The month of April is a headache for telephiles. Between the gradual exodus of regular shows and the arrival of new spring releases, schedules change every week and it seems impossible to follow the common thread…unless you dissect that program crossroads.
Posted at 12:00 p.m
First, let’s list the titles that have already retired. On ICI Télé, Les petits tannants and 5e rang went off the air last week. The Eye of the Storm wraps up its season tonight, Heartbeat tomorrow, Live from Universe on Saturday, Zénith on April 13th, STAT on April 20th, Everybody’s Talking About It on April 23rd and Infoman in early May.
At TVA, the Hôtel, Nous, Le bonheur, Les Moments Parfaits, Léo, Les Bracelets Rouges and L’échappée series are already a thing of the past. The finale of Alertes will be presented tonight, that of Indéfendable on April 27th. On the varieties side, The Voice will go out on Sunday, as will The True Nature. The tower will last until April 27th. The next day, It ends well, the week will disappear, and Stéphan Bureau will turn one last world upside down. Fans of Get Me Out of Here, You Can Breathe: The adventure continues until May 14th.
Season 3 of Big Brother Celebrities is officially over on Noovo. The other Bell Media network properties will be dropping out over the next few days, including Les imposteurs, La Semaine des 4 Julie and L’amour est dans le pré.
At Télé-Québec, things are much simpler. Brilliant, it’s worth the cost i eat, in the media, the mcsween index and the company all wrapped up. Only a hint of winter remains: Two Golden Men and Rosalie, who is doing her last lap on Friday.
Less fiction
Since we generally see a 20% drop in viewership as the first buds hatch, according to Cossette Media figures, generalists schedules are much less rich in original literature in spring than in winter.
A few series are still on the programme, most of them on ICI Télé: Eaux turbulentes (Season 2) starts on Tuesday at 8pm, La Maison-Bleue (Season 3) on April 10 at 7:30pm and Lou et Sophie continue April 27 at 8 p.m. The public broadcaster also offers the four new episodes of Un gar, une fille en burst from Monday, April 24 to Thursday, April 27 at 7 p.m. Previously, this revival was only offered to subscribers of ICI Tou.tv Extra.
For its part, Télé-Québec continues to broadcast L’air d’aller (Thursday at 9pm), a dramatic comedy about four friends with cystic fibrosis, starring Catherine St-Laurent and Antoine Olivier Pilon.
For a change, ICI Télé brings back Les Chefs! (Monday, April 10 at 8 p.m.), Good evening, good evening! (Monday 10 April at 9pm), Dans l’œil du dragon (Wednesday 12 April at 8pm), Hairy (Sunday 16 April at 7:30pm), Matter of Judgment (Monday , 1 , at 7 p.m.), To Go (Saturday 6 May, 8 p.m.) and L’autre midi à la table d’à cote (Sunday 7 May, 8 p.m.).
On TVA, season three of The Island of Love, starring Olivier Dion and Geneviève Schmidt, will monopolize the 9pm box office on weekdays next Monday (April 10). The first batch of islanders has just been announced, and among our favorite descriptions, Destiny, a 21-year-old beautician, tops the list: “In her free time, she’s a magician and can make hats out of balloons. »
TVA’s other original productions land in May: If We Still Loved Each Other (May 1), A Zoo Like No Other (May 1), Autist, now major (May 2), Arrive en campagne (May 2). 3 ), Les rénos d’Hugo (May 4) and Sucré salé with Mélanie Maynard (May 22).
At Noovo we have two reality shows and just as many talk shows. Three of these are on the air today: Marie-Lyne’s Fabulous Spring (6:30 p.m.), Survivor Québec in the daily format (7 p.m.) and How Much Do You Love Me? (7:30 p.m.), a novelty in which Martin Vachon invites couples to test their love.
Regarding the meeting of Marc Labrèche, I’ll come to you, it starts on Tuesday April 11 at 8 p.m. According to Isabelle Fournier, Director, Lead Activation Media, at Cossette Media, Noovo’s spring offering will win over audiences.
Since Bell Media bought Noovo, we’ve really felt a shift in programming. There is a nice variety that prevails. Marc Labrèche’s talk show arouses curiosity. And Survivor Quebec is a full-scale reality show. It is believed that more people will turn to Noovo this season. Much more so than it used to be, when it was mostly about covers and movies.
Isabelle Fournier, Director, Lead Media Activation, Cossette Media
In Télé-Québec, an in-cabin cook will resume service at 8 p.m. on Friday. And to keep the followers of Y’a du monde à messe waiting, returning on May 12, the channel offers La grande messe, a series of four intimate interviews directed by Christian Bégin with Mariana Mazza, Paul Houde and Denise Bombardier and Luc Ferrandez, who will occupy the 9 p.m. slot on Fridays starting April 14.
“When the winter is over, people want to get out,” says Isabelle Fournier of Cossette Media. The weather has a strong influence on the ratings. Delayed hearing increases when the weather is nice. »