Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Author Topic: Canada: L'Union Fait La Force back on weekdays  (Read 3537 times)

Blaq

  • Guest
Canada: L'Union Fait La Force back on weekdays
« on: November 16, 2005, 02:46:25 PM »
This season, public broadcaster Radio-Canada decided to shake up its late afternoon/early evening schedule. Traditionally, youth shows were on until 5:30, followed by the news hour, then a variety or (usually) a popular game show at 6:30, the latest being L'Union Fait La Force. The new schedule saw the cancellation of youth programming (replaced by a homegrown The View at 4:00), followed by news at 5:00, and a variety talk show at 6:00. L'Union Fait La Force was shipped off to a Friday-Sunday (!) dinnertime slot, the strangest scheduling I can remember.

The gamble didn't pay off; viewers tuned out in droves, preferring their news at dinnertime. TVA, which often programmed a game show of its own at 6:30, hit the jackpot with Le Cercle, a version of the popular European game La Cible. (Unaired Fox concept "Face Off") Radio-Canada's talk show tanked.

Bonus: see the dynamic intro and set of Le Cercle! (15 MB .MPG)

Now, less than 2 days after a new programming director came into power, Radio-Canada announced it would bring back the news from 6:00-7:00 and, more importantly for this group, L'Union Fait La Force, every weekday at 5:30.

It's a relief to see both powerhouse game shows, each deserving a spot on the air, being spared a ratings battle.
« Last Edit: November 16, 2005, 03:16:08 PM by Blaq »

Blaq

  • Guest
Canada: L'Union Fait La Force back on weekdays
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2005, 01:56:08 PM »
In today's La Presse, we learn that the new programming grid will force the producers of L'Union Fait La Force to shelf 27 prerecorded episodes. The same teams play for an entire week, rendering the current Friday-Saturday-Sunday production incompatible with a return to weekdays. Charities (teams play for their favourite charity or community group) will still receive money earned, and unaired contestants will be allowed to reapply for the current season -- normal rules limit contestants to one set of shows per year.

vtown7

  • Member
  • Posts: 1145
Canada: L'Union Fait La Force back on weekdays
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2005, 09:14:25 PM »
Surely they would call up already previously recorded contestants and invite them back?

Ryan ;)