Television: here are 9 shows that can be watched with the family

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Watching TV is an activity that is now practiced more solo. When TV was live, long before the advent of viewing platforms, big family get-togethers took place in front of the small screen. The pandemic brought back this habit, since we had to stay at home all together. Today, parent-child listening is slowly returning to young people at a young age. Watching a show with the family, is it an outdated habit or on the way to coming back? 

Family listening has withered not only in Quebec, but around the world. Conventional TV is struggling everywhere to rally the young people who have deserted it to the profits of the various platforms. According to a survey, the Global Family Study, carried out by Kids Industries in London among families in ten countries, last January, 73% of respondents said that half of the content watched by children under 13 l were family.

What are consumers looking for? Positive role models, opportunities for fun, problem solving, testimonials and fictional content. We also reveal that viewing is shared between linear TV and burst platforms. We note that the latter are often favored by “co-viewing” since they make it possible to bring people together at a desired time for a desired duration. Given the multiplication of possibilities, the public enjoys a great deal of freedom. For young people over the age of 13, solo listening takes place mainly on social media.

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However, television accompanies many households during dinner time, which explains in particular, without detracting from the quality of the programs, the great popularity of the daily 7 p.m. slot. To reach young and old, creators rely on content which, through their characters or their speakers, through unifying themes, places for which we have a reference and humorous proposals, manage to unite more than one generation at the same time. . 

Commitment by votes is also a unifying factor, explaining the popularity of “tele-hook” for two decades. Authenticity, quest for knowledge, laughter and entertainment are the values ​​at the heart of the projects that seem to stand out on a global scale. Quebec is no exception.

Nine intergenerational programs 

Les petits tannants

A fairly tasty program, hosted by Pierre Hébert, who looks at family. Because the children are the protagonists, because they are accompanied by their parents, because laughter is there, there is a certain notion of suspense and because we can recognize ourselves in it, it's a family get-together par excellence.

►Friday at 8 p.m. on ICI Télé

The cheater

This popular game focuses not only on questions of general knowledge (you will notice that there are no more than 10 per show), but above all on the interaction between the participants. No need to be a connoisseur, we rather play at detecting a divergent look, a giggle, an explanation that does not hold water. Since the pandemic, humorous concepts of imitations, puppets or songs have been added to reinforce the entertainment.

►Monday to Friday 6:30 p.m. at VAT

Great!

Making science accessible and unifying was a great challenge. Stéphane Bellavance and Martin Carli animate this family meeting which opens the door to many discussions. The content is educational, the container fun and the tone is ageless. By having artists and adults as competitors, young people do not have to be embarrassed not to know quite the contrary, they have as much chance as anyone, if not more, of arriving at the right answer. 

►Monday to Thursday 7 p.m. on Télé-Québec
 

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