On TV, containment creates a vogue for "homemade" programs

5/8/2020, 5:00:09 PM

Perform the star programs remotely? All the chains did it, with some successes of audience.

The coronavirus has given birth to a new hybrid medium: "tele-conference". The game "Who wants to make millions?" on TF1, the humorous badge “Au secours, bonjour” which involves a multitude of actors on France 2, “Let's play at home” on France 3, “Tous en cuisine” on M6, not to mention the numerous interviews broadcast during the TV News…

You just have to look at the small screen to be convinced of it every day: the programs are mutating under the effect of an unprecedented cathodic Darwinism. The filming, which mobilizes several tens or even hundreds of people, being at a standstill, the channels experiment with “homemade” content. “ We have put ourselves in tune with the situation of the French. All of our broadcasts have been redesigned to be as close as possible to what the public is currently experiencing , ”says Takis Candilis, the managing director responsible for the antennas and programs of France Télévisions. French people are confined and talk through apps