In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.
Marcel Jullian (31 January 1922—28 June 2004) was a French author, screenwriter for French film and television, and occasional director. He was one of the founders of the TV channel Antenne 2, and its first president from January 1975 to December 1977. Jullian wrote and directed the 1983 film L'Été de nos 15 ans (The Summer of Our 15 Years) and the 1984 film Les parents ne sont pas simples cette année. He also codirected Jean Giraudoux, a 1995 installment of Un siècle d'écrivains ("a century of writers"), a French series of television documentary films aired focusing on 20th century writers that was broadcast on France 3. Source: Article "Marcel Jullian" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.