France: Les Guignols de l'Info ("News Puppets")

A puppet show known for its sharp political satire, Les Guignols de l'Info has appeared on France's Canal+ channel since 1988, though it did not find a large audience until a few years later when, during the first Gulf War, it began to perform skits based on the news. Though it is now closely tied to another popular Canal+ offering, the political talk show Le Grand Journal, neither program can truly lay claim to being France's most watched television show. That would be the Amnerican import House, with Hugh Laurie.

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