Métropole 6, known popularly as simply
M6, is a
FrenchFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
service owned by a company called
Métropole Télévision. M6 broadcasts an over-the-air
SECAMSECAM, also written SÉCAM , is an analog color television system first used in France....
signal, and is also carried on the Atlantic Bird 3 and French Telecom 2B broadcast satellites. M6 also broadcasts a digital signal to
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via the W3A broadcast satellite. As of 2004, it is the second most-watched private television service in France, after
TF1TF1 is a private French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 25-35% makes it the most popular domestic network.TF1 is the largest European television channel by its audience...
.
Other TV channels in the M6 portfolio include digital terrestrial channel W9 and digital cable channels M6 Music Hits, M6 Music Black, M6 Music Rock and Fun TV.
M6 launched on March 1, 1987 at 11:15 a.m.
Métropole 6, known popularly as simply
M6, is a
FrenchFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
service owned by a company called
Métropole Télévision. M6 broadcasts an over-the-air
SECAMSECAM, also written SÉCAM , is an analog color television system first used in France....
signal, and is also carried on the Atlantic Bird 3 and French Telecom 2B broadcast satellites. M6 also broadcasts a digital signal to
SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
via the W3A broadcast satellite. As of 2004, it is the second most-watched private television service in France, after
TF1TF1 is a private French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 25-35% makes it the most popular domestic network.TF1 is the largest European television channel by its audience...
.
Other TV channels in the M6 portfolio include digital terrestrial channel W9 and digital cable channels M6 Music Hits, M6 Music Black, M6 Music Rock and Fun TV.
History
M6 launched on March 1, 1987 at 11:15 a.m. CET taking the place of TV6.
M6's current on-air image suggests that it tailors its service to adolescent and young-adult demographics. Programmes on its schedule include:
- American TV Shows: Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producers, as of the fourth season, are Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...
; NCISNCIS , is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S...
(NCIS: enquêtes spéciales) ; Prison BreakPrison Break is a drama television series created by Paul Scheuring, which premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company on August 29, 2005. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an elaborate plan to help his...
; MediumMedium is an American supernatural and dramatic television series which premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005. Its focus is Allison DuBois , who acts as a research medium for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office...
(Médium) ; My Name Is EarlMy Name Is Earl is an American comedy created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005 to May 14, 2009 in the United States. It was produced by 20th Century Fox Television.-Overview:...
(Earl) ; NUMB3RSNumb3rs is an American television drama, which premiered on January 23, 2005 on CBS. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes for the FBI...
; BonesBones is an American comedic drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensics and police procedurals in which each episode focuses on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth...
; ScrubsScrubs is an American comedy-drama created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced currently by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced dialogue, slapstick, and surreal vignettes presented mostly as the daydreams of the...
; The UnitThe Unit is an American action-drama television series that focuses on a top-secret military unit modeled after the real-life Delta Force. The series originally aired on CBS from March 7, 2006, to May 10, 2009.-Production:...
(The Unit : commando d'élite) ; Stargate AtlantisStargate Atlantis is a Canadian-American military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, as a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1 created by Wright and Jonathan Glassner after the release of Stargate...
; Nip/TuckNip/Tuck is an American television drama series created by Ryan Murphy and broadcast on FX Networks. The show is set at the McNamara/Troy plastic surgery practice, and follows the professional and personal lives of its owners, Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy...
; CalifornicationCalifornication is an American drama-comedy that premiered on Showtime on August 13, 2007. The show was created by Tom Kapinos. The protagonist, Hank Moody , is a troubled novelist whose move to California coupled with his writer's block complicate the relationships with his ex-girlfriend Karen...
; Kyle XYKyle XY is an American drama television series filmed in the Vancouver, British Columbia, area. The show revolves around a boy named Kyle , who awakens in a forest outside Seattle, Washington, suffering from amnesia. The series follows Kyle as he tries to understand the mysteries of who he is and...
; Everybody Hates ChrisEverybody Hates Chris is the American comedy-drama inspired on the teenager experiences of the comedian Chris Rock , while growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York in the early-mid 1980s. The title of the show parodies the CBS show Everybody Loves Raymond...
(Tout le monde déteste Chris) ; SupernaturalSupernatural is an American drama/horror television series starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, brothers who hunt demons and other figures of the paranormal. The series, which is filmed in Vancouver, BC, debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB, and is now...
and SmallvilleSmallville is an American television series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The television series was initially broadcast by The WB, premiering on October 16, 2001...
.
- These American TV Shows were shown on M6: Charmed
Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...
; The 4400The 4400 is a science fiction TV series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with Sky Television, Renegade 83 and American Zoetrope for USA Network. The show was created and written by Scott Peters and René Echevarria, and it stars Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie...
(Les 4 400) ; JerichoJericho is an American serial drama that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States...
; The Dead ZoneThe Dead Zone, aka Stephen King's Dead Zone is an American-Canadian science fiction/suspense series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma...
(Dead Zone) ; Stargate SG-1Stargate SG-1 is an American-Canadian military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich...
; CharmedCharmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...
; Malcolm in the MiddleMalcolm in the Middle is an American comedy television series created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes...
(Malcolm) ; FriendsFriends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which premiered on NBC on September 22, 1994. The series revolved around a group of friends in the area of Manhattan, New York City, who occasionally live together and share living expenses. The series was produced by...
; AliasAlias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006...
; Sex and the CitySex and the City is an American cable television series. The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004, for a total of six seasons....
; Veronica MarsVeronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004 during UPN's last two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network...
; Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy contre les vampires) ; The X-FilesThe X-Files is an American cult science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. It first aired in September 1993 and ended in May 2002...
(X-Files, aux frontières du réel) ; Ally McBealAlly McBeal is an American television series which ran on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
; RoswellRoswell is an American science fiction television series developed, produced, and co-written by Jason Katims. The series debuted on October 6, 1999 on The WB and moved to UPN for the third season. The last episode aired May 14, 2002...
; ProfilerProfiler was an American crime drama that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the fictional Violent Crimes Task Force based in Atlanta, Georgia....
; The PretenderThe Pretender is an American television series that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series starred Michael T. Weiss as Jarod, a genius and former child prodigy with "the ability to become anyone he wants to be," i.e., to flawlessly impersonate anyone in virtually any line of work...
(Le Caméléon) ; The SentinelThe Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series that aired on UPN in the United States from 1996 to 1999. It premiered on March 20, 1996, and ran for 65 episodes .It has reaired on Syfy.-Plot and characters:...
; SlidersSliders is an American science fiction television series that ran for five seasons from 1995 to 2000. The series focuses on a group of travelers who "slide" between parallel worlds by use of a wormhole referred to as an "Einstein-Rosen-Podolsky bridge."...
(Sliders, les mondes parallèles) ; Hope & FaithHope & Faith is an American sitcom that aired for three seasons on ABC from September 26, 2003 to May 2, 2006. For its first two seasons the show was part of a revived TGIF comedy block....
(La Star de la famille) ; 8 Simple Rules8 Simple Rules is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 17, 2002 to April 15, 2005. Loosely based on humor columnist W. Bruce Cameron's book of the same name, the show starred John Ritter until he died in 2003...
(Touche pas à mes filles) ; My Wife and KidsMy Wife and Kids is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from March 28, 2001, until May 17, 2005, starring Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell-Martin, produced by Touchstone Television. It was created by Wayans and Don Reo....
(Ma famille d'abord) ; Still StandingStill Standing is an American sitcom television series. It debuted on CBS on September 30, 2002, and ended March 8, 2006. Lifetime obtained the U.S. syndication rights to the show in February 2005 and now airs every weekday on Lifetime and in syndication on cable networks and various broadcast...
(Une famille presque parfaite) ; Early EditionEarly Edition is a television series that aired on CBS from September 28, 1996 to May 27, 2000. Set in the city of Chicago, Illinois, it followed the adventures of a man who mysteriously receives each Chicago Sun-Times newspaper the day before it is actually published, and who uses this knowledge...
(Demain à la Une) ; WildfireWildfire is an American television series that aired on ABC Family. The show premiered June 20, 2005; its fourth and final season ended on May 26, 2008. All four seasons of the show can be streamed from Hulu...
; Once and AgainOnce and Again is an American television series that aired on ABC from September 21, 1999 to April 15, 2002. It depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father...
(Deuxième chance) ; Relic HunterRelic Hunter is a French Canadian television series, starring Tia Carrere and Christien Anholt. Actress Lindy Booth also starred for the first two seasons, and Tanja Reichert replaced her for the third...
(Sydney Fox, l'aventurière) ; Medical InvestigationMedical Investigation is an American medical drama television series that began September 9, 2004, on NBC. It ran for 20 one-hour episodes before being cancelled in 2005...
(NIH : alertes médicales) ; Tru CallingTru Calling is an American television program, filmed in Vancouver, Canada, which premiered on the Fox Network in October 2003. It ran for two seasons and a total of 26 episodes before being canceled in January 2005....
(Tru Calling : compte à rebours) ; Commander in ChiefCommander in Chief is an American drama television series that focused on the fictional administration and family of Mackenzie Allen , the first female President of the United States, who ascended to the role after the previous chief executive, Teddy Bridges , died in office from a sudden cerebral...
; 1-800-Missing1-800-Missing is a Canadian television series, shown and set in the United States, based on the 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU series by Meg Cabot. In the Canadian province of Quebec, it airs in French on Séries+, titled Porté disparu...
(Missing : disparus sans laisser de trace) ; Dark SkiesDark Skies is a government UFO conspiracy theory-based sci-fi drama television series from America which aired during the 1996-1997 season for 18 episodes, plus a two-hour pilot episode...
(Dark Skies : l'impossible vérité) ; The InsideThe Inside is an American crime drama television series created by Tim Minear and Howard Gordon and produced by Imagine Television. The Inside follows the work of the FBI's Los Angeles Violent Crimes Unit , a division dedicated to investigating particularly dangerous crimes.The Inside initially...
(The Inside : dans la tête des tueurs) ; Killer InstinctKiller Instinct is an American crime drama television series that originally aired on the Fox Network. The pilot episode aired on September 23, 2005 and the final episode aired on December 2, 2005....
; VanishedVanished is an American hour-long television drama series produced by Twentieth Century Fox. The serialized drama premiered on August 21, 2006 on Fox and its last episode aired on November 10, 2006. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the series begins with the sudden disappearance of the wife of a Georgia...
; John DoeJohn Doe is an American television series that aired on The Fox Network during the 2002–2003 TV season.-Synopsis:"I woke up in an island off the coast of Seattle. I didn't know how I got there ... or who I was. But I did seem to know everything else. There were things about me I didn't understand...
; LAXLAX is a television drama set at the Los Angeles International Airport and draws its name from the airport's IATA airport code, "LAX".-Synopsis:...
; Jake 2.0Jake 2.0 is an American television program originally broadcast on UPN in 2003. The program was canceled in mid-January 2004 due to low ratings, leaving four episodes unaired in the United States. However in the UK all the episodes were played out on Sky One. The series is currently being aired on...
; Blind Justice ; ThresholdThreshold is a science fiction drama television series that first aired on CBS in September 2005. Produced by Brannon Braga, David S. Goyer and David Heyman, the series focuses on a secret government project investigating the first contact with an extraterrestrial species.The series was first shown...
(Threshold : premier contact) ; SummerlandSummerland is an American drama television series created by Stephen Tolkin and Lori Loughlin. It is centered on a clothing designer in her 30s, Ava Gregory , raising her niece and nephews after their parents die in a tragic accident...
; Beautiful People ; Young AmericansYoung Americans is an American television drama on The WB network created by Steven Antin. The show debuted in 2000 as a summer replacement for, and spin-off from, another Columbia TriStar Television production, Dawson's Creek, in three episodes at the end of that series' third season.The show...
; Special Unit 2Special Unit 2 is a short-lived, American sci-fi/comedy television series, filmed in Vancouver, BC and aired on UPN for two seasons from April 2001 through February 2002...
; The EvidenceThe Evidence was a short-lived American television series that debuted on March 22, 2006; a police procedural drama produced by John Wells and starring Rob Estes, Orlando Jones, and Martin Landau.-Summary:...
(The Evidence : les preuves du crime) ; South BeachSouth Beach is a primetime television drama that ran from January 11, 2006 until February 22, 2006 on UPN. Created by Matt Cirulnick, one of its executive producers was entertainer Jennifer Lopez. The program was panned by critics and shunned by viewers, finishing 152nd in the Nielsen TV ratings...
; L.A. Heat (Los Angeles Heat) ; Married… with Children (Mariés, deux enfants) ; The Cosby ShowThe Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, first airing on September 20, 1984 and running for eight seasons on the NBC television network, until April 30, 1992...
(Cosby Show) ; Who's the Boss?Who's the Boss? is an American television sitcom starring Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro, and Katherine Helmond...
(Madame est servie) ; The NannyThe Nanny is an American television sitcom co-produced by Sternin & Fraser Ink, Inc. and Highschool Sweethearts Productions in association with TriStar Television for the CBS network...
(Une nounou d'enfer) ; Little House on the PrairieLittle House on the Prairie is an American one-hour dramatic television program, starring Michael Landon, about a family living on a farm in Minnesota in the 1870s and 1880s. The show was a loose adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s best-selling series of Little House on the Prairie books. It aired...
(La Petite Maison dans la prairie) and BewitchedBewitched is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York , Dick Sargent , Agnes Moorehead and David White. It is about a witch who marries a mortal and tries to lead the life of a typical suburban housewife...
(Ma sorcière bien-aimée).
- American programmes: High School Musical
High School Musical is an Emmy Award-winning American television film, and the first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful movie that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2...
; Camp RockCamp Rock is a 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie starring the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. The music is written by Julie Brown, Paul Brown, Regina Hicks and Karen Gist. The movie is directed by Matthew Diamond and produced by Alan Sacks....
; America's Got TalentAmerica's Got Talent is a British-owned American reality television series on the NBC television network. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of US$1 million. The show debuted in June 2006...
(Incroyable TalentIncroyable Talent is a French television show, based on the Got Talent series. It debuted on M6 on November 2, 2006, created by Alessandra Sublet....
).
- British
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
TV shows: Primeval ; Secret Diary of a Call GirlSecret Diary of a Call Girl is a British television drama broadcast on ITV2 based on the blog and books by the pseudonymous "Belle de Jour," starring Billie Piper as "Belle", a high-class London-based call girl. The series was written by Lucy Prebble, who is also known as the author of The Sugar...
(Journal intme d'une call girl).
- These British TV Shows were shown on M6: Footballers' Wives
Footballers' Wives is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League Association football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It aired on the ITV network from 8 January 2002 to 15 July 2006...
(Femme$ de footballeurs) ; Queer as FolkQueer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Both Queer as Folk and Queer as Folk 2 were written by Russell T Davies, who was also responsible for a later gay-related drama, Bob and Rose, and the...
; Totally FrankTotally Frank was a comedy drama series with a real life band as its stars on Channel 4. It followed a band, Frank, who were struggling to make it in the music industry...
; BugsBugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August 1999. It was originally broadcast on Saturday evenings on BBC One, and was produced for the BBC by the independent production company Carnival Films. The production was originally based at two warehouses...
; and HexHex is a British television programme developed by Shine Limited and aired on the Sky One satellite channel. The story is about a remote English country school that becomes the battleground between a demonic entity and the witches who oppose it...
(Hex : la malédiction).
- These Canadian TV shows were shown on M6: Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye is a Canadian/American television series that premiered in the United States in 2002 and Canada in 2003. The show ended in May 2005 due to PAX TV's decision to no longer produce original programming. It was one of the two highest rated shows on PAX TV. In September 2009, Gospel...
(Sue Thomas, l'œil du FBI) and Falcon BeachFalcon Beach is a Canadian television show, filmed at Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba, Canada, and produced in Canada for the Canadian and American markets. It originally aired in 2005 as a movie on Global in Canada. It was produced as a TV series for Global and ABC Family in 2006...
.
- Investigative journalism shows, such as Capital, Zone interdite and Enquête Exclusive.
- Long-lasting short programmes, such as Turbo, CinéSix, and E=M6, and music videos.
In 2001, M6 became the first French television service to broadcast reality programming. Its first programme of this genre was
Loft Story, and was highly watched. The president of TF1 at the time, Étienne Mougeotte, promised that TF1 would never air any reality programming. However, several months later, TF1 signed a contract with
EndemolEndemol is a television production company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Netherlands,...
to air such programming. Endemol is the same company that created
Loft Story for M6.
M6 is one of the only television services in France to have science-fiction programming as part of its regular schedule. Most
supernaturalThe term supernatural or supranatural pertains to an order of existence beyond the scientifically visible universe. Religious miracles are typically supernatural claims, as are spells and curses, divination, the belief that there is an afterlife for the dead, and innumerable others...
dramaDrama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a collective...
s are shown on Saturday nights in what M6 calls "la trilogie du samedi".
Current programmes
- 6 minutes (local and national editions) and 12:50 (national edition), Afternoon and evening news.
- Zone Interdite, Newsmagazine
- Belle toute nue, the French equivalent of Channel 4
Channel 4 is a UK public-service television broadcaster which began working on November 2, 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station owned now and operated by the Channel Four Television...
's How to Look Good NakedHow to Look Good Naked is a television programme, first aired on British Channel 4 in 2006, in which fashion stylist Gok Wan encourages women who are insecure with their bodies to strip nude for the camera...
.
- Capital, Economy-oriented newsmagazine.
- Enquête Exclusive , Investigation magazine.
- 66 minutes weekly news magazine.
- Turbo, motor magazine.
- D&CO , magazine of decoration.
- Chef ,la recette, culinary magazine
- Hit machine, musical show.
- M6 Kid, program for children.
- Pekin Express, French adaptation of CBS show "The Amazing Race".
- Nouvelle star, (French adaptation of Pop Idol
The British talent search television series Pop Idol has spawned spin-offs in 42 territories, in what is now referred to as the "Idols" format, as described by FremantleMedia...
) reality televisionReality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors...
- Kaamelott
Kaamelott is a French television series running originally 2005-2009. It combines medieval fantasy and comedy to present a new "realistic epic" version of the Arthurian legend....
- Off Prime
- Super Nanny
- Accès Privé, entertainment news magazine
Past programmes
- Culture Pub, a tv advertisements analysing show
- Graines de star, a talents contests show
- Loft Story
Loft Story is a French reality show started in 2001 on the M6 channel.-Description:Loft Story is a slightly re-tooled version of the Dutch-created Big Brother, toned down slightly for the French market by production company Endemol. The initial French Loft Story inspired the creation of a similar...
(French adaptation of Big Brother), M6 and the first French reality showReality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors...
- Les colocataires (Roommates)a show similar to Loft Story
Loft Story is a French reality show started in 2001 on the M6 channel.-Description:Loft Story is a slightly re-tooled version of the Dutch-created Big Brother, toned down slightly for the French market by production company Endemol. The initial French Loft Story inspired the creation of a similar...
.
- Morning Live, Morning show
- Caméra Café
Caméra Café is a French-born concept of comedy television series exported around the world. A movie spin-off has been made in France under the title of Espace détente...
, Comedy
- Nouvelle Star (French adaptation of Pop Idol)
- Êtes-vous plus fort qu'un élève de 10 ans ?, French adaptation of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? is a television game show format based on asking grade-school level questions to adults, hosted by Jeff Foxworthy. The show first aired on Fox in the United States on February 27, 2007, and grew to be so popular that a half-hour syndicated series was developed...
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