Laurent Ruquier will host a new talk show on Paris Première


He has not said his last word. Laurent Ruquier will soon host a new weekly talk show in the second part of the evening on Paris Première to continue to “popularize culture” in an “entertaining way” outside of his former Saturday night box on France 2, bequeathed to Léa Salamé.

A talk show showcasing plays, books and films

baptized Premier Club, this new show, recorded in Paris and in public in a restaurant, will feature plays, books and films, in accordance with the “trademark” of the presenter, himself a playwright, he explained to the press. He will surround himself in particular with comedians, but also with strangers, “first readers” or “first spectators” of works criticized in the show, recruited during wild castings.

At the controls of the second evening parts on Saturdays on France 2 since 2006, the 59-year-old host announced this summer to give up the presentation ofWe are live, program that succeeded We are not in bed in 2020.

Reason then invoked: the fact that he was “not comfortable in the co-hosting” of the talk show, shared last season with Léa Salamé, recruited to give it a political coloring. “Exercising in pairs is difficult, we don’t have the same freedom. We try to ensure that speech is balanced, it’s very frustrating,” he said in front of a few journalists.

Léa Salamé, she arrives, this Saturday, September 24, at the controls of a new weekly program on France 2 called Quelle époque!. The only presenter, she is accompanied by several permanent guests, including the ex-star of TF1 Christophe Dechavanne.

“I intend to try to have fun”

According to Laurent Ruquier, “there are two types of programs on television: those whose concept is stronger than the host”, such as TV kids, which he still hosts on France 2, every Sunday. And those like talk shows, “where it’s the host who makes the difference”, he justified.

Asked by Paris Première, Laurent Ruquier therefore agreed to return to service on the pay channel of the M6 ​​group, where he presented It swings in Parisfrom 2005 to 2006. As at the time, when he was at the helm ofWe tried everything on France 2, the presenter of Big heads on RTL, another property of the M6 ​​group, will continue to officiate in parallel on the public service, in agreement with the boss of France Télévisions, Delphine Ernotte.

“I intend to try to have fun and be happy, which I have missed a little in recent years”, assures the one who has not managed to do what he wanted from We are live due to the health crisis and the decline in cultural life.



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