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Yesterday was Election Day in France, this time, for the Senate. This is a quite confusing election: three years ago (after the municipal elections), half of the MPs were subject to election (the so-called Série 2), and yesterday the other half was renewed (Série 1, composed of 170 MPs from 34 departments, the Paris IDF region, and 6 Outre-Mer departments and territories, plus 6 MPs representing the expat population).

Coverage on French TV was limited this time: France 3 covered the results during an extra programme aired after an episode of the BBC Two series Vienna Blood, presented by François Letellier. Public Sénat (one of the two parliamentary channels) had a special election results programme, presented both from the Conference Room of the Grand-Palais de Luxembourg and the channel's studio, with Tâm Tran Huy and Thomas Hugues presenting and Quentin Calmet serving as the election graphics presenter.

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Speaking of Public Sénat, the channel has a new studio since the start of this season (images from Lenodal):

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Speaking of the papal visit to Marseille and the Royal visit, it was not a good day for neither TF1 nor France 2. Médiamétrie ratings show the live mass aired by both networks only assembled a 12.6% figure on TF1 and a 12.1% over at France 2.

In contrast, both networks aired another live interview with President Macron yesterday. The conversation, helmed by both TF1 and France 2’s weekend anchors, had a 27.1% share on TF1 and 22.9% on France 2. However, the interview didn’t boost neither channel’s evening newscasts, which remained in their normal share ranges.

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Laurent Ruquier's new BFMTV show continues its promotional blitz for tonight's debut:

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