Léa Salamé at 8 p.m., “Télématin” shaken up, turbulent transfer window: France Télévisions changes everything to change nothing

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CEO Delphine Ernotte presented the new features for the 2025-2026 season on Tuesday, July 8, with the ambition of making public television a "force for reconciliation."

Delphine Ernotte, CEO of France Télévisions, presents the new season of France Télévisions, in Paris, on July 8, 2025. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP)

Like every year, France Télévisions' back-to-school conference, styled after Delphine Ernotte, has the feel of a TedX conference on the state of the world as it is (badly). This Tuesday, July 8, was no exception to tradition: the president of public television spoke of an era "that can legitimately be frightening, " a world "eaten away by individualism and libertarianism," with these "oracles of free speech" who tell us "what we should love, what we should read, what we should think." Within this, France Télévisions is a "force for reconciliation," which "contributes to bringing the country together." The slogan for the 2025-2026 season? "Liberty, equality, france.tv," no less.

Very well, but who will host Fort Boyard next year? Because France Télévisions has especially stimulated the transfer market for TV presenters in recent weeks. Starting with the chair of its 8 p.m. news , after the ousting of Anne-Sophie Lapix , replaced by