Benjamin Duhamel will take over Sundays at 13:15 pm on France 2 with a new political program, also broadcast on France Inter. This program will replace the time slot previously occupied by Laurent Delahousse, whose magazine... 13:15 pm, Sunday will be postponed to 14pm.
Laurent Delahousse out of step, Benjamin Duhamel settled in
Starting August 30, Benjamin Duhamel will host a live political interview program on Sundays, immediately following the 13 p.m. news. The program will begin at 13:20 p.m. and last 40 minutes. This new time slot changes the Sunday schedule on France 2. Laurent Delahousse, a long-standing fixture of the public channel's weekend programming, loses his traditional early afternoon slot. His news magazine, focusing on the daily lives of French people, will now air at 14 p.m.
A show tailored for the presidential election
The next presidential election is already looming in the public debate. France Télévisions and France Inter want to establish a joint program dedicated to political interviews, with the stated objective of giving more weight to campaign coverage.
Benjamin Duhamel, 32, a former BFMTV journalist, now works for France Inter, where he conducts political interviews on the morning show at 7:50 and 8:20. He had already participated in France 2's election night coverage during the municipal elections in March.
A sensitive appointment
This appointment to such a high-profile slot is unlikely to go unnoticed. Benjamin Duhamel has faced criticism for several years related to his name, his rapid rise to fame, and his family's strong presence in the political media. His nomination to host a joint Sunday program on France 2 and France Inter is therefore likely to reignite accusations of nepotism.
The subject is all the more sensitive as the program is on public television, on two major channels, at a strategic time and during an already tense political period…
