Be careful, here is the most unexpected duo of the TV season. Mouloud Achour, host of the “Clique” talk show on Canal +, and… Catherine Ceylac, ex-confidant of Saturday and Sunday mornings for twenty-two years, from 1996 to 2018, in “Thé ou café”, on France 2, where she interviewed the biggest stars.
For September, the 39-year-old host reshuffles the cards for his program. Completed, its daily version at 8 p.m. in clear on Canal +. "It's my choice," he says. We will seek the public where it is, on the digital. "Click" switches to MyCanal, the group's platform, every evening, in a new format. But returns to the air every Sunday at midday, in a 90-minute version, marked by the arrival of a new band of columnists. Among them, Catherine Ceylac, who left France 2 after stopping “Thé ou café” in 2018. “I have a crazy admiration for Catherine Ceylac. His sensitivity is very much like the spirit of my shows, ”says Mouloud Achour, who will also be given several evenings in prime time with comedians.
"We decided to have fun"
Their love at first sight took place last November 13, live, on the set of "Clique". Invited to present her book, "To love, to life", the host improvises with artist Philippe Katerine a "back-to-back", the cult sequence of "Tea or Coffee" on France 2, where she was asking unexpected questions, demanding "tick-to -ck" responses. "My passion is to watch Tea or coffee on You Tube! Said Mouloud Achour that evening.
“When he left, he said to me: Will you come back? Politely, I replied: When you want . Three weeks ago, he wrote to me on Messenger. I thought he wanted to invite me again, I replied that I was not in Paris! But no… We have seen each other several times since and it is a real pleasure, ”says Catherine Ceylac, who will therefore be present around the table for an hour and a half each Sunday starting on September 6.
A first in the private group for the one who has led her whole career on France Télévisions, from “Télématin” to “Thé ou café”, not forgetting the presentation of the newspaper of the night, and therefore marks a return to the small screen. "I like this program, its kindness, its intergenerational strength and the tone of Mouloud, very respectful of its guests," continues the 66-year-old journalist. We decided to have fun and give pleasure. "
An eclectic team
She will intervene throughout the Sunday program, before a final “back-to-back” with the guest. Catherine Ceylac has already met the team, enriched with new columnists, such as the journalists Pauline Clavière (from "C l'hebdo", on France 5), Eva Bester or Anaïde Rozam, 23-year-old actress revealed on social networks. The rhetorical specialist Clément Viktorovitch will launch “Boxing with words”, an eloquence contest with a guest, before making way for comedians, the duo Fadily Camara - Hakim Jemili and Roman Frayssinet. During the week, "Clique" will be replaced on Canal + by "L'info du réel" by Yves Calvi, which will start at 7 p.m. instead of 6:15 p.m.