The M6 channel is launching into the talk show race. This Saturday, April 4, Ophélie Meunier officiates for the first time in “La Grande Semaine”. The journalist surrounds herself with a large team to debrief the news of recent days.
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The familiar and warm tone is not Ophélie Meunier's first quality. But the attempt is there. She appears standing in front of the camera during the launch before listing the names of her accomplices who enter one by one on the brightly colored set. The journalist goes around the table checking Chicandier, Philippe Manoeuvre and Valérie Expert. The show is filmed in public.
A staging which is reminiscent of that offered every Saturday evening by Léa Salamé in “Quelle époque”. It could be a coincidence that the two shows did not share the same producer, Régis Lamanna-Rodat. “La Grande Semaine” does not conclude with the sharp pen of Philippe Caverivière, but with that of Camille Lavabre.
A pretty palette
The subjects follow one another with dynamism. An intelligently thought-out summary which alternates chronicles, reports and the guest interview which is conducted in a collegial manner. It's Elie Semoun who gets the ball rolling in this first broadcast to promote the film
Ducobu goes green.
Énora Malagré offers a commented biography of Victoria Beckham, unable to help but sometimes poke at the former Spice Girl. Baptiste des Monstiers, a former member of the “Quotidien” team, became interested this week in online scams surrounding cryptocurrency. Video interviews and on-site interviews illustrate his point on set. The comedian Anne-Sophie Girard offers a deliciously funny breath of fresh air when she laughs at the return of the mullet cut to the stars' hair. Kate Middleton's cancer announcement is also discussed in detail.
“La Grande Semaine” is a pretty palette. A long break of freshness is more than welcome as the gloom of the news weighs on the morale of viewers. If her introduction lacked naturalness, Ophélie Meunier subsequently mastered the handover like a good conductor. The columnists build their bond, it’s a better match than on Tinder! M6's daring bet, to relaunch a format that has been absent from its schedules for ten years after the failure of “Only imbeciles don't change their minds!” hosted by Valérie Damidot, could well be a winner.