TFOU TV

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TF! Jeunesse (TF! Youth) is a French television program for youth, launched on September 1, 1997, replacing Club Dorothée. The program was only renamed TFOU in 2007.

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TFOU
Launched September 1, 1997
Country France
Headquarters Groupe TF1

1 quai du Point du Jour

92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
Formerly called TF! Jeunesse (1997-2007)
Website tfou.fr
Availability
Satellite
Bouquet Canal Sat
Cable
Numericable
IPTV over ADSL
Orange TV, Neuf TV, Freebox TV

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[edit] The Beginning: Hello to Toons! in succession to Club Dorothée

TF! Jeunesse first appeared on Monday, September 1, 1997 at 4:30 in the afternoon on TF1, with the first episode of Beetleborgs. The program was the result of the planning of the new director for youth television for the channel, Dominique Poussier. It was hoped that this would clearly demark the new program from its predecessor Dorothée, whose shows had often been accused by parents and the CSA of being too violent. It was Poussier who had already taken the morning program Salut les Toons!, presented by two mice in synthetic imaging, in 1996. In September 1997, she was given the hard task of rejuvenating youth programming on France's first channel, and of "reboosting" declining audiences in the face of Minikeums on France 3.

Using the same model which she had already presented on France Télévision (with The Planet of Donkey Kong on France 2), Poussier suggested a program without animation. "T. F. Ouais" was chosen as the title for the program. The logo had been that of a defunct channel. An adult voice was the presenter of the show (Bruno Choël, the French dub voice for Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean and Ewan McGregor in Star Wars).

Interactivity with the young audience was exercised again in special operations like those organized for the presidential elections of 2007 where children were interviewed on the subject.

TFou was praised by the Foundation for Children for its activity on tolerance "Because we are all different" (Parce qu'on est tous différents) (Directors: Nicolas Sedel, Franck Salomé et Fernando Worcel).

Besides this important change in form in regards to Club Dorothée (available through antenna for 10 years) the animated shows were completely modified.

[edit] Main Series


[edit] The Pokémon! phenomenon

[edit] After the period of success