The channel has chosen to program the worship film of Jean-Marie Poiré on April 10, after a short cover of the first round results. A first for a presidential.
Le Monde with AFP
An umpteenth visitor rebroadcast deserved to nibble the election evening on April 10, the first round of the presidential election. It is in any case the choice that TF1 did, announcing, on Wednesday, March 23, that it will stop its evening at 9:30 pm, earlier than usual. The election evening “will propose three hours of direct, between 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm, said the France-Press Thierry Thuillier, Deputy Director General of the TF1 Group Information Center. Number of commentators saw a symptom of public disinterest towards the election.
Multicast, the comedy of Jean-Marie Poiré, with the character of Jacquouille the rogue, records success of hearings at each television pass. Such a format is a first for the presidential election. “But not for the other elections, including legislative,” said Thuillier. This choice is justified by the fact that “the uses, tastes and expectations of viewers have evolved”, because “the multiplication of the offer” of debate and comments on the channels of information.
Traditionally, during the electoral evenings, “you had the 20-hour TF1 tray that arrived on the Plateau de France 2 to 21 hours, and vice versa, and you still had comments and political trays, but Honestly without moving forward, “said Thuillier. “As a leading chain (…), we consider that in the hot part of an hour and a half [from the formalization of results at 8 pm], we can have given all the facts, results, Reactions, comments, “he continued.
” pluralism “
To comment on the results, the chain invited the government spokesman, Gabriel Attal (the Republic in March), Jordan Bardella, Acting President of the National Gathering, Marion Marechal, which appears in the campaign of Eric Zemmour (RECONQUEST!), Eric Ciotti, the Campaign of Valérie Pécresse (Republicans), Clémentine AUtain, MPA Unsouchaise, and Delphine Batho, the Yannick Jadot Campaign (Europe Ecology-Les Greens), “Almost” almost ” The whole spectrum of political pluralism “.
From 9:30 pm, the election evening will continue on LCI, the TF1 Group Info. However, TF1 is not intended to lengthen its show if the news requires it.