''Le Grand Journal'' was a French nightly news and talk show television program that aired on

Canal+ Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow unde ...

every weekday evening from 19:10 to 20:20. It debuted on August 30, 2004 and was created and hosted by

Michel Denisot Michel Maurice Daniel Denisot (; born 16 April 1945)Michel Denisot
on ''premiere.fr''. is a F ...

, succeeded by

Antoine de Caunes Antoine de Caunes (born 1 December 1953) is a French television presenter, actor, writer and film director. He is the son of two prominent French personalities, television journalist-reporter Georges de Caunes and television announcer Jacquelin ...

and then later by

Maïtena Biraben Maïtena Biraben (born 2 July 1967) is a French-Swiss television presenter and producer. She has notably presented on France 5 the program ''Les Maternelles'' and on Canal+ ''La Matinale'' and ''Le Supplément''. From September 2015 to June 2016, ...

. Victor Robert took on the reins from 2016 to the program's end in 2017. Originally a one-hour program, it expanded to two hours in 2005. Even though the program was broadcast on the

premium channel Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichannel television providers, but ...

, it was a non-encrypted program. The program features news, talk, weather and comedy. It is produced by KM Productions for Canal+ and broadcast from the Studios Rive Gauche on Quai André-Citroën in Paris.

History

Created in 2004 by producer-director Renaud Le Van Kim, the show was originally composed of one block broadcast from 19:05 to 19:55, usually live except on Fridays. The show benefitted from audiences from all of

's free time slots watching, in addition to the extension of Digital terrestrial television, which allowed new households access to the channel. The show took up the time slot initially reserved for the show '' 20 h 10 pétantes'' (French for "20:10 sharp") at the beginning of the 2005 season; Since then, Stéphanie Bern's show has only been diffused on Fridays and Saturdays, under the name ''Vendredi pétantes'' et ''Samedi pétantes''. The second part was then titled ''Le Grand Journal, la suite'' and was broadcast from 20:10 to 20:40. Since September 2011, ''La Suite'' was broadcast from 20:30 to 20:55. During season 9, ''La Suite'' was copresented by

Michel Denisot Michel Maurice Daniel Denisot (; born 16 April 1945)Michel Denisot
on ''premiere.fr''. is a F ...

and

Daphné Bürki Daphné Bürki (born Daphné de Montmarin, 2 March 1980, in Paris) is a French television presenter, columnist, stylist, and actress. She currently appears as one of the main judges on the competition series '' Drag Race France''. Filmography ...

. The show lost 13% of their audience, which it blamed on the fact that it was played at the same time as '' C à vous'' on

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, ''

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'' on

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, and ''

Touche pas à mon poste Touché, Touche, Latouche, La Touche, or de la Touche may refer to: Sports * Touché (fencing), French for "touched", a term used to acknowledge a hit Arts and entertainment * ''Touché'' (Hush album), by Australian band Hush, 1977 * ''Touch� ...

'' on D8. On June 6, 2013, Michel Denisot announced that he would quit the show after 9 years at the head of the talk-show. On June 17, 2013, the name of the new presenter was announced to be

. He was a former presenter on Canal+ from 1987 to 1995 participating in the success of the show '' Nulle part ailleurs'' then at the

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presentation ceremony. At the beginning of February 2017, a press conference had stated that the program might possibly stop production on March or April due to a decline in ratings, and that the leaders of Canal + would already be working on the successor to LGJ. The channel announced its final run on Friday 13 February, followed by two weeks of reruns until March 17.

Team

Legend:
Currently
Previously
Invited during one or multiple broadcasts
Joker a broadcast

Seasons

Season 1 (2004–2005)

''From Monday to Friday at 6:50 pm to 7:55 pm '' * Isabelle Morini-Bosc : television *

Stéphane Blakowski Stéphane is a male French given name an equivalent of Stephen/Steven. Notable people with this given name include: *Stéphane Adam (born 1969), French footballer *Stéphane Agbre Dasse (born 1989), Burkinabé football player *Stéphane Allagnon, ...

: literature * Laurent Weil : cinema *

Marie Drucker Marie Drucker (born 3 December 1974) is a French journalist, author, television and radio personality. Early life The daughter of Jean Drucker, a French television executive, and a niece of Michel Drucker, a television journalist, she was educ ...

: flash informations *

Mademoiselle Agnès Mademoiselle (abbreviated as ''Mlle'' or ''M'') may refer to: * Mademoiselle (title), the French-language equivalent of the title "miss" Film and television * ''Mademoiselle'' (1966 film), a French-British drama directed by Tony Richardson * ' ...

: fashion * Eric Dahan : music *

Alexandre Cammas Alexandre may refer to: * Alexandre (given name) * Alexandre (surname) * Alexandre (film) See also * Alexander * Xano (disambiguation) Xano is the name of: * Xano, a Portuguese hypocoristic of the name " Alexandre (disambiguation)" * Idálio ...

: Leisure and art of living *

Guy Birenbaum Guy or GUY may refer to: Personal names * Guy (given name) * Guy (surname) * That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart Places * Guy, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet * Guy, Arkansas, US, a city * Guy, Indiana, US, an unincorp ...

: press review *

Yann Barthès Yann Romain Barthès (born 9 October 1974) is a French journalist, TV presenter and producer, best known for hosting the television programme '' Le Petit Journal'' and ''Quotidien''. Life and career Barthès first studied English at the Universit ...

: Le Petit Journal People * Ahmed Meguini Global Justice Chronicle *

Frédérique Bel Frédérique Bel (born 24 March 1975) is a French actress and model. A native of Annecy in the French Alps, she became known for her role as Dorothy Doll in the ''La Minute Blonde'' sequence from '' Le Grand Journal'' on Canal+. She has since p ...

: ''La minute blonde'' by Dorothy Doll

Season 2 (2005–2006)

''From Monday to Thursday from 7:10 pm to 7:50 pm and the rest from 8:10 pm to 8:50 pm'' *

Ariane Massenet Ariane may refer to: *Ariana (name), also Ariane, Arianne Arts * ''Ariane'' (Martinů), an opera by Bohuslav Martinů, first performed 1961 * ''Ariane'' (Massenet), an opera by Jules Massenet, first performed 1906 * ''Ariane'' (film), a 1931 ...

: médias *

Frédéric Beigbeder Frédéric Beigbeder (; born 21 September 1965) is a French writer, literary critic and television presenter. He won the Prix Interallié in 2003 for his novel '' Windows on the World'' and the Prix Renaudot in 2009 for his book ''Un roman fran� ...

: literature * Laurent Weil : cinema *

Tania Bruna-Rosso Tania is usually a given name. It may refer to: Given name * Tânia Alves, Brazilian actress and singer * Tania Brishty, Bangladesh actress and model * Princess Tania de Bourbon Parme, French designer * Tania de Jong, Dutch-born Australian sopran ...

: music *

: Le Petit Journal Actu and Le Petit Journal People *

Atmen Kelif ''Breathing'' (german: Atmen) is a 2011 Austrian art house drama film written and directed by Karl Markovics. The film concerns a 19-year-old inmate in a detention facility for juveniles, with a pending application for parole, who is challenged to ...

* Bruno Donnet : Le Petit papier *

: ''La minute blonde'' by Dorothy Doll * L'anniversaire par La bande à Fifi * Arnaud Tsamere : Weather

Season 3 (2006–2007)

''From Monday to Friday from 7:10 pm to 7:50 pm and the rest from 8:10 pm to 8:50 pm'' *

: medias *

: literature who quit the team in May 2007 * Laurent Weil : cinema *

: music * Jean-Michel Aphatie : Politics *

: Le Petit Journal Actu and Le Petit Journal People * Omar and Fred : Le Service après-vente des émissions * Bruno Donnet : Le Petit papier * Thomas N'Gijol : Le Top 5 *

Louise Bourgoin Louise Bourgoin (; born Ariane Louise Bourgoin, 28 November 1981) is a French actress, model and television presenter. Life and career She was born on 28 November 1981 in Rennes. Bourgoin's parents, both secondary level teachers, encouraged ...

: Weather * La bande à Fifi : ''L'anniversaire''

Season 4 (2007–2008)

''From Monday to Friday from 7:10 pm to 7:50 pm and the rest from 8:10 pm to 8:50 pm'' *

: medias * Ali Baddou : literature * Laurent Weil : cinema *

: music * Jean-Michel Aphatie : politic *

: Le Petit Journal Actu and Le Petit Journal People where he now directly intervenes. * Omar and Fred : Le Service après-vente des émissions * Bruno Donnet : La Petite Question and La Petite semaine * Thomas N'Gijol : top 5 * Le Dating de

Max Boublil Max Boublil (born Maximilien Léon Boublil; 17 May 1979) is a French actor of Sephardi Jewish descent, singer and comedian. He has released 2 albums. Boublil started his career as a comedian in a number of films (''Le Bon Fils'', ''Les Gaous'' ...

(September 2007) *

: weather *

Damien Cabrespines Damien is a given name and less frequently a surname. The name is a variation of Damian which comes from the Greek ''Damianos''. This form originates from the Greek derived from the Greek word δαμάζω (damazō), "(I) conquer, master, overco ...

: Cinema (" L'instant critique ") and subjects *

(only at

Cannes Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The ci ...

For the

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) : cinema * Didier Allouch (only at

For the

) : Market of Cinema

Season 5 (2008–2009)

''From Monday to Friday from 7:05 pm to 7:50 pm and the rest from 8:10 pm to 8:45 pm'' *

: Medias * Jean-Michel Aphatie : Politics *

: Without pretension on Friday and some sketches in "Les bonus de Guillaume” * Ali Baddou : Literature and culture *

: Le Petit Journal Actu and Le Petit Journal People, both are live. *

: Cinema (" L'instant critique ") and subjects * Élise Chassaing : Cinema *

Guillaume Gallienne Guillaume Gallienne (born 8 February 1972) is a French actor, screenwriter and film director. He has received two Molière Awards for his stagework and has won two César Awards, one for writing and the other for his performance in his autobiogra ...

: Les bonus de Guillaume *

: Music, La Bataille Musicale (avec Mouloud, le vendredi) *

Mouloud Achour Mouloud Achour (19 March 1944 – 24 December 2020) was an Algerian writer, professor, and journalist. Biography Achour served as a member and then chairman of the executive council of the Public Establishment of Television. He also directed the ...

: The new movements, La Bataille Musicale (avec Tania, le vendredi) * Omar and Fred : Le Service après-vente des émissions * Pauline Lefèvre : Weather * Bruno Donnet : La Petite Question and La Petite Semaine *

Marie Colmant Marie may refer to: People Name * Marie (given name) * Marie (Japanese given name) * Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973 * Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in T ...

: International Press Review (Fridays) *

Anne Sinclair Anne Sinclair (, born Anne-Élise Schwartz; 15 July 1948) is a New-York-born French television and radio interviewer. She hosted one of the most popular political shows for more than thirteen years on TF1, the largest European private TV channel ...

and Laurence Haïm Did equal parties for the team during the American Presidential Elections *

(only at

For the

) : cinema * Laurent Weil (only at

For the

) : Red Carpet

Season 6 (2009–2010)

''From Monday to Friday from 7:05 pm to 7:50 pm and the rest from 8:10 pm to 8:45 pm'' *

: Medias * Jean-Michel Aphatie : Politics * Ali Baddou : Literature and culture * Pauline Lefèvre : Weather *

: Le Petit Journal Actu and Le Petit Journal People, both are live. * Élise Chassaing : Cinema *

: Les bonus de Guillaume *

: Music *

: The new movements *

: Cinema ("L'instant critique") * Omar and Fred : The Service après-vente des émissions * Kamel Boutayeb : Le tour de Magie * Bruno Donnet : La Petite Question and La Petite Semaine * Laurent Weil (only at

For the

) : Red Carpet

Season 7 (2010–2011)

''From Monday to Friday from 7:05 pm to 7:50 pm and the rest from 8:10 pm to 8:45 pm'' *

: Médias, ''Le Bureau de l'Info'' * Jean-Michel Aphatie : Politics * Ali Baddou : Literature and culture (of the rubric ''Ali a lu''), official joker officiel of

Michel Denisot Michel Maurice Daniel Denisot (; born 16 April 1945)Michel Denisot
on ''premiere.fr''. is a F ...

Charlotte Le Bon Charlotte Le Bon (born 4 September 1986) is a Canadian actress, artist, former model and television presenter. She is known for her work in the Canal+ talk show '' Le Grand Journal'', and the films '' Yves Saint Laurent'', ''The Hundred-Foot ...

: Weather *

: Music, ''L'Instant T'' (review of the latest buzz and pop-culture) *

: The latest movements, ''Daily Mouloud'' (incongruous review of a personality) *

: Le Petit Journal (only in the first, longer, part) *

: Le ''Crash Test'' * Thomas N'Gijol : Humorous comments on political news of the week. (Only on Friday) * Omar and Fred : The Service après-vente des émissions * Kamel Boutayeb : Le tour de Magie * Bruno Donnet : La Petite Semaine and Rédacteur en Chef *

Lucienne Moreau Lucienne Moreau (17 February 1933 – 16 January 2022) was a French actress. She was best known for her appearances on ' and '' Le Petit Journal'' on Canal+. Biography For most of her professional career, Moreau served as a security guard. In ...

: Reporter au Petit Journal * Laurent Weil (only at

For the

) and for the deliver of the

s) : red carpet

Season 8 (2011–2012)

''From Monday to Friday from 7:10 pm to 8:05 pm and the rest from 8:30 pm to 8:55 pm'' The columnists for season 2011–12: *

: medias *

China Moses China Moses (born January 9, 1978, in Los Angeles) is an American singer and television host. Life and career Born in Los Angeles, California, China Moses is the daughter of jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater and director Gilbert Moses. She rel ...

: music * Solweig Rediger-Lizlow : Weather *

: The ''daily mouloud'' * Omar and Fred : Le Service après-vente des émissions * Jean-Michel Aphatie : Politics * Bruno Donnet : ''La petite semaine'' *

: ''Le crash test'' and ''La Short List'' *

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: culture and literature * Kamel Boutayeb : Le Tour de Magie *

Kyan Khojandi Kyan Khojandi (born 29 August 1982) is a French comedian, actor and screenwriter born to a French mother and an Iranian father. He is best known for playing the main character in the television series ''Bref'', which was broadcast on Canal+ fro ...

: ''

Bref ''Bref.'' (stylized with a period; English: ''In short.'') is a French television series created by Kyan Khojandi, cowritten with Bruno Muschio, and produced by Harry Tordjman for My Box Productions. The first episode was released on Canal+ 29 Au ...

'' (mini-series, from Monday to Thursday) *

and

Alex Lutz Alex Lutz (born 24 August 1978) is a French actor, comedian and director. He is best known for his role of Catherine in ''La revue de presse de Catherine et Liliane'' in '' Le Petit Journal''. Theater He has worked with comedians like Malik Be ...

: ''L'envers du décor'' (sketches, Friday) Part of 'Petit Journal’ * Vincent Glad: ''Campagne présidentielle 2.0'' (chronique Web, depuis janvier 2012) * Stéphane Bak, Laurent Weill and Elise Chassaing: Only present during the

)

Season 9 (2012–2013)

''From Monday to Friday from 7:10 pm to 8:05 pm and the rest from 8:30 pm to 8:55 pm'' The columnists for season 2012–13: *

* Jean-Michel Aphatie : politics *

: ''Chez Mouloud'' (at the start of the season, he had his own platform but appeared on ''Grand Journal'') * Vincent Glad : Web * Elise Chassaing : Cinema *

Doria Tillier Doria Tillier (born 27 March 1986) is a French actress. Life and career She was born to a mathematician father and a mother who restores paintings, and she was a student in one of the oldest and most prestigious French high schools, Lycée Con ...

: Weather * Augustin Trapenard: Literary columnist * Chris Esquerre: Humor columnist (the results of the week) * Sébastien Thoen: Humor columnist * Kamel Boutayeb: Le Tour de Magie *

Stéphane Bak Stéphane Bak (born 19 September 1996) is a Franco-Congolese actor and comedian. He was showcased as "The youngest comedian in France," in 2012. As an actor his most notable film roles include Christopher Barratier's '' Team Spirit'', David Morea ...

: Humor Columnist (when?) * 10 minutes à perdre (to lose): '' La Question de la fin'' (Baptiste Lorber, James Darle and Grandpamini, at the start of the season), then ''Shitcom'' (Fridays, ended 2012) * Nawell Madani : Humor columnist (when?) * Alice Belaïdi and Clémence Faure : '' Sophie et Sophie'' * Jérôme Niel and inviteds : ''Groom Service'' (During the

)

Season 10 (2013–2014)

''From Monday to Friday from 7:10 pm to 8:25 pm'' The columnists of season 2013–14: * Jean-Michel Aphatie : politics *

: Weather * Augustin Trapenard: Literary columnist * Jeannette Bougrab * Arié Elmaleh: humor (From August 26, 2013 till February 2014) *

Hélène Jouan Helene or Hélène may refer to: People * Helene (given name), a Greek feminine given name *Helen of Troy, the daughter of Zeus and Leda *Helene, a figure in Greek mythology who was a friend of Aphrodite and helped her seduce Adonis *Helene (A ...

* Karim Rissouli: Political columnist: ''Karim a dit'' * Sébastien Thoen : Humor columnist *

Valérie Amarou Valerie is generally a feminine given name, derived directly from the French ''Valérie'' (a female-only name). Valéry or Valery is a masculine given name in parts of Europe (particularly in France and Russia), as well as a common surname in Fr ...

* ''Pendant ce temps'' (

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, Inna Modja,

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, Marc Jarousseau alias Kemar,

Julien Pestel Julien may refer to: People * Julien (given name) * Julien (surname) Music * ''Julien'' (opera), a 1913 poème lyrique by Gustave Charpentier * ''Julien'' (album), by Dalida, 1973 * "Julien" (song), by Carly Rae Jepsen, 2019 Places Un ...

) : mini-sketchs (From Monday to Thursday). Transferred in the 'Before' in January 2014. * ''Connasse'' (

Camille Cottin Camille Cottin (; born 1 December 1978) is a French actress and comedian. Following her debut as a stage actress, she became known in 2013 for playing a capricious Parisian woman in the Canal+ hidden camera-sketches series ''Connasse'' (2013–20 ...

) mini-sketches (Tuesday and Friday at 8:15 since January 2014). This short program passed on Before au Grand Journal in exchange for ''Pendant ce temps.'' * ''Les Tutos'' ( Jérôme Niel alias La Ferme Jérôme) : mini-sketches (Friday at 8:15 * ''Le Rappel Des Titres'' (

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and

) : Fake journal (From Monday to Thursday at 8:15) * ''Casting(s)'' (

Pierre Niney Pierre Niney (; born 13 March 1989) is a French actor. He made his acting debut in the two-part television miniseries ''La dame d'Izieu'' in 2007, followed by films such as '' LOL (Laughing Out Loud)'', ''The Army of Crime'', ''Romantics Anonymou ...

): Short Program (From Monday to Friday at 8:15during ''Le Grand Journal De Cannes'') * Delphine Baril : humor * Anne Nivat *

who is the joker of Antoine de Caunes. ; Other In September 2013, the broadcast '' Le Before du Grand Journal'' by

Thomas Thouroude Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

was created; It was distributed just before ''Le Grand Journal'' at 6:05.Le Before du Grand journal : le cocktail détonnant de Canal+
sur ''

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'', 14 septembre 2013

Season 11 (2014–2015)

''From Monday to Friday from 7:05 pm to 8:20 pm'' The columnists of season 2014–15: *

Alison Wheeler Alison Wheeler (born 4 March 1972) is a British singer, best known as the female vocalist for The Beautiful South from 2003 until they disbanded in 2007. Wheeler's career in music began at university in a cover band called Melt City, alongside ...

and

(after Raphaëlle Dupire) : weather * Jean-Michel Aphatie : politics * Karim Rissouli : Political columnist * Augustin Trapenard: Literary columnist * Natacha Polony : politics *

Mathilde Serrell Mathilde is an alternative spelling of the names Matilde or Matilda, and could refer to: *Mathilde Dolgopol de Sáez (1901 –1957), Argentinian vertebrate paleontologist * Mathilde, Abbess of Essen (949–1011) * Mathilde Alanic (1864-1948), Fre ...

: culture * ''Connasse'' (

) : Short Program * ''Le JT de l'invited'' (

and

in replacement) : Fake journal (Monday to Thursday at:15) * ''Speakerine ''( Jérôme Niel) : Short Program * ''Carte de Presque ''(

) : Short Program *

Nora Hamzawi Nora Hamzawi (born 29 April 1983) is a French humorist, comedian, and columnist. Biography Nora Hamzawi is of Syrian origin by her mother. She was born in Cannes and grew up in Paris. After obtaining a baccalauréat, she enrolled in law school b ...

: Humor columnist * Sébastien Thoen : Public opinion Spokesperson (Humor columnist)

References

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