There has been much talk about the new annual series The Weapons and the dating show My mother, your father at the launch of TVA’s fall programming on Monday. These two major new features will enhance the schedule of the most-watched channel in Quebec.
Actor François Papineau plays Colonel Allan Craig in the new annual TVA series “Les Armes”. TOMA ICZKOVITS
Produced by Fabienne Larouche and Michel Trudeau, the new series The Weapons will allow viewers to take a look into the military world, which very few people know about. Vincent-Guillaume Otis, Eve Landry and François Papineau carry the intrigues of this thriller which will get underway on Monday, September 9, at 8 p.m.
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The Weapons is one of the eight fictions offered by TVA this season. No other network offers as many. The channel is also bringing back its hit series Alert, Indefensible – a poignant scene reuniting Léo (Sébastien Delorme) and André (Michel Laperrière) following the death of two colleagues was moving – and Witches. The latter is now broadcast on Tuesdays at 8 p.m.
The squad of the series “Alertes” reunites at the launch thanks to the actors Benoît McGinnis, Charles-Alexandre Dubé, Catherine Bérubé, Mylène Saint-Sauveur and Frédéric Pierre. TOMA ICZKOVITS / QMI AGENCY TOMA ICZKOVITS
Three of the stars of “Indefensible”, whose return has been highly anticipated since the death of two main characters at the end of the second season. Here we recognize Sébastien Delorme, Julie Trépanier and Michel Laperrière. TOMA ICZKOVITS
The “Witches” team at Monday’s launch: Stéphane Gagnon, Julie Roussel, Noémie O’Farrell and Marie-Joanne Boucher. TOMA ICZKOVITS
Added to this are productions from Club illico and broadcast in the second window, such as Raspberry timewhose second season is even better than the first, as well as The pearlswhich tells the story of a single mother played with talent by Bianca Gervais.
Still from the Videotron platform, the touching series About Antoine comes to TVA with Claude Legault, Cathleen Rouleau and Micheline Bernard. It focuses on a blended family in which a teenager with multiple disabilities grows.
The team of the series “About Antoine” was represented by Cathleen Rouleau, Micheline Bernard, Édouard B. Larocque and Fanny Mallette. TOMA ICZKOVITS
Finally, Club illico, which will become illico+ on October 23 after merging with the Vrai platform, will share The rebels with TVA viewers. This fiction brings together two young people who love social justice, played by Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse and Pier-Luc Funk.
Make way for My mother, your father with Nathalie Simard
The other big new thing this fall is undoubtedly the dating show My mother, your fatherhosted with kindness by Nathalie Simard. Women and men aged 40-60 try to find love and are unaware that one of their children, an adult, is scrutinizing their every move and influencing their path.
Nathalie Simard will host the dating show “My mother, your father”. TOMA ICZKOVITS
Waiting for the return of Star Academy next winter, which will now be hosted by Jean-Philippe Dion and will have Garou as director, and Get me out of here!with Guy Jodoin and Rosalie Vaillancourt as the hosting duo, TVA will be banking on its sure values this fall for its very popular Sunday evenings: Masked singersthe number 1 show in Canada, now hosted by Sébastien Benoit, and on Revolution – the starswhich will bring together the cream of the dancers from the five previous editions.
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse will be back at “Révolution” for the special edition dedicated to the stars of past editions. TOMA ICZKOVITS
The new director of the Academy, Garou, was there to talk about the next season of “Star Académie”, for which we will have to wait until next January. TOMA ICZKOVITS
MasterChef Quebec will return in September for its second season, which will feature an even stronger cohort, according to chefs Stefano Faita and Martin Picard. An immunity pin is being added to the format to spice things up. Speaking of MasterChefthere will be a junior version in 2025 as soon as the daily version ends Star Academywe learned during the launch of the program.
A new comedy: Go to the living room
Also next year, TVA took advantage of the event to unveil the start of work on a new comedy entitled Go to the living roomwhich was imagined by Jean-Michel Anctil and Louis-Philippe Dandenault. The two friends will play two very different brothers who run a funeral home. Jean-Carl Boucher will be the director.
The duo of the new comedy “Passez au salon”, which will be presented in 2025 on TVA, Louis-Philippe Dandenault and Jean-Michel Anctil. TOMA ICZKOVITS
The teams from TVA Nouvelles, TVA Sports and Hello Hellowhich will move in a few weeks to 4545 Frontenac Street, will all be entitled to new decor. QUB, whose season began Monday with the new morning man Mario Dumont is already installed there before all the others.
Eve-Marie Lortie hosted the launch of TVA programming on Monday at Quebecor’s head office in Montreal. Starting this Tuesday, at 6:30 a.m., the friendly host will officially take over the helm of “Salut Bonjour” on weekdays. TOMA ICZKOVITS
Of course, the teams of It ends the week wellof J.Eof The goose that lays the golden eggsof Cheaterof Hello Hello and of Hello good morning weekend are also ready for the start of the school year. The new host of Hello HelloÈve-Marie Lortie, who hosted the launch of TVA programming, will be in office starting this Tuesday at 6:30 a.m.
VAT in figures
- Nearly 25 market shares
- This is 41.1 shares if we include specialty channels, such as ADDIK, LCN and TVA Sports.
- 110 original productions, including 40 new ones
- 1000 hours of local creation on air
- 19 Most Watched Shows in the Top 30
- 4 of the 5 most watched live shows
- The daily newspapers The Cheater, Indefensible et MasterChef Quebec reached an average of nearly 6 million Quebecers last winter and spring between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
