It’s a new face for aficionados of “20h“. Jean-Baptiste Boursier, LCI morning worker, will become Gilles Bouleau’s “official joker” from October 21 to present the evening television news on the front page. Information revealed by our colleagues at Parisianconfirmed by the TF1 group in the afternoon of Wednesday October 2.
The channel was looking for a replacement for Julien Arnaud, the historic joker. The latter left this summer on France 2 to host “Telematin“.
“The lucky one will take their first steps on October 21 during the All Saints’ Day holidays.“, warns The Parisian.
“A collective decision”
It is “of a collective decision“, precise, always ParisianTF1 news director Thierry Thuillier. The latter consulted beforehand Rodolphe Belmer, the group’s CEO, Ara Aprikian, its content director, and his information deputies.
To decide, the group asked 9 personalities from the editorial staff “mock tests, for the 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. news“. “We took this opportunity to take as broad an inventory as possible of the potential within the editorial team.“, continues Thierry Thuillier.
Jean-Baptiste Boursier was chosen because he had “all the qualities to establish a bond with the audience of the TF1 channel” assures his boss.
Since the beginning of September, the daily 8 p.m. edition (Monday to Thursday, Editor’s note) of TF1 brings together 5.3 million followers on average, according to data relayed by the Parisian media. Or 27.0% audience share among the general public.
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