Le Jour où tout a basculé

Le jour où tout a basculé (The Day Everything Changed) (abbreviated as: LJOTAB) is a French scripted reality television program broadcast on the France 2 channel since July 25, 2011 and presented by lawyer Nathalie Fellonneau.

Fiction scripts are written by numerous screenwriters under the responsibility of a collection director (Michel Alexandre for seasons 1 and 2). From Monday August 22, 2016, the episodes are rebroadcast on Chérie 25 then from September 3, 2018 on NRJ 12 before returning on September 6, 2019 on Chérie 25. Reruns are also broadcast on RTL9, and, in Belgium, on AB3 and since September 2020 on Tipik.

Plot
This show recreates stories based on real events that would have changed the life of a woman or a man. Each story is interpreted by actors and is written and produced as a report.

Why It Didn't Change Everything

 * 1) Misleading title: Often nothing changes in the life of the protagonists.
 * 2) Mediocre, poorly executed plot with often awful writing.
 * 3) Boring theme song that screams "french live series" on all floors.
 * 4) The acting alternates from mediocre to really rotten, giving the Nickcoms a run for their money.
 * 5) The majority of the episodes have the same plot namely:
 * 6) *Person 1 cheating on Person 2 with Person 3.
 * 7) *Boring kid finds out one of his parents isn't his real parent.
 * 8) *An old friend comes back into his friend's life to ruin him.
 * 9) *Jealousy between colleagues.
 * 10) *A man abuses a young woman.
 * 11) *A young person determined for his future is taken in by a scammer.
 * 12) The voice of the narrator of season 4 is boring unlike that of the first 3 seasons.
 * 13) The majority of the endings especially in the first seasons are horrible.
 * 14) Of course there are awful episodes like.
 * 15) *You will not be an actress, my daughter!
 * 16) *I cheated my insurance
 * 17) *I can't stand my stepfather!
 * 18) *My daughter will do anything for the money
 * 19) *How I ransacked my father
 * 20) *Nurse and victim of her employer
 * 21) *My colleague destroyed my life
 * 22) *bad online dating
 * 23) *My father abandoned me (probably the worst episode of the series)
 * 24) *I avenged my ex
 * 25) *A friend puts my marriage at risk
 * 26) *My ex is coming back into my life
 * 27) *My best friend ruined my career (Also counts as one of the worst)
 * 28) *Our son betrayed our trust
 * 29) *My stepdaughter broke my relationship (Also counts as one of the worst)
 * 30) *I was kidnapped by my employers
 * 31) *I was kidnapped by my friends
 * 32) *My Step-Sister Destroyed Our Marriage (Not only one of the worst episodes of the show but also a horrible way to end season 2)
 * 33) *My husband almost killed our daughter
 * 34) *My son is a manipulator
 * 35) *Out of jealousy, I destroyed my partner
 * 36) *I made my wife's lover suffer
 * 37) *My wife is my rival
 * 38) *I hosted my husband's mistress
 * 39) *Famous and betrayed by my relatives?
 * 40) *My grandparents are unfaithful
 * 41) *My partner destroyed my life
 * 42) *Obsessed with sports
 * 43) *A forbidden love
 * 44) *A neighbor too intrusive
 * 45) *Turbulent relationships
 * 46) *love game
 * 47) The show deteriorated sharply during season 4, making the series even less serious than before.
 * 48) Quantity over Quality: The show ran for 4 seasons with 372 episodes and still airing showing the channels are blind to reviews.
 * 49) His sequel "Le Jour où tout a basculé à l'audience" is no better.
 * 50) Weird and ridiculous episode names like My Son is in Love with a Cougar or Aliens Invaded My Shed.
 * 51) Some decorations are reused.
 * 52) The show explains that the story is inspired by real events but for some stories it's hard to believe.
 * 53) Overall it's forgettable and it shows how bad live series are like other horrible live series.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) It's still better than Petits secrets entre voisins où Au nom de la vérité.
 * 2) The show is so bad that it becomes hilarious because it's a "so bad it's good" show.
 * 3) In addition, the show manages to prevent the viewer from changing channels because you always want to know when one of the episodes ends.
 * 4) Seasons 2 and 3 are massive improvements but that's not enough to send them to the sister wiki.
 * 5) The famous line MAIS MOI J'VEUX FAIRE L'AMOUR (BUT I WANT TO MAKE LOVE).

Reception
Le jour où tout a basculé has had a mixed to negative reception from audiences who consider it a nanar (so bad it's good) and they often find this show funny because of the flaws and it's even gained a cult following ever since.

She holds a 3.5/10 on IMDb, a 3/10 on Senscritique and a 76% on Google users.

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