The new Canal Plus programme schedule for September will face changes.
In early July several media announced that the satirical programme “Guignols de l’info” may be axed, causing uproar and heated debate. Viewers, media personalities and politicians all expressed their support for the show.
But it’s not going to close – created in 1988 and broadcast on Canal Plus, the satirical TV news programme hosted by caricature puppets, lampooning politicians, media, French society and the world today is simply taking a rest. And will be back in September. In an interview with Le Figaro newspaper, Maxime Saada, replacing the summarily dismissed Rodolphe Belmer as the Canal Plus Group’s new CEO, announced the show will go from being analogue to encrypted, keeping its daily slot and aired at 8:50pm. After the broadcast, viewers will be able to see the Guignols free on Dailymotion and again in analogue form every Sunday.
Canal Plus’ talk show “Grand Journal”, in the hot seat because of declining audiences and spiralling costs (“€120,000 per day”), will also continue in a new format and with a new host: Maïtena Biraben replacing Antoine de Caunes. In his interview Maxime Saada said that de Caunes will move to the “Late Show” in the second part of the evening, also with a new format and encrypted. While Daphne Roulier’s “L’effet papillon” will change from encrypted to analogue.
Finally, according to the newspaper Le Parisien, the new “Grand Journal” will probably be 60 minutes, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., shorter than its previous incarnation, and no longer produced by Renaud Le Van Kim’s company KM, but internally by Flab Prod. Finally, Yann Barthes’ “Petit Journal” might see its air-time extended.
Sources: lefigaro.fr, tvmag.lefigaro.fr, lesinrocks.com, lemonde.fr, leparisien.fr et vivendi.com
