Cable. Though many people now have either cable or satellite television in France (as of very recently - the last few years, only), many people still don’t. There are, however, five channels that you can get just by plugging your television into the wall - TF1, France 2, France 3, France 5/Arte, and M6 (something vaguely resembling MTV with somehow even less music). So what’s usually on? Lots and lots of news. The news at 8 AM, 1 PM, and 8 PM. A game show or two surrounding the one o’clock news… and yes, they have their version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, but they also have several more “intelligent” game shows on, usually in the afternoon, that involve playing with words and sentences. Other than that, some imported (and dubbed - I HATE
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