1980 in French television

Events

• 23 March – Profil are selected to represent France at the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Hé, hé M'sieurs dames". They are selected to be the twenty-fourth French Eurovision entry during a national final.

Debuts

• 27 February – Julien Fontanes, magistrat
• Dimanche Martin

Television shows

1940s

• ''Le Jour du Seigneur''

1950s

• ''Présence protestante''

1960s

• Les Dossiers de l'écran
• Les Animaux du monde
• Alain Decaux raconte
• Télé-Philatélie

1970s

• La vérité est au fond de la marmite
• Aujourd'hui Madame
• 30 millions d'amis
• Les Jeux de 20 Heures
• ''1, rue Sésame''

Ending this year

• ''Monsieur Cinéma''

Births

• 26 April – Laurent Ournac, actor & comedian
• 5 July – Lætitia Milot, actress & author
• 25 October – Laurie Cholewa, TV personality