TFOU () is a French children's morning programming block on

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and TFX. It was launched on 1 January 2007, replacing TF! Jeunesse. TFOU is TF1's children brand, also operating as the SVOD service TFOU MAX. Originally, the brand started as TF1's children website in 2000, and as a TV channel in 2003 (which run until 2008). It became

's children programming block in 2007. Since 2024, from Monday to Friday, the block airs in two parts on

and TFX. On Saturday and Sunday, the full block airs on

History

TF! Jeunesse

TF! Jeunesse first appeared on Monday, September 1, 1997 on

, replacing Club Dorothée after 10 years, with the first episode of Beetleborgs. TF! Jeunesse was created by Dominique Poussier, the director of children's television for

. It was wanted that this new show would distance itself from its predecessor, whose shows had often been accused by parents and the

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of being too violent, thus

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s disappeared, replaced by a majority of French productions. Poussier had previously created the morning program ''Salut les Toons'', which was presented by two CGI-generated mice, in 1996, and aired until 2000. It was given the difficult task of revitalizing children's programming on TF1, whose ratings had been in decline thanks to the popularity of '' Les Minikeums'' on

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. At the time of '' La Planète de Donkey Kong'' on

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, Poussier suggested a program without animation and presenters using the same model in the UK from ITV's

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. Childish voices chant the show's title: “T. F. Ouais !”, and an adult voice was the voice-over of the show ( Bruno Choël, the French dub voice for

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and

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). Unlike its predecessor, TF! and TFOU are produced internally under its ''Protécréa'' unit.

The Pokémon Phenomenon

In addition to new European programs, TF1 can rely on agreements with

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(broadcasting

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) or the new Power Rangers series, known in France since 1993. But it is with the arrival of Pokémon in 2000, that the channel could find audiences equal to those of Club Dorothée. Surfing on this wave, Digimon quickly appears. Suppose several series follow one another without making an impression. In that case, a few programs with audiences also appear (

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Sonic Underground ''Sonic Underground'' ( French: ''Sonic le Rebelle'') is an animated musical television series co-produced by DIC Productions, L.P., Les Studios Tex S.A.R.L. and TF1. It is the third ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' animated series, and the last to be pro ...

) and allow the channel to bounce back and resist

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and

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which aired on M6. While

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was acquired by

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in 2006, TF1 stayed a DVD distributor of the series. Pokémon had rebroadcasts on TF1 from 2009 to 2011, and nowadays, TFOU MAX has seasons of the series.

TFOU: Expansion on the Internet and as a TV channel

After creating tfou.fr, TF1's first children's website, in 2000, a TFOU TV channel was launched to strengthen the youth offering of

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satellite package, of which Groupe TF1 was the main shareholder. TFOU targeted a more aged audience. TFOU was launched on 23 April 2003 without a license from the CSA, so it stopped broadcasting before resuming on May 28, 2003 after being approved. The TF! programming block was rebranded as TFOU on 1 January 2007. On 28 August 2007, TFOU got a rebrand with a new logo, and the channel got renamed TFOU TV. TFOU TV was shut down on 28 February 2008, while a web TV was launched at the time. Its spot was replaced by

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Changes in scheduling and channels in 2024

From January 8, 2024, TFOU was cut from TF1 on weekdays to be replaced by the new morning show Bonjour ! hosted by Bruce Toussaint. During the week, TFOU is broadcast on TF1 from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. then switch to TFX from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m, and Wednesdays until 9:30 a.m., the move allowing to give TFOU longer broadcasts, like in some

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until noon. On the weekend, TF1 still air cartoons in the same schedule on Saturday from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. and Sunday from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Visual identity

File:TFOU Logo.png, Tfou logo from January 1 to August 27, 2007 (normally without the purple circle behind) File:TFOU 2007.svg, Tfou logo since August 28, 2007. File:TFOU TV.001.png, TFOU TV logo used from August 2007 until February 28, 2008

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tfou Tv 2007 French television series debuts French children's television series TF1 original programming Television programming blocks in Europe