Guest of C to you this Thursday, April 18, Michel Cymes gave a big rant against the stopping of Health Magazine after 26 years of broadcast on France 5.
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It’s a page that is turning. Next June, The Health Magazine will disappear from the France 5 grids after 26 years of good and loyal service. Marina Carrère d’Encausse, at the head of this show since 2000, is preparing to say goodbye to the program. “Marina Carrère d’Encausse will remain one of the faces of France Télévisions. At the same time, we are working on a new medical magazine planned for the start of the 2024 school year,” had however reassured an executive of the public audiovisual group to Tele-Leisure last October. The Health Magazine is also known for having revealed to the general public Michel Cymes who was at the helm of the show from 1998 to 2018.
Michel Cymes “very angry” against the cessation of Health Magazine
Guest of C to you on France 5 this Thursday, April 18, Michel Cymes gave a big rant against the shutdown of Health Magazine : “I am very angry. Marina [Carrère d’Encausse] also is very angry because we are a collateral victim of a war between the majority shareholder of the production house which is TF1 and France Télévisions because there was a complaint from TF1 against France Télévisions. France Télévisions reacted, I am not going to take a position on whether they did the right thing or not. But by removing some productions, including the Health Magazinehalf a million viewers on France 5 every day…” While the Health Magazine is still on the air for the moment, Michel Cymes already deplores the absence of medical programs on television: “Above all, there will no longer be a regular medical health program on television even though this is the second important point highlighted by the French after purchasing power. And to fight against fake news, well there will no longer be Health Magazine and I find that dramatic.”
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Marina Carrère d’Encausse reacts to the stopping of Health Magazine
Guest of C the weekly last November, Marina Carrère d’Encausse reacted for the first time to the stopping of Health Magazine. The 62-year-old presenter and doctor prefers to keep only the positive: “I can’t say that it’s aberrant for a chain to decide after twenty-six years to renew a concept. We lasted twenty-six years, it’s extraordinary (…) I met extraordinary people, moving witnesses. It was a wonderful time. Now we’re going to move on.” she pointed out.
