Debrief time. On Monday September 25 from 8 p.m., BFMTV broadcast the premiere of 8 p.m. from Ruquierdebate show co-presented live from Monday to Thursday for one hour by Laurent Ruquier and Julie Hammett. This first broadcast was followed by 385,000 viewers on average according to Médiamétrie, which represents an audience share of 1.8% among the public aged 4 and over. An encouraging start for the news channel since its 8 p.m./9 p.m. slot saw an increase of around 56% compared to the average observed since the start of the school year. Contacted by Tele-Leisure this Tuesday, the former pillar of public service agreed to give his impressions on this first issue.
Ruquier’s 8 p.m. : changes coming for Laurent Ruquier on BFMTV?
And, surprise, he’s not happy with what he proposed last night. “I am a demanding person. I can’t be satisfied with a first. You still have to find lots of different things to be totally comfortable, to have the perfect team around the table, to perhaps have fewer guests… It’s always like that for any first at the TV“, he explains. He adds: “I am neither worried nor pessimistic. BFMTV is rather happy. We already have a little more audience than last week so that’s very good. For me, it’s not the audience that matters. What matters is to take the time to succeed in making a show that is more original than what we saw yesterday, where I find my feet, where I am more myself… But for that, it’s is like cycling, you have to do it! So it will be better tonight and next week“.
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Laurent Ruquier on the new BFMTV set: “The decor is not entirely favorable to me!“
Monday evening, Ruquier’s 8 p.m. got off to a flying start since, while Laurent Ruquier was giving the summary, a dull noise resounded on set, destabilizing the host and Julie Hammett. “It’s my usual clumsinesssmiles the small screen professional. There was a walkie talkie sitting on a cube next to me and I had to kneel down. It must be said that I have long knees, they barely fit under the table, so it’s a bit complicated. The decor is not entirely favorable to me!“But he puts things into perspective.”It’s not that serious. On the contrary, it relaxed the atmosphere a little for the others, not especially for me because it disturbed me a little. I would have liked to start the show a little cleaner. But it was rather well received by viewers who like it when this kind of incident happens“, he notes.
Why is Laurent Ruquier in a costume on BFMTV?
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And while they have only known each other since this summer, we have already seen Laurent Ruquier being very complicit on the air with Julie Hammett, with a first burst of laughter. The person concerned confirms. “He is a very friendly person who has an easy laugh. We will have to be careful because there are subjects that will not lend themselves to it. There, it was when I was talking about the visit of the king and the pope, so no man died“. Finally, Laurent Ruquier will continue to appear on the air in a suit and tie, a look that we were not used to seeing him until now. But it is a calculated choice according to him. “It’s my trademark to show that it’s a different exercise for me. The first bet to succeed is that of credibility and I believe that this is the case if I judge by the comments that I have read“, concludes the host.
