Audience success during the holiday season, the magazine animal instinct presented by Diego Buñuel will return for a new issue in 2023 on France 2.
A success that will not remain without continuation on France 2. On December 27, the launch of the magazine animal instinct presented by Diego Buñuel with guest Julie de Bona, was a success with nearly 3.40 million viewers present in front of their screen, i.e. 13.2% of the public according to Mediametrie. “It’s a winning bet and we’re happy about it. The program also worked well on young people!“, welcomes Tele-Leisure the boss of France Télévisions magazines, Nicolas Daniel. “animal instinct is a reflection of the prime times that we want to develop on our channels in the future. Bonuses that are more event-driven. To emerge today in the face of competition, it is necessary to create a new experience for the viewer“, adds the manager.
“The controversy around the show surprises us”
Building on this success, la Deux has decided to start a second issue now. “We plan to shoot it in Namibia. All this remains to be confirmed because the production mechanics are complicated to implement.“, announces a cautious Nicolas Daniel. At the same time, during the end of the year celebrations, a man presenting himself as an actor and safari guide accused France Télévisions of having copied his idea for a program to give birth to animal instinct. “This controversy surprises us“, reacts the boss of the magazines. “The format is owned by Martange Productions, developed with One Planet. We have full confidence in them. The format was filed at least five years ago in its final form. We are therefore confident about the anteriority of our format“, he completes. “A format is more than an idea. In a format, there is a mechanism, an incarnation, artistic, editorial, financial elements… Legally and morally, we are therefore extremely calm about this situation.“.
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“There is no reason to change the concept ofanimal instinct“
As to whether the concept ofanimal instinct will be modified in the light of this controversy, Nicolas Daniel remains straight in his boots: “There’s no reason to do it“. The name of the personality who will lend himself to this exotic exercise is not yet known. “We have several contacts but I can’t talk about them yet.“, he concludes.
