Télématin
1985 French TV series or program
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Télématin is a French breakfast television news show, broadcast on France 2 since 7 January 1985. It is broadcast in Metropolitan France weekdays from 6:30 to 9:55 am CET/CEST. TV5 broadcast the show in Canada in its 150-minute entirety until September 2011: since then, a shortened 90-minute version is shown between 6:30 and 8:00 am Eastern Time.
| Télématin | |
|---|---|
Logo at the station in Paris in 2011 | |
| Genre | Morning News |
| Created by | William Leymergie |
| Inspired by | Today |
| Presented by | Laurent Bignolas (2017–)William Leymergie (1989–2017) |
| Opening theme | Don't Stop Me Now – Queen |
| Ending theme | Don't Stop Me Now – Queen |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language | French |
| No. of seasons | 41 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | France Télévisions - Studio B, Paris |
| Running time | 205 minutes (weekdays) (2025-2026) 180 minutes (Saturdays) 120 minutes (Sundays) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Antenne 2 (1985–1992) |
| Release | 10 January 1985 – 4 September 1992 |
| Network | France 2 (1992–present) |
| Release | 7 September 1992 – present |
Télématin has been hosted for its entire run by William Leymergie, who also serves as the show's producer. The show is daily seen by around 40% of the French morning audience, a very high percentage for French TV.
In Metropolitan France, newscasts are presented at 7:00, 7:30 and 8:00, with newsflashes at 6:30 and 8:50, and two press reviews at 7:20 and 8:30. The 6:30, 7:30 and 8:50 newscasts are usually presented by a female reader and the hourly newscasts by a male. The usual readers are Nathanaël de Rincquesen, Sophie Le Saint, Julien Benedetto, Sophie Gastrain, Patrice Romedenne and Frédéric Vion.
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Télématin – TV5 Canada (in French)
- Télématin at IMDb
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