Claire Chazal (pronounced: [klɛːʁ ʃazal]) (born 1 December 1956) is a French journalist, romance writer, and former director of news at a national television station, TF1.She had been the weekend news anchor at TF1 beginning in 1991, and gave her final broadcast at the station on September 13, 2015; Anne-Claire Coudray, who had often substited for her when she was absent, was announced as her replacement.