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Speaking of BFM TV, their live coverage yesterday of the failed Early Day Motion caused the channel's prime time programming (20h30-00h) to be dropped for the day to air a live special, Retraites : la tempète (which also serves as moniker for their special coverage), presented by Aurélie Casse and Maxime Switek. The show aired from the Première Édition/BFM Politique studio, with a live studio audience and analysis from the channel's political panelists, plus interviews with Parliament MPs and live shots from reporters on the scene of protests.

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Back to news-related schedule changes, TF1 and France 2 have agreed to team up for an urgent interview with President Macron on the pensions reform; the interview will air during the 13h news tomorrow, with their respective anchors helming the interview.

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The decision to place the interview during the 13h broadcast has been criticised by LCI panelist Jean-Michel Aphatie, claiming that it should have been placed during the 20h news, given the seriousness of the ongoing situation; he also chastised the decision of placing Marie-Sophie Lacarrau and Julian Bugier as interviewers:

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Now to other news, as Catherine Nayl, who served as TF1's news and current affairs director, and had recently occupied a similar post over at France Inter, is retiring from the industry after 38 years (most of them with TF1).

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BFMTV's special program extended till 00:30 with Thomas Joubert (who has been replacing Rachid M'Barki ever since he was suspended then fired) with Le Journal de la Nuit thereafter. Aside from having a live studio audience, it wasn't very much different to what the channel would have otherwise aired tonight in terms of content. I do wish the big studio were used more often though, was nice to see.

The choice of a 1pm broadcast hasn't only come under fire by Apathie. Various Elysee sources claimed that the timing chosen was to cater to those who live out of Paris. Apparently those at the Elysee still think that people outside of Paris go home for lunch. The 'lazy south' reason attracted much mockery on social media once revealed.

Somewhat related, someone asked on the Le Monde's liveblog what the average age of 13h newscast viewers were:
- 59.1 in 2023 for TF1 (58.5 in 2022)
- 63.3 in 2023 for France 2 (62.5 in 2022)
So essentially on average people past retirement age and not directly affected by the bulk of the changes in the pension reform plan.