Patrick Sabatierfor the youngest who read us, is one of the great figures of French television. Particularly during the 80s when the star host presented many successful shows in the first part of the evening. It has notably evolved on TF1 from 1976 to 1992, before beginning a long and brutal crossing the desert. In the early 2010s, he made a comeback as unexpected as it was noticed with a game show. In an interview, Patrick Sabatier talks about his age but also about death.
Patrick Sabatier: star host in the 80s
Patrick Sabatier, born in 1951, began his career at the end of the 1970s on radio. And more particularly on Europe 1. But it’s on the cathode ray screen that it really becomes famous thanks to its flagship shows from the 80s. We can cite Wanted noticeon TF1, between 1980 and 1982, or even The Truth Gameon the said channel, from 1985 to 1986.
The host was such a luminary on French television at that time that the trio of comedians Les Inconnus regularly made fun of him. Literally and figuratively, parodying to the point of dentition Perfect and Colgate by Patrick Sabatier. The latter’s shows were renowned for their side sensationnalisteor even outright voyeuristic.
Patrick Sabatier, a crossing of the desert then a comeback
All good things come to an end. And all careers in television have ups and downs. For several years, Patrick Sabatier experienced a brutal journey through the desert. He is no longer in the game, downgraded by younger, crazier, more incisive presenters. As Arthur or Christophe Dechavanne For example.
Like the phoenix rising from the ashes, Patrick Sabatier returned with great fanfare to television in the early 2010s. He hosts a show around the song, Just for one eveningbut especially the game show Password. Unfortunately for him, despite good audiences, the latter is arrested by France 2 fin 2016.
Patrick Sabatier speaks candidly about his age and death
In a sense, Patrick Sabatier never hung up his gloves. Retirement? Very little for him. In 2014, he released the book 60 years… so what?. In it, he talks about his career, his life, his age, his relationship with death, his greatest fear. He takes stock, calmly, while refusing to withdraw, affirming that he still has projects under his belt.
In an interview given to CloserPatrick Sabatier says bluntly: “On my tombstone, there will therefore only be my name.” As a discreet nod to those of his parents. In 2019, he hosted See you at Sabatier on C8barely modernized transfer of Wanted poster. Without the same enthusiasm from the public…
