Chris Evans confirms TFI Friday return with a twist

OHMYGOSSIP — Chris Evans has revealed ‘TFI Friday’ will return as an online-only show.
The 56-year-old presenter – who originally fronted the chaotic show on Channel 4 from 1996 until 2000 before a one-off revival run in 2015 – has confirmed plans to bring the programme back, albeit in a different way.
He told The Sun newspaper’s TV Biz column: “Of course ‘TFI Friday’ is coming back in September. Can I tell you a bit more about it?
“Oh, sure. The thing is, you don’t need a TV channel now. You just don’t need one.”
Chris insisted the new format will let the team be more creative with plenty of freedom in terms of the length of the show, and what unseen archive footage they can release.
He explained: “It’s amazing what you can do. ‘TFI Friday’ doesn’t have to be an hour long, it could be longer, we could livestream it.
“We’ve got all the annals and the back catalogue and library footage. So we’ve got the David Bowie footage that was never seen, and all that going on.”
Although he’s embracing the future with the ‘TFI Friday’ reboot, Chris previously admitted he has “less anxiety” after scrapping his mobile phone in 2019.
He said: “Even if someone says they’re not going to check their phone for an hour, they’re still thinking about when that hour is up … so you’re still thinking about it.
“It’s the whole ‘don’t mention monkeys, don’t mention monkeys, don’t mention monkeys’ thing.
“It’s both a massive time thief and a massive focus one. I have less anxiety without one — it’s that ping of uncertainty.”
And he revealed the technological advancements in smartphones “scared the s***” out of him.
He added: “Phones have changed so much [in the past three years], but you don’t realise it because you’ve become so accustomed to the micro-doses of the updates.
“It’s you against Silicon Valley but Silicon Valley is hidden behind the screen. It scared the s*** out of me. No thank you.”

Source: VacationHunter.Online

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