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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 April 2025. Eurovision Song Contest and Midi Première represent the pinnacle of TF1’s programming, launching in 1956 and 1975. A broadcaster of distinction, TF1 has aired more than 20 shows between 1956 and 2020.

  • 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.

  • Le Monde En Face
    Le Monde En Face (1987)9.7

    Weekly current affairs show

  • Research Unit
    Research Unit (2006)8.3

    The Section de recherches is a special unit of the Gendarmerie nationale, responsible for the most complex cases. In Bordeaux (from 2006 to 2013) and then in Nice (since 2014), child abductions, disappearances, heinous or sexual crimes are the daily lot of the investigators in this research unit. In the search for witnesses, the team is authorised to extend its investigations beyond France's borders.

  • Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
    Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (2015)8.1

    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!

  • 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.

  • The Voice : La Plus Belle Voix
    The Voice : La Plus Belle Voix (2012)7.2

    French version of the Dutch reality singing competition in which the strongest vocalists from across the nation compete in a blockbusters vocal competition, the winner becoming “The Voice.”

  • 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)6.9

    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.

  • Coucou c'est nous !
    Coucou c'est nous ! (1992)6.5

  • Tomorrow Is Ours
    Tomorrow Is Ours (2017)6.2

    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.

  • Danse avec les stars
    Danse avec les stars (2011)6.1

  • 30 millions d'amis
    30 millions d'amis (1976)5.8

  • Vendredi, tout est permis
    Vendredi, tout est permis (2011)5.7

  • Sous le soleil
    Sous le soleil (1996)5.2

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

  • Marc et Sophie
    Marc et Sophie (1987)4.9

  • Le Miel et les Abeilles
    Le Miel et les Abeilles (1992)4.3

  • La Chance aux chansons
    La Chance aux chansons (1984)4.0

  • Secret Story
    Secret Story (2007)1.4

    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.

  • Au nom de la vérité
    Au nom de la vérité (2012)N/A