List Of French Television Series
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. It includes series made by France alone as well as those produced in collaboration with various other countries. Almost all are in the
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; exceptions to this rule are also included in this list. Most of the programs on this list are original French creations. However, many French game shows and reality shows are based on one or more series or television show franchises from other countries, most commonly from the UK. These and other programs that have been remade in France are also included in another section, at the bottom of this article.


Original French programs


Action-drama


Animated


Children's series (non-animated)


Comedy


Comedy


Comedy-drama


Satire


Shortcom

''Shortcom'' or ''programme court'' is a television program genre that is between
sketch comedy Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is ...
and
sitcom A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ne ...
. Shortcom episodes typically range in length from one to seven minutes, though many shortcom series do include longer episodes. ''
Un gars, une fille ''Un gars, une fille'' (, ''A Guy, A Girl'') is a Canadian comedy television series created by and starring Guy A. Lepage and broadcast on Radio-Canada, as well as the title of its French adaptation on France 2. It was one of the most successf ...
'', based on the French-language Canadian series of the same name, began in 1999 and was the first shortcom series that was not a sequence in another series to air in France.


Sitcom


Sketch comedy


Crime


Crime drama


Legal drama


Mystery


Police comedy-drama


Police drama


Police-legal drama


Spy


Documentary series


Drama


Drama


Historical drama


Medical drama


Soap opera


Erotic/adult


Game show


News


Reality show


Religious


Speculative fiction


Horror


Science fiction


Superhero


Supernatural


Talk show


Variety show


French adaptations of television series from other countries


See also

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Cinema of France French cinema consists of the film industry and its film productions, whether made within the nation of France or by French film production companies abroad. It is the oldest and largest precursor of national cinemas in Europe; with primary infl ...
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Culture of France The culture of France has been shaped by geography, by historical events, and by foreign and internal forces and groups. France, and in particular Paris, has played an important role as a center of high culture since the 17th century and fro ...
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List of French animated television series This is a list of animated television programs that have been produced by France. It includes series made by France alone, as well as those produced in collaboration with various other countries. For live action French series, see: List of French ...
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List of French-language Canadian television series This is a non-exhaustive list of French-language television series from Canada. Most such television series are produced in Quebec, although a small number are also produced elsewhere in Canada. Series produced outside Quebec are noted below with ...
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List of French-language films The following is a list of French-language films, films mostly spoken in the French language. 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * List of French films * List of Quebe ...
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Lists of French films This is a list of films produced in the French cinema, ordered by year and decade of release on separate pages. Before 1910 * List of French films before 1910 1910s * List of French films of 1910 * List of French films of 1911 * List of Frenc ...


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France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...