replay on D+7.

• Could the program stack up again for new episodes?

  "It was already a miracle to have found two months in Alain's fairly busy schedule for

  Le Late

  ... On the other hand, I hope that we will meet again in a year or two for another project", announces Xavier Gandon , director of TF1 antennas at

  20 Minutes

  .

The best jokes are the shortest.

TF1 is coming to the end of its stock of

this Friday, December 2 after ten episodes broadcast each evening at 10:55 p.m.

So for the channel, it's time to take stock.

"I think that nobody expected to see Alain Chabat arrive in a late show and if he managed to surprise, we won our bet", rejoices Xavier Gandon, director of the antennas of the One, with

.

On the side of the emblematic tower of the channel, it evokes a “nice end-of-year gift for viewers”.

On the side of the broadcaster as well as the production, the eyes were inevitably riveted both on the audiences and on the social networks during the two weeks of broadcasting.

"It's something daring on TF1 but also on French television in this particular box", underlines Xavier Gandon.

It must be said that before Alain Chabat, many broke their teeth trying to bite into a French version of the American “late show” of which Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, James Corden or Jay Leno are the standards of the genre.

An investment "

It was also one of the old dreams of the former Nul, to transpose this format "which is expensive to produce and that no one watches" in France.

"From the moment it's a

, it's a program that we broadcast late, it takes us away from a whole part of the potential audience", tempers the director of TF1 antennas.

But this program remains an “investment” for the channel.

How high is this investment?

The front page does not expand on the subject but denied the amount of 500,000 euros per program, including 100,000 to pay the guests, mentioned by Cyril Hanouna in

.

TF1 and R&G, which produces the show, have also announced that they will seize Arcom, the media regulator, following "this misleading information".

"Historic record" in replay

With two first issues to more than a million viewers, the program is now struggling to exceed this symbolic milestone, with audiences in sawtooth.

On average, the nine issues already broadcast on TF1 on the sidelines of the group stage of the World Cup in Qatar have attracted just over 980,000 viewers, according to figures from Médiamétrie.

Or a little less than 9.5% of cumulative audience share, a score lower than the standards of the TF1 grid at this time.

But

stands out particularly in replay.

On D+7, more than half a million people watched the first two episodes of the program.

A “historic record for replay television for a program broadcast in this box, exults Xavier Gandon.

It is the equivalent of Netflix series when they arrive in France.

Difficult to compare, however, because the platform, which has just broken its record for the most viewed program internationally in one week with

, communicates its figures in number of hours watched in the world.

TF1 hopes to find Alain Chabat for "another project"

Apart from the audience, the other reason for satisfaction at TF1 is the gain in brand image that the show has made possible.

Angèle, Léna Situations, Jean Dujardin, Jamel Debbouze, Penelope Cruz, Gérard Darmon, Orelsan, Etienne Daho… The former Nul has once again proven that he has a well-filled address book and that no generation of artists do not resist him.

"I kind of screwed up the holidays of two or three friends," he joked during the presentation of the program to the press.

Good or bad, it doesn't matter for the host of this more ephemeral meeting than ever.

"I would not have signed for a year," assured Alain Chabat.

Would he be ready to re-enlist for a new burst of

 ?

Negative.

“I don't see how I could do it again, except by pushing the whole grid again.

»

On the chain side, we believe that we should “never say never”.

Nevertheless “if we redo something with Alain, we will no doubt want to produce something new, slice Xavier Gandon.

He's creative, so take advantage of it!

But Alain has other activities.

It was already a miracle to have found two months in his fairly busy schedule for

… On the other hand, I hope that we will meet again in a year or two for another project.

»

Suffice to say that despite a positive assessment,

should remain a one shot, to (re)consume in streaming.

“There are programs that we are happy to be able to do even if they don't come back.

»

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