This week, Arcom confirmed its decision not to renew the broadcast frequency at C8 on TNT. As a result, the channel will disappear from our screens in February 2025. What about TPMP ? Cyril Hanouna assured him, the program will be back next year, on another channel of the Canal+ group. And with it, possibly other cult programs.
No real happy ending for Hanouna?
Good news? Yes, but be careful. According to certain employees of H2O, the host's production company, the reality would be less optimistic than that. While his teams would be in the dark about their future from March – “Nobody tells us anything“, whispered an employee to Le Parisien -, they would also be wary of the big announcements live from Hanouna.
“We all know that we shouldn't believe everything Cyril says, who tells lies from morning to night on this subject.lamented a collaborator of the presenter. Especially in the evening on the show“. On this subject, one of his colleagues clarified that these announcement effects on the TPMP set sometimes appeared more like a poker move than a reality. “We discover everything live without knowing if it's true or if it's confusionhe revealed. If it's Cyril's lobbying or a management decision. But today most of us are convinced that we will be unemployed in March.”
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A more nuanced reality
The reason for such vagueness? While the arrival of TPMP on CStar is mentioned as an alternative, this could not be done without damage. The fault lies in already very heavy specifications imposed by Arcom on the channel (12 hours of music per day, obligation to broadcast a daily musical magazine, programming of 70 shows per year, etc.), the arrival of TPMP could explode the budget (The Parisian mentions a tripled budget because of the Hanouna contract which links it to the Canal+ group) and therefore the channel's debts.
Consequences ? Contrary to what has been implied in recent weeks, CStar would not have the capacity to host all the other C8 shows like William at noon or The Animals of the Eightthe first of which is hosted by someone close to Vincent Bolloré and the second is considered his favorite. Nor even an identical version of the talk show. In other words, the group leader could be led to make unexpected choices which could inevitably lead to disappointment and therefore… dismissals.
Please note, nothing indicates that TPMPshe will not be saved, but her future may well not be at the center of the beautiful happy ending promised. First indication, Facing Hanouna will already disappear on weekends… Proof that the host is no longer in a position of strength, he who would see the H2O contract with the Canal+ Group “the subject of tough negotiations to be revised downwards by the broadcaster“.
