The Chirac government privatises France’s flagship channel, and the Bouygues group is selected as preferred bidder. From 1987 onwards, TF1 launches new formats that will go down in the channel’s history: home shopping show Le Magazine de l’objet, devised by Pierre Bellemare, rebranded a year later as Téléshopping; kids’ show Le Club Dorothée; variety show Sacrée Soirée, hosted by Jean-Pierre Foucault; gameshows Le Juste Prix and La Roue de la Fortune (French versions of The Price is Right and Wheel of Fortune); and Nicolas Hulot’s cult show Ushuaïa. Patrick Poivre d’Arvor anchors the evening news for the first time.