Some twenty deputies sent a letter to the president of France Télévisions, Delphine Ernotte-Cuni on Wednesday, to inform their “deep emotion” after the announcement of the daily transmission of the program Questions for a champion.
“This decision seems symbolically heavy and culturally unfortunate for us,” wrote the 22 elected officials on the left, right and center, in a common letter initiated by the deputy of the Renaissance Denis Masséglia.
“I only have a hope is that the decision is questioned,” said Mr. Masséglia to AFP.
The elected official expressed his “misunderstanding” in front of the announcement on Saturday by France Télévisions and the company that produces the program, Fremantle, of stopping its transmission during the week to limit it to the weekend.
“A popular institution”
“Beyond a simple television program, Questions for a champion It is a popular, cultural and intergenerational institution that is part of the French audiovisual heritage, “said the deputies in his text.
They also praised a “social ties vector”, through the “hundreds of clubs” that the program inspired and stressed the “modernity” of the program released in 1988 that now has an online community on the Twitch platform.
The trial of the daily dissemination “is part of a particularly restricted budget context,” said France Télévisions, Stéphane Sitbon-Gómez, in a statement sent to the AFP after the announcement of the trial of daily dissemination.
Samuel Etienne, who resumed the reins of the game in 2016 after 27 years provided by host Julien Leppers, described this evolution as “bad decision”, but said he agreed to “continue the adventure” for fear of a final judgment.
Source: BFM TV
