While the broadcast of the third season ofA Sunday in the countryside has taken place until now without interruption on France 2, sporting events will disrupt Frédéric Lopez's program. The host speaks about this.
Dare we say it, it’s one of the most positive shows on the small screen. Every week, Frédéric Lopez goes to a house far from the tumult of the city to welcome three personalities from different backgrounds in A Sunday in the countryside. Since the start of the school year, the event has been a hit and even reached its historic audience record thanks to Dany Boon, Virginie Grimaldi and Kendji Girac at the end of November. But fans of the program will have to be patient this Sunday, November 8: there will be no new number due to a rugby match. In an interview given to Tele-Leisure last April, the host spoke about the deprogramming. “When I was offered this slot, I was warned that the show would not be broadcast every week because of sport. I didn't know the exact number of football or rugby matches. But it's part of the initial contract. Ultimately, it's take it or leave it“, he puts things into perspective.
“It's like we were at the Stade de France“: Frédéric Lopez explains why he would not likeA Sunday in the countryside is scheduled in prime time
The few deprogrammings ofA Sunday in the countryside do not bother Frédéric Lopez who is satisfied with having a box like this. “If I had been offered another slot, like in the second part of the evening, many people would not have been able to watch it because of work the next morning. When it's prime time, you can't say such profound things. It's like we were at the Stade de France so we have to put on a show“, he smiles.
-“It's the channel that decides“: Frédéric Lopez reacts to the deprogramming ofA Sunday in the countryside on France 2
More recently, during a press conference organized on the occasion of the 50th issue ofA Sunday in the countrysideFrédéric Lopez returned to the box of broadcasting his program. “We make a show and it's the channel that decides when it broadcasts it. At the time of The unexpected parenthesisthe replays were not as developed and that made me very sad because in the street, people were telling me 'I love your show but I get up very early in the morning, I can't watch it'. When the channel decided to broadcast [Un dimanche à la campagne] the weekend, I found it incredible, it was a dream. We're a winter or fall show, when it's not nice outside, we're like a little fire in the fireplace. It's a show that we tell when we're under the rug. Being broadcast on Sunday afternoon is great for the show“, reports the presenter. Those most addicted to the program will always be able to be satisfied with the replay of numbers that they have not seen!
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