David Pujadas

David Pujadas (French: [david pyʒadas], Catalan: [dəˈβit puˈʒaðəs]; born 2 December 1964) is a French journalist and television host. A news presenter for TF1's LCI daily news programme, 24H Pujadas, at 18:00 CET, he was an anchorman on France 2's weeknight newscast, Le Journal de 20 Heures, at 20:00 CET, both in Metropolitan France. He has anchored these newscasts since September 2001, when he replaced Claude Sérillon, on orders from Olivier Mazerolle, the new France 2 news director. On 17 May 2017, Pujadas was let go and presented his last news report on the 8 June 2017. The newscasts Pujadas presented were repeated in Canada on TV5 Monde weeknights at 18:30 North American Eastern Time⁣, and in Australia on SBS at 08:40 on weekdays. In Metropolitan France, the audience for France 2's flagship evening newscast, at 20%, was less than the 26% audience share garnered by Laurence Ferrari's TF1 evening newscast. David Pujadas has gone to the Middle East for interviews of the Iranian and Syrian Presidents.