Laurent Ruquier - Career

Career

In September 2000, Thierry Ardisson and Catherine Barma offer him to enliven On a tout essayé ("We tried everything") on France 2 in second evening party, every other Tuesday. In 2001, his talk show received a 7 d'or in the category "Best comedy show". In front of success of the program, France 2 offered him, in September 2001, to pass in daily between 7 pm and 8 pm. With him, there is notably Philippe Geluck, Peri Cochin, Isabelle Alonso, Caroline Diament, Christophe Alévêque, Elsa Fayer, Annie Lemoine, Steevy Boulay, Pierre Bénichou, Florence Foresti... From September 2007 to July 2008, he enliven On n'a pas tout dit ("We haven't said everything"), a daily talk show which replaced On a tout essayé.

For 1999, Ruquier also enliven a talk show On va s'gêner on the Europe 1 radio station. During than more two hours he comments the actuality with chroniclers' band including Philippe Geluck, Gérard Miller, Isabel Alonso, Pierre Bénichou, Claude Sarraute, Fabrice Éboué, Christophe Alévêque, Steevy Boulay, Jean-Luke Lemoine, Peri Cochin, Valérie Mairesse, Christine Bravo, Patrice Leconte, Christine Ockrent, Isabelle Motrot, Monica Pantel for rubric cinema, Serge Llado for rubrics "Endless Musics" could make their appearance Arno Klarsfeld, Valérie Payet, Bernard Rapp, Jacques Martin, Jean Yanne, Philippe Bouvard himself, between his dismissal and its return in RTL, Pierre Palmade there... The program celebrated ten years on October 21, 2009, with a special and free three-hour party in the Olympia (Paris) and broadcast on Europe 1 and France 4. Chroniclers having participated in program since its creation were present. In February 2010, he enliven a television adaptation of his radio program monthly on France 4. He stopped his program in December 2011.

For 2006, he currently presents the weekly talk show On n'est pas couché ("We're not yet in bed"), which airs on Saturday nights. Eric Zemmour and at first Michel Polac then Eric Naulleau, criticisms, manage the political and literary party. In May 2011 he announces a modification of his team, he decides to replace both polemicists Eric Zemmour and Eric Naulleau with two women, Natacha Polony and Audrey Pulvar. Besides this change, Jonathan Lambert stop his collaboration with the program, and the honest dramatist Nicolas Bedos, arrive on the team.

For December 2009, he enliven On a tout révisé ("We have reviewed everything"), with all its band.

For September 2010, he presents a new program, On n'demande qu'à en rire ("We just want to laugh at it"). During the program, humorists (solos, duoes, trios, etc.) not much known by the general public, professionals or amateurs, can occur the time sketch on the tray of l'émission. Every sketch is written by the candidate (with or without authors) in function of the chosen topic of actuality a few days before the recording of the program, among a list of subjects. Since March 15, 2011, humorists members (having made more than 10 passages) can't have the choice among the list of subjects, topic is imposed on them by Laurent Ruquier. At the beginning, jury was composed of Laurent Ruquier, two guests having a cultural actuality and member of the "Ruquier's Band", the last three jurors changed then every day. As of October 18, 2010, suite notably to passage as juror of Chantal Goya who according to him "didn't play the game", Laurent Ruquier decided to replace this "temporary" jury with a "recurrent" jury composed of himself and three specialists of the world of show. Now there are: Jean Benguigui, Isabelle Mergault, Catherine Barma, Patrice Leconte, Michèle Bernier, Eric Metayer, Jean-Luc Moreau, Philippe Gildas, and Virginie Lemoine.