Francis Perrin was stopped in full success by France 3. Like Commissioner Magellanseries hosted by Jacques Spiesser, the public channel has decided to stop Mongeville early 2021. The stated objective was to renew its offer of French fiction on Saturday evenings.
The incredible rebirth of Mongeville on C8
To everyone’s surprise, Mongeville gave himself a second youth on a TNT channel. C8 bought the broadcast rights to the series. She decided to offer catch-up sessions on the adventures of the retired judge, played by Francis Perrin successfully between 2013 and 2021 on La Trois. These, installed on Wednesday in the early evening, were quickly crowned with audience success.
The rebroadcasts of the series have panicked the counters of the channel whose flagship is ensured by Cyril Hanouna with Don’t touch my post. They allowed it to rise to the top of the TNT audiences by easily surpassing the symbolic milestone of one million viewers. Francis Perrin even went so far as to afford the luxury of positioning C8 in front of his former channel, France 3!
Francis Perrin’s series under threat again…
In this 2024/2025 season, TNT channel 8 continues to focus on Mongeville. Recently, he decided to switch the series to Sunday evenings. A box where it continues to display honorable performances for C8. It remains thata new hard blow looms for Francis Perrin. The future of the channel, which gave it a second lease of life, is seriously threatened…
In the heart of summer, Arcom made a serious decision. The audiovisual policeman has sealed do not renew the frequency of C8 beyond February 28, 2025. An appeal has been filed before the Council of State, the decision of which is expected in mid-November. In the event that the court rules in favor of Arcom, C8 will close. Will the Canal+ group (owner of C8, editor’s note) decide to to fall over Mongeville on another of his channels ? For the moment, no information has filtered in this direction…
A few months ago, Francis Perrin returned to As an aside on Canal+ on France 3’s decision to suddenly stop Mongeville. “I didn’t speak to anyone. I was told through the press that it was a brand change. I also replied that I’m not a detergent! But hey…”he regretted. Nathalie Lévy then asked him if he would be up for filming new films. To which he replied: “Oh yes, but I think that won’t happen. No one has had the idea in two years of big success on C8, to say to themselves ‘hey, we’re going to do another one (of an episode, editor’s note) to tell the see you again’. I think that would have pleased the public..
