Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon-style French Late Show ‘Le Late Avec Alain Chabat’ Launches Amid Fanfare & Mixed Response
deadline.comA new French Late Show, fronted by popular actor, director and writer Alain Chabat launched on France’s TF1 amid much fanfare this week in France’s latest attempt to crack the format.
Running Monday to Friday from 10.55 pm, Le Late Avec Alain Chabat launched on Monday (November 21), with the host joking in his opening spiel: “I nearly did this show in 2018, but it was during the World Cup in Russia, so it was a bit touchy.
But now, it’s in Qatar, so tout va bien.” The show was commissioned by TF1 Executive Vice President, Content Ara Aprikian to fill a late-night slot that opened up due to the timing of the Qatar World Cup soccer matches, earlier in the evening.
Chabat is no stranger to TV studio shows, having first found fame in the late 1980s as co-creator of popular Canal+ comedy sketch program Les Nuls, before focusing mainly on cinema, to star in popular comedies such as 2002 hit Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra and HOUBA!
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