M6 ([ɛm sis]), also known as Metropole Television, is the most profitable private national French TV channel and the third most watched television network in the French-speaking world. M6 is the head channel of the M6 Group media empire that owns several TV channels, magazines, publications, movie production and media-related firms etc. It is owned by RTL Group.
Other TV channels in the M6 portfolio include digital terrestrial channels W9, 6ter, Paris Première, and digital cable channels Téva, TF6, Série Club, M6 Music, M6 Music Black, M6 Music Club, Girondins TV and M6 Boutique & Co.
M6 launched on 1 March 1987 at 11:15 am CET taking the place of TV6.
M6's current on-air brand image suggests that it tailors its service to teenagers and young-adult demographics. Its current programs lineup include:
French TV shows: Les Bleus, Scènes de Ménages, Vous les femmes
French TV programs : Capital, Zone Interdite, Enquête Exclusive, Top Chef, Un dîner presque parfait, 100% Mag, 66 Minutes, Recherche Appartement ou Maison, L'amour est dans le pré, Maison à vendre, On ne choisit pas ses voisins, Belle toute nue, Nouveau Look pour une nouvelle vie, Hits Machines, M6 Boutique, LE 1945 and LE 1245 (news), Top tendance, Le meilleur patissier de france, Danse avec les stars, Morning Live, ...
American TV shows: Once Upon A Time ; Terra Nova ; Desperate Housewives ; NCIS (NCIS: enquêtes spéciales) ; NCIS: Los Angeles ; Lie to Me ; Prison Break ;Medium (Médium) ; My Name Is Earl (Earl) ; NUMB3RS ; Bones ; Scrubs ; The Unit (The Unit : commando d'élite) ; Stargate Atlantis ; Nip/Tuck ; Californication ; Kyle XY ; Everybody Hates Chris (Tout le monde déteste Chris) ; Supernatural and Secrets and Lies (Secrets and Lies : l'affaire Tom Murphy).
These American TV Shows were previously shown on M6: Smallville ; Charmed ; The 4400 (Les 4 400) ; Jericho ; The Dead Zone (Dead Zone) ; Stargate SG-1 ; Malcolm in the Middle (Malcolm) ; Friends ; Alias ; Sex and the City ; Veronica Mars ; Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy contre les vampires) ; The X-Files (X-Files, aux frontières du réel) ; Ally McBeal ; Roswell ; Profiler ; The Pretender (Le Caméléon) ; The Sentinel ; Sliders (Sliders, les mondes parallèles) ; Hope & Faith (La Star de la famille) ; 8 Simple Rules (Touche pas à mes filles) ; My Wife and Kids (Ma famille d'abord) ; Still Standing (Une famille presque parfaite) ; Early Edition (Demain à la Une) ; Wildfire ; Once and Again (Deuxième chance) ; Relic Hunter (Sydney Fox, l'aventurière) ; Medical Investigation (NIH : alertes médicales) ; Tru Calling (Tru Calling : compte à rebours) ; Commander in Chief ; 1-800-Missing (Missing : disparus sans laisser de trace) ; Dark Skies (Dark Skies : l'impossible vérité) ; The Inside (The Inside : dans la tête des tueurs) ; Killer Instinct ; Vanished ; John Doe ; LAX ; Jake 2.0 ; Blind Justice ; Threshold (Threshold : premier contact) ;Summerland ; Beautiful People ; Young Americans ; Special Unit 2 ; The Evidence (The Evidence : les preuves du crime) ; South Beach ; L.A. Heat (Los Angeles Heat) ; Married... with Children (Mariés, deux enfants) ; The Cosby Show (Cosby Show) ; Who's the Boss? (Madame est servie) ; The Nanny (Une nounou d'enfer) ; Little House on the Prairie (La Petite Maison dans la prairie); The Simpsons (Les Simpson) ; Bewitched (Ma sorcière bien-aimée) ; The Wonder Years (Les annees coup de coeur) and Family Affair (Cher Oncle Bill) .
American programs: High School Musical ; Camp Rock ; America's Got Talent (with its own version : La France a un incroyable talent), American Idol (La Nouvelle Star), KaBlam! (KarToon (M6 version))
British TV shows: Primeval ; Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Journal intime d'une call girl).
British TV programs: Britain's Got Talent (with its own version : La France a un incroyable talent), Pop Idol (with its own version : Nouvelle Star), The X-Factor (with its own version), Wife Swap
These British TV shows were previously shown on M6:Footballers' Wives (Femme$ de footballeurs) ;Queer as Folk ; Totally Frank ; Bugs ; and Hex (Hex : la malédiction).
These Canadian TV shows were shown on M6: Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (Sue Thomas, l'œil du FBI) and Falcon Beach.
Investigative journalism shows, such as Capital, Zone interdite and Enquête Exclusive.
Long-lasting short programs, such as Turbo, CinéSix, and E=M6, as well as numerous music videos.
In 2001, M6 became the first national French television network to broadcast reality programming. Its first program of this genre was Loft Story, and was highly watched. The president of TF1 at the time, Étienne Mougeotte, promised that TF1 would never air any reality programming. However, several months later, TF1 signed a contract with Endemol to air such programming. Endemol is the same company that created Loft Story for M6.
M6 is one of the only television services in France to have science-fiction programming as part of its regular schedule. Most supernatural dramas were shown on Saturday nights in what M6 called "la Trilogie du Samedi" (The Saturday Trilogy)
Le 12:45 (national edition) and 19:45 (national edition), afternoon and evening news.
Zone Interdite, France's most influential Newsmagazine
66 Minutes weekly news magazine.
Capital, Economy-oriented newsmagazine.
Enquête Exclusive, Investigation magazine.
Show and reality show
Les reines du shopping
X Factor
Ice show
Nouvelle star, (French adaptation of Pop Idol) reality television (until 2011, then it moved on D8)
L'amour est dans le pré, French adaptation of Farmer Wants a Wife
D&CO , homestyle show.
E=M6, science magazine.
Top Chef, French adaptation of Top Chef
Belle toute nue, the French equivalent of Channel 4's How to Look Good Naked.
Turbo, motor magazine.
Chef, la recette, culinary magazine
Vocation Medecin, health magazine
Hit Machine, musical show.
M6 Kid, program for children.
Pekin Express, French adaptation of Dutch show Peking Express.
Off Prime
Accès Privé, entertainment news magazine
Un dîner presque parfait, the French adaptation of Come Dine With Me
Nouveau look pour une nouvelle vie, fashion magazine
On ne choisit pas ses voisins, family magazine
La France a un incroyable talent, the French adaptation of Britain's Got Talent
Le meilleur pâtissier de France, the French adaptation of The Great British Bake Off
Le choix, the French adaptation of The Taste.
Cauchemar en cuisine, the French adaptation of Kitchen Nightmares.
90210 Beverly Hills : Nouvelle Génération
Blue Bloods
Body of Proof
Bones
Burn Notice
Californication
Desperate Housewives
Drop Dead Diva
Earl
En Famille (French creation)
FBI : Duo très spécial
Glee
Hawaii 5-0
Journal intime d'une call girl
Justified
Kaamelott (french creation)
L'Homme de la situation (French creation)
La Méthode Claire (French creation)
Le Transporteur (French-Canadian creation)
Lie to Me
Ma famille d'abord
Ma femme, ma fille, deux bébés (French creation)
Médium
Modern Family
NCIS : Enquêtes spéciales
NCIS Los Angeles
New Girl
Numb3rs
Once Upon a Time
Ringer
Scènes de ménages (French creation)
Scrubs
Soda (French creation)
Sons of Anarchy
Supernatural
Terra Nova
The Finder
The Glades
The Good Wife
un gars une fille
Un, dos, tres
Under the Dome
Victoire Bonnot (French creation)
Wes et Travis
J'ai décidé d'être heureux, coaching magazine
Top Chef : masters
Les Nannys, coaching magazine
Le transporteur, french serie (new season)
Cynical Cops !, new french serie
Super Nanny
Culture Pub, a TV advertisements analysing show
Graines de star, a talents contests show
Loft Story (French adaptation of Big Brother), M6 and the first French reality show
Les colocataires (Roommates)a show similar to Loft Story.
Les Bleus (2006-2010) Police series about five rookies learning the ropes.
Morning Live, Morning show
Caméra Café, Comedy
Nouvelle Star (French adaptation of American Idol)
Êtes-vous plus fort qu'un élève de 10 ans ?, French adaptation of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
Rubí rebelde, Venezuelan telenovela
Total Wipeout (French adaptation of Wipeout)
Stargate SG-1 The series has been fully aired between 18 September 1998 and 8 December 2007.
Stargate Atlantis The first two seasons aired between 15 April 2005 and 29 July 2006.
