After 11 years on Radio-Canada’s Première Chaîne, one of the last literary programs in the Quebec media, The more the merrier, the more we read, will bow out in a few weeks. Starting in the fall, host Marie-Louise Arsenault will present a new talk show on Saturday afternoons.
In a press release, Radio-Canada management let it be known that this decision to end theepisode had been taken by Marie-Louise Arsenault, who “wanted to take up a new challenge”.
The state corporation does not specify whether a new literary program will succeed The more the merrier, the more we read. We are content to indicate that the program which will occupy the schedule in the fall on weekday afternoons will be devoted to “culture”.
“Regarding the literary content, they will obviously remain well present on the air. In addition to the place granted in our various programs and in the new cultural slot in the afternoon (which will be announced later), Marie-Louise will return to the animation of the Combat des livres jeunesse and the Combat national des livres and she will several interviews with authors and thinkers, which will be broadcast on ICI Première during the year”, can we read in the press release published on Tuesday morning.
During the last years, The more the merrier, the more we read had taken a turn from its beginnings by approaching themes that often went beyond the framework of literature, in particular television or even popular culture. Literature, however, remained the common thread, which made it the last program mainly devoted to literature on the airwaves of the public broadcaster since the disappearance of the program. Read on ARTV.
The withdrawal of waves from The more the merrier, the more we read marks the end of an era for ICI Première, especially since La soiree est encore jeune, another flagship program of the channel, will definitively give up air on May 8 after 10 years on the radio. Other changes are to be expected in the programming. Currently broadcast on Saturdays at 4 p.m., the program hosted by Monic Néron, The human racewill be moved to the schedule starting in the fall to make room for Marie-Louise Arsenault’s new project, Everything can happen.
This talk show, which will be live on Saturdays from 4 to 7 p.m., is presented as a “big set” with several regular guests and collaborators, where close interviews, musical performances and lively discussions will mingle.