The Best TV Shows on TF1

Every TF1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Stay up-to-date with over 20 of TF1’s elite series, with our list refreshed for October 2025. Highlighting TF1’s quality programming, Eurovision Song Contest and Les Rendez-vous du dimanche stand out, premiering in 1956 and 1975. Boasting a rich catalog, TF1 features more than 20 shows, with broadcasting dates ranging from 1956 to 2025.

  • Midi Première
    Midi Première (1975)10.0

    Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.

  • Winx Club: The Magic is Back
    Winx Club: The Magic is Back (2025)10.0

    When Bloom discovers she has magic, her life takes a wild turn. At the Alfea school for fairies and witches, she meets five girls who become her best friends — and her greatest strength. Together, they’re the Winx. As dark secrets rise and powerful enemies close in, the Winx will need to unlock their true potential to protect their world — and themselves.

  • Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
    Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (2015)8.0

    Marinette and Adrien, two Parisian teenagers, are entrusted with powerful jewels in order to transform into superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir. But neither hero knows the other's true identity — or that they're classmates!

  • Barbapapa: One Big Happy Family!
    Barbapapa: One Big Happy Family! (2020)8.0

    The daily life of the extraordinary blob-shaped Barbapapa family, who can morph into other forms but retain their original colors. The Barbapapa family consists of parents Barbapapa and Barbamama and their seven children; the intellectual Barbalib, the coquette Barbabelle, the powerful Barbabravo, inventor Barbabright, animal lover Barbazoo, artist Barbabeau, and musician Barbalala, along with their pet dog, Lolita.

  • HIP - High Intellectual Potential
    HIP - High Intellectual Potential (2021)7.6

    Morgane is 38-years old, has three children, two exes and an IQ of 160; her destiny as a cleaner is turned upside-down when her extraordinary abilities are spotted by the police who offer her a job as a consultant.

  • Highlander: The Series
    Highlander: The Series (1992)7.4

    Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against other immortals and tries to save people from harm.

  • Totally Spies!
    Totally Spies! (2002)7.3

    Totally Spies! depicts three girlfriends 'with an attitude' who have to cope with their daily lives at high school as well as the unpredictable pressures of international espionage. They confront the most intimidating - and demented - of villains, each with their own special agenda for demonic, global rude behavior.

  • Eurovision Song Contest
    Eurovision Song Contest (1956)7.2

    The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.

  • Koh-Lanta
    Koh-Lanta (2001)7.0

    Fourteen to eighteen contestants have to survive on an uninhabited island for 40 days (20 days in the special editions). It's up to them to find food to accompany the meagre ration of rice provided at the start of the adventure. They have to build a shelter to protect themselves from the elements (bad weather, insects, etc.) and maintain the fire that they managed to build or that they won in the first comfort test.

  • Ici tout commence
    Ici tout commence (2020)6.8

    This television drama series is centered around the prestigious culinary school of renowned chef Auguste Armand. The show follows the lives of students and staff as they navigate the challenges and pressures of the culinary world—delving into their personal and professional lives, revealing secrets, rivalries, and complex relationships.

  • Tomorrow Is Ours
    Tomorrow Is Ours (2017)6.3

    The story revolves around the people of Sète, France. Their lives are punctuated by family rivalries, romance and scenes from daily life, but also by plots involving police investigations, secrets and betrayals.

  • Stars 90
    Stars 90 (1990)6.2

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)6.0

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

  • Numéro un
    Numéro un (1975)6.0

    A French variety show.

  • Star Academy
    Star Academy (2001)6.0

    Star Academy is a French reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol. It consists of a contest of young singers. It spawned an equally successful show in Quebec called Star Académie. It is broadcast on TF1. At the end of each season, selected contestants would go on tour around France, Morocco, Switzerland, Belgium, Tunisia, and other French-speaking countries.

  • Police Commissioner Moulin
    Police Commissioner Moulin (1976)5.8

    The series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.

  • Sous le soleil
    Sous le soleil (1996)5.3

    Sous le soleil is a French soap opera broadcast on French major channel TF1 since 1996.

  • Sacrée Soirée
    Sacrée Soirée (1987)5.1

  • Secret Story
    Secret Story (2007)1.8

    The game contestants are cut off from the rest of the world during ten to fifteen weeks in a house called “house of secrets”, where every room is fitted with video cameras, except the restroom. The goal is to keep a secret while trying to discover the other contestants' secret.

  • Zig and Sharko
    Zig and Sharko (2010)N/A

    On a desert island lives a starving hyena with one obsession: devour that delicious mermaid from the rock in the lagoon. But the lovely fish-girl’s best friend is a shark, a shark with a lot of muscle and who loves to sabotage the hyena’s every move.