The time has come for Laurent Ruquier to return to school. This Monday evening, the host will present his very first show on BFMTV, his baptism of fire on the channel after his departure from France 2 before the summer. “I can’t wait to get started,” he said enthusiastically this morning, questioned by his new morning colleagues. From Monday to Thursday, from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., he will now host “Le 20h de Ruquier” (a title that could not be more transparent and factual), in the company of journalist Julie Hammett.
On the program for this new meeting? “An hour of news and debates,” announces a press release from the group. “Around the table, a group of columnists to sift the information and question guests, to compare all the opinions on subjects that make the headlines,” it is specified.
“Not a journalist” but a “debate host”
All the interest of this “news hour”, broadcast in parallel with the major news from TF1 and France 2, will obviously lie in the touch provided by Laurent Ruquier. “It’s a slice of information and debate with my take on current events. There will be the three main topics of the day and analyzes with debaters. I will sometimes take a small step aside from the news covered throughout the day. For almost thirty years, I have read all the newspapers, every morning. Not much escapes me! “, he said to Tele-Leisure
After Laurent Ruquier the host, producer and comedian, will viewers discover Laurent Ruquier the journalist? “I have never considered myself a journalist and I will not be one tomorrow,” he said. The journalist will be Julie [Hammett]. I will be a debate moderator. […] By being interested in different things like me, you are often better informed than a journalist who only has one specialty. »
A daily “trombinoscope”
As usual, the host will not officiate alone and will be surrounded by several columnists. A new mystery tape that will be revealed as the week progresses. “Out of the ten debaters that we chose, there are two names who are already on BFMTV. They won’t be there every night. All the others will be almost new faces for some and even 100% new faces for at least four or five of them. I can tell you that this evening, there will be a face from BFMTV and three others that we have never seen on a news channel set,” explained Laurent Ruquier to Puremedias.
The host will also offer his own daily sequence, in the form of an editorial. “Every day there will be a trombinoscope that will allow me to slip in six faces that made the news of the day and on which I will bounce back,” he said. Will the curious attend the host’s premiere? Will the Ruquier style hit the mark on BFMTV? Response from 8 p.m.