Thierry Ardisson “terribly affected” after the failure of his new show

For several months, Thierry Ardisson worked on a program called hotel of time. In it, he talks with deceased personalities. The first episode was broadcast on Monday May 2, 2022 and, for this occasion, it was Dalida who returned to the world of the living for an evening. A program that has been widely commented on and which has not been unanimous with viewers. In the columns of Parisian this Sunday, May 30, Thierry Ardisson returned to the failure of this one and the criticisms it may have received. “Even if she is in the middle of the box, this low audience affected me terribly“, he assured before adding: “I was disappointed, even dejected“. A program on which he worked a lot and which was particularly close to his heart. “I put so much energy into this project. However, we had a rave press that spoke of a ‘bluffing’, ‘innovative’, ‘moving’ program…“, he affirmed. If this one did not meet the expected success, the organizer thinks that the problem is perhaps a concern of communication. “I probably mis-sold the thing. The public, who saw me doing interviews for thirty-five years, believed that I would interview Dalida for an hour and a half, while it is a documentary stuffed with archives, a biopic“, he concluded, very touched by this failure.

If this first broadcast was not unanimous with all viewers, France Télévisions does not intend to stop here. Indeed, the channel will broadcast the next issues ofhotel of time. “The day after the broadcast, I called Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez to suggest that he stop“, confided Thierry Ardisson before adding: “He responded to me that it was out of the question, that he wanted another number with Coluche, before Gabin”. A program whose production will begin in September and which will be offered before the one with Jean Gabin, already ready for broadcast. If this filming will take place only in a few months, the host ensures however to be aware of “what needs to be fixed to make the show work“. According to him, the next “will work better. We also have keys to sell the program abroad. I left like in 40″, he asserted. Determined not to give up, Thierry Ardisson declares that he has “used to taking trains in the face. Hard knocks, I’ve known them all my career“. Will the next issue be unanimous? Will the viewers be there?

Hôtel du temps: why has the program been criticized?

With this new concept, Thierry Ardisson brings back to life, for one evening, personalities who are very popular with viewers and who are greatly missed by their fans. To embody Dalida, she is the actress Julie Chevallier who was chosen. A familiar face to fans of mysteries of lovea series broadcast on TMC. However, Internet users quickly highlighted a change that bothered them a lot and this concerns the host. For this first broadcast, Thierry Ardisson had been rejuvenated and viewers would have preferred that this not be the case. “In Hôtel du temps, the only thing badly done is Thierry Ardisson’s false facelift. The rest is simply stunning. A new television UFO“, had written one of them. Has the criticism been heard by Thierry Ardisson? The answer during the broadcast of the next episode.

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