This news is likely to have the effect of a bomb on the faithful televiewers of the Z'amours. According to information from Parisian published on Saturday March 20, 2021, the historic program of France 2 should no longer be broadcast from the next school year. Started 26 years ago with Jean-Luc Reichmann, this program presented by Bruno Guillon for three seasons – after the ouster of Tex – nevertheless recorded good audiences. On Wednesday March 17, 2021, for example, the game show was attracted no less than 900,000 viewers, or 17.9% of the market share.
However, The Z'amours are less and less appreciated by France Televisions, Explain The Parisian. And for good reason, the program is an adaptation of The Newlywed Game, an American game show. And this type of format no longer corresponds to the policy put in place after the arrival of Delphine Ernotte-Cunci, as president of the public audiovisual group. Indeed, the national television program company puts a point of honor for the formats invented in France.
"Tenter to obtain a French success "?
Jean-Michel Salomon, president of the Society of Game Authors, sees things on the bright side. "If a new French concept arrives on France 2, It's good news", he reacts to the Parisian. And to add: "Taking the risk of launching a game designed at home means trying to achieve French success, which can then be exported internationally." An opinion shared by Christophe Koszarek, president of the Federation of audiovisual and digital creators: "We can only support this made in France strategy on public service, a mark of confidence for creators and independent producers and a way of promoting our know-how. " The historic games of France Télévisions are becoming increasingly rare, underlines the daily. If this deprogramming were confirmed (France 2 has not yet formalized anything), he would stay Questions for a champion, animated by Samuel Étienne since 2016, after the ouster of Julien Lepers, as well as Numbers and letters.
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