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Jean-Baptiste Boursier is the new joker on TF1’s 8 p.m. news.
TELEVISION – The “suspense” is finally lifted. The name of the person who will now replace Gilles Bouleau during the holidays on TF1 news was revealed this Wednesday, October 2. This is Jean-Baptiste Boursier, a well-known face to amateur viewers of 24-hour news channels. He arrives to replace a seat left empty by Julien Arnaud, who left to take the reins of Telematin alongside Flavie Flament.
As recounted The Parisianthe name of Gilles Bouleau’s new joker was revealed to the JT teams during an editorial conference this Wednesday, October 2. The journalist is already in the house since he joined LCI in 2023 to host the morning section. Before that, Jean-Baptiste Boursier worked for France 3 and i-Télé (now CNews) but especially BFMTV. The deputy general director of information for the TF1 group, Thierry Thuillier, had already explained during an interview with our colleagues at Figaro that he would favor internal recruitment. So it’s done.
According to the Parisian Still, Jean-Baptiste Boursier will begin on the air on Monday, October 21, at 8 p.m. Gilles Bouleau has been at the helm of TF1 weekday evening news since 2012, succeeding Laurence Ferrari. The 1 p.m. weekday news remains presented by Marie-Sophie Lacarrau. On weekends, Anne-Claire Coudray presents the 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. news. The “joker” journalists at 1 p.m. are Jacques le Gros for the week and Audrey Crespo-Mara for the weekend newspapers.
Gilles Bouleau’s historic joker, Julien Arnaud left his position at TF1 a few weeks ago to join France Télévisions. Two weeks ago, he took over the helm of the France 2 morning show formerly hosted by Thomas Sotto.
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