Columnist Louise Cousineau, who made rain and shine in the world of Quebec television, died at the end of the day Monday, reported La Presse, the newspaper where she worked for more than 40 years.
For decades, his criticism of television shows offered to Quebecers was eagerly awaited in the industry, fearful of knowing whether a new proposal that landed on the screen would be praised or stoned.
“And to think that I did it for fun,” laughed Louise Cousineau during one of her last interviews, which she gave to Marc Labrèche at ICI Première in June 2020.
Ms. Cousineau had found a niche in television criticism, an area barely covered by the French-language media when she first became interested.
“Everyone said, 'Ah, TV is good for fat people'.” […] while in English newspapers […]“There were very funny, very amusing television chronicles,” she told Marc Labrèche.
“Still, I tried to be fair in my columns,” she softened.
After Louise Cousineau retired from La Presse in December 2009 due to serious health problems, she took up her pen again in the following months to sign 50 columns published by TV Hebdo on the occasion of the magazine's 50th anniversary owned by Quebecor.