Le Grand Journal is a French nightly news and talk show television program that aired on Canal+ every weekday evening from 19:10 to 20:20. It debuted on August 30, 2004 and was created and hosted by Michel Denisot, succeeded by Antoine de Caunes and then later by Maïtena Biraben. Victor Robert took on the reins from 2016 to the program's end in 2017. Originally a one-hour program, it expanded to two hours in 2005. Even though the program was broadcast on the premium channel Canal+, it was a non-encrypted program.
The program features news, talk, weather and comedy. It is produced by KM Productions for Canal+ and broadcast from the Studios Rive Gauche on Quai André-Citroën in Paris.
History
Created in 2004 by producer-director Renaud Le Van Kim, the show was originally composed of one block broadcast from 19:05 to 19:55, usually live except on Fridays. The show benefitted from audiences from all of Canal+'s free time slots watching, in addition to the extension of Digital terrestrial television, which allowed new households access to the channel. The show took up the time slot initially reserved for the show 20 h 10 pétantes (French for "20:10 sharp") at the beginning of the 2005 season; Since then, Stéphanie Bern's show has only been diffused on Fridays and Saturdays, under the name Vendredi pétantes et Samedi pétantes. The second part was then titled Le Grand Journal, la suite and was broadcast from 20:10 to 20:40. Since September 2011, La Suite was broadcast from 20:30 to 20:55.
During season 9, La Suite was copresented by Michel Denisot and Daphné Bürki. The show lost 13% of their audience, which it blamed on the fact that it was played at the same time as C à vous on France 5, Vous êtes en direct on NRJ 12, and Touche pas à mon poste on D8.
On June 6, 2013, Michel Denisot announced that he would quit the show after 9 years at the head of the talk-show. On June 17, 2013, the name of the new presenter was announced to be Antoine de Caunes. He was a former presenter on Canal+ from 1987 to 1995 participating in the success of the show Nulle part ailleurs then at the César Award presentation ceremony.
At the beginning of February 2017, a press conference had stated that the program might possibly stop production on March or April due to a decline in ratings, and that the leaders of Canal + would already be working on the successor to LGJ. The channel announced its final run on Friday 13 February, followed by two weeks of reruns until March 17.
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AnimatorRoleSeasons 1(2004–05) 2(2005–06) 3(2006–07) 4(2007–08) 5(2008–09) 6(2009–10) 7(2010–11) 8(2011–12) 9(2012–13) 10(2013–14) 11(2014–15) 12(2015–16) 13(2016–17) Victor Robert Présentateur vedette André Manoukian Music Élé Asu News Ornella Fleury Weather Axelle Laffont Humor Column Alice Darfeuille News Augustin Trapenard Literary Column Lauren Bastide Pop Culture Victor Robert News Maïtena Biraben Présentatrice vedette Joker Antoine de Caunes Présentateur vedette Jean-Michel Aphatie Political Natacha Polony Cyrille Eldin Raphaëlle Dupire Weather, and Le Rappel Dupire Sébastien Thoen Humor Column ♦ Mathilde Serrell Culture ♦ Karim Rissouli Political Column ♦ Jérôme Niel Humor Column ♦ Monsieur Poulpe ♦ Vanessa Guide ♦ Alison Wheeler Humor Column and joker of Vanessa Guide ♦ Isabelle Morini-Bosc Television ♦ Stéphane Blakowski Literature ♦ Laurent Weil Cinema, and Cannes ♦ invited Marie Drucker The flash info ♦ Mademoiselle Agnès Fashion ♦ Éric Dahan Music ♦ Alexandre Cammas Leisure art de vivre(art of living) ♦ Guy Birenbaum La revue de presse(Press review) ♦ Frédérique Bel The minute blonde ♦ invited Frédéric Beigbeder Literature ♦ invited invited La bande à Fifi L'anniversaire ♦ Arnaud Tsamere Weather ♦ Louise Bourgoin Weather, and sans prétention ♦ invited Max Boublil Le Dating ♦ Didier Allouch Cinema market invited Élise Chassaing Cinema ♦ invited Guillaume Gallienne Les bonus de Guillaume ♦ invited Pauline Lefèvre Weather ♦ invited Marie Colmant La revue de presse internationale(the international press review) ♦ Anne Sinclair Politics during the 2008 American election invited Laurence Haïm Politics during the 2008 American election invited Ali Baddou Literature (Joker of Denisot) ♦ Joker Tania Bruna-Rosso Music, L'instant T ♦ Thomas N'Gijol Le Top 5, and news commentator ♦ ♦ invited Yann Barthès Le Petit Journal ♦ invited Lucienne Moreau Reporter for Le Petit Journal invited Charlotte Le Bon Weather, and L'envers du décor ♦ invited Alex Lutz L'envers du décor ♦ Stéphane Bak Sketch à Cannes invited Ariane Massenet Medias ♦ invited Omar and Fred The SAV des émissions ♦ inviteds Kyan Khojandi Bref ♦ invited China Moses Music ♦ 10 minutes à perdre (to lose) La Question de la fin ♦ Nawell Madani "encore inconnu" ♦ Mouloud Achour Le Daily Mouloud then Chez Mouloud ♦ Michel Denisot Présentateur vedette ♦ Vincent Glad The Web ♦ Alice Belaïdi Sophie et Sophie ♦ Clémence Faure Sophie et Sophie ♦ Kamel Boutayeb Le Tour de Magie ♦ Daphné Bürki Co-animator ♦ Chris Esquerre Le Bilan de la Semaine ♦ Bruno Donnet La petite semaine puis Le Petit Mot ♦ Solweig Rediger-Lizlow Weather ♦ Doria Tillier Weather ♦ Ollivier Pourriol Culture and literature ♦ Jeannette Bougrab Columnist ♦ Arié Elmaleh Humor sketch artist ♦ Damien Cabrespines L'instant critique puis Le Crash Test ♦ Anne Nivat Columnist ♦ Hélène Jouan Columnist ♦
Seasons
Season 1 (2004–2005)
From Monday to Friday at 6:50 pm to 7:55 pm Isabelle Morini-Bosc : television Stéphane Blakowski : literature Laurent Weil : cinema Marie Drucker : flash informations Mademoiselle Agnès : fashion Eric Dahan : music Alexandre Cammas : Leisure and art of living Guy Birenbaum : press review Yann Barthès : Le Petit Journal People Ahmed Meguini Global Justice Chronicle Frédérique Bel : La minute blonde by Dorothy Doll
Season 2 (2005–2006)
From Monday to Thursday from 7:10 pm to 7:50 pm and the rest from 8:10 pm to 8:50 pm Ariane Massenet : médias Frédéric Beigbeder : literature Laurent Weil : cinema Tania Bruna-Rosso : music Yann Barthès : Le Petit Journal Actu and Le Petit Journal People Atmen Kelif Bruno Donnet : Le Petit papier Frédérique Bel : La minute blonde by Dorothy Doll L'anniversaire par La bande à Fifi Arnaud Tsamere : Weather «En rentrant à Paris, Fred n’a de cesse de parler de moi, notamment dans les couloirs de Canal Plus et je finis par obtenir en 2005 une chronique au Grand Journal, la présentation de la weather. « Arnaud Tsamere's Facebook page,
Season 3 (2006–2007)
From Monday to Friday from 7:10 pm to 7:50 pm and the rest from 8:10 pm to 8:50 pm Ariane Massenet : medias Frédéric Beigbeder : literature who quit the team in May 2007 Laurent Weil : cinema Tania Bruna-Rosso : music Jean-Michel Aphatie : Politics Yann Barthès : Le Petit Journal Actu and Le Petit Journal People Omar and Fred : Le Service après-vente des émissions Bruno Donnet : Le Petit papier Thomas N'Gijol : Le Top 5 Louise Bourgoin : Weather La bande à Fifi : L'anniversaire
Season 4 (2007–2008)
From Monday to Friday from 7:10 pm to 7:50 pm and the rest from 8:10 pm to 8:50 pm Ariane Massenet : medias Ali Baddou : literature Laurent Weil : cinema Tania Bruna-Rosso : music Jean-Michel Aphatie : politic Yann Barthès : Le Petit Journal Actu and Le Petit Journal People where he now directly intervenes. Omar and Fred : Le Service après-vente des émissions Bruno Donnet : La Petite Question and La Petite semaine Thomas N'Gijol : top 5 Le Dating de Max Boublil (September 2007) Louise Bourgoin : weather Damien Cabrespines : Cinema (" L'instant critique ") and subjects Frédéric Beigbeder (only at Cannes For the Film Festival) : cinema Didier Allouch (only at Cannes For the Film Festival) : Market of Cinema
Season 5 (2008–2009)
From Monday to Friday from 7:05 pm to 7:50 pm and the rest from 8:10 pm to 8:45 pm Ariane Massenet : Medias Jean-Michel Aphatie : Politics Louise Bourgoin : Without pretension on Friday and some sketches in "Les bonus de Guillaume” Ali Baddou : Literature and culture Yann Barthès : Le Petit Journal Actu and Le Petit Journal People, both are live. Damien Cabrespines : Cinema (" L'instant critique ") and subjects Élise Chassaing : Cinema Guillaume Gallienne : Les bonus de Guillaume Tania Bruna-Rosso : Music, La Bataille Musicale (avec Mouloud, le vendredi) Mouloud Achour : The new movements, « Mouloud intégrera l'équipe du Grand Journal en septembre « On Jean-Marc Morandini's blog, 17 La Bataille Musicale (avec Tania, le vendredi) Omar and Fred : Le Service après-vente des émissions Pauline Lefèvre : Weather « Canal+ pique la miss weather de M6 pour remplacer Louise Bourgoin « sur le blog de Jean-Marc Morandini, 3 Bruno Donnet : La Petite Question and La Petite Semaine Marie Colmant : International Press Review (Fridays) Anne Sinclair and Laurence Haïm Did equal parties for the team during the American Presidential Elections Frédéric Beigbeder (only at Cannes For the Film Festival) : cinema Laurent Weil (only at Cannes For the Film Festival) : Red Carpet
Season 6 (2009–2010)
From Monday to Friday from 7:05 pm to 7:50 pm and the rest from 8:10 pm to 8:45 pm Ariane Massenet : Medias Jean-Michel Aphatie : Politics Ali Baddou : Literature and culture Pauline Lefèvre : Weather Yann Barthès : Le Petit Journal Actu and Le Petit Journal People, both are live. Élise Chassaing : Cinema Guillaume Gallienne : Les bonus de Guillaume Tania Bruna-Rosso : Music Mouloud Achour : The new movements Damien Cabrespines : Cinema ("L'instant critique") Omar and Fred : The Service après-vente des émissions Kamel Boutayeb : Le tour de Magie Bruno Donnet : La Petite Question and La Petite Semaine Laurent Weil (only at Cannes For the Film Festival) : Red Carpet
Season 7 (2010–2011)
From Monday to Friday from 7:05 pm to 7:50 pm and the rest from 8:10 pm to 8:45 pm Ariane Massenet : Médias, Le Bureau de l'Info Jean-Michel Aphatie : Politics Ali Baddou : Literature and culture (of the rubric Ali a lu), official joker officiel of Michel Denisot Charlotte Le Bon : Weather Charlotte Le Bon nouvelle miss météo du Grand Journal, leparisien.fr, 20 Tania Bruna-Rosso : Music, L'Instant T (review of the latest buzz and pop-culture) Mouloud Achour : The latest movements, Daily Mouloud (incongruous review of a personality) Yann Barthès : Le Petit Journal (only in the first, longer, part) Damien Cabrespines : Le Crash Test Thomas N'Gijol : Humorous comments on political news of the week. (Only on Friday) Omar and Fred : The Service après-vente des émissions Kamel Boutayeb : Le tour de Magie Bruno Donnet : La Petite Semaine and Rédacteur en Chef Lucienne Moreau : Reporter au Petit Journal Laurent Weil (only at Cannes For the Film Festival) and for the deliver of the César Awards) : red carpet
Season 8 (2011–2012)
From Monday to Friday from 7:10 pm to 8:05 pm and the rest from 8:30 pm to 8:55 pm The columnists for season 2011–12: Ariane Massenet : medias China Moses : music Solweig Rediger-Lizlow : Weather Mouloud Achour : The daily mouloud Omar and Fred : Le Service après-vente des émissions Jean-Michel Aphatie : Politics Bruno Donnet : La petite semaine Damien Cabrespines : Le crash test and La Short List Ollivier Pourriol : culture and literature Kamel Boutayeb : Le Tour de Magie Kyan Khojandi : Bref (mini-series, from Monday to Thursday) Charlotte Le Bon and Alex Lutz : L'envers du décor (sketches, Friday) Part of 'Petit Journal’ Vincent Glad: Campagne présidentielle 2.0 (chronique Web, depuis janvier 2012) Stéphane Bak, Laurent Weill and Elise Chassaing: Only present during the Film Festival)
Season 9 (2012–2013) From Monday to Friday from 7:10 pm to 8:05 pm and the rest from 8:30 pm to 8:55 pm The columnists for season 2012–13: Daphné Bürki Jean-Michel Aphatie : politics