Newen Studios: seasons 1 and 16 of "Plus belle la vie" exclusively on YouTube

The soap opera of France 3 Plus belle la vie (PBLV) produced by Telfrance Série (Newen Studios), which ended in November 2022, is reappearing. “You dreamed of it, we did it! Restarting the Adventure of a Lifetime: Plus belle la vie,” Newen Studios announced on Twitter on Wednesday, April 12. From Monday April 17, the complete season 1 will be offered exclusively on YouTube and the complete season 16 from April 22, specifies the production company in a press release.

For the 1st season, YouTube will offer 10 episodes from April 17, then two new episodes each evening of the week from 8 p.m. from Monday April 24. For season 16, 10 episodes will air every weekend. This season 16 will also be published in full on the platform.

Other seasons could join YouTube. "We are going to build with the YouTube community the future of Plus belle la vie on the platform and offer in YouTube Shorts the cult moments in the history of the series", indicated Olivier Levard, director of Newen Digital, quoted in the press release..

Remember that France Télévisions stopped the daily soap after eighteen years on the air and 18 seasons on France 3. The final was broadcast on November 18, 2022. Chérie 25 (NRJ Group) has been rebroadcasting the series since March 13, in blocks of eight episodes from Monday to Friday in the afternoon, starting with season 9 (Satellifacts, February 21).