I'm curious is there a French version of E! ? I don't think there's one on air at present, but is there one licensed? If so what is it called?

hmm that's funny. I was actually thinking about this earlier on today.
I wonder if there will be an "E! Francais" launching in the future.

I'm sure it's in the works for Canada .... E! is seen all over the world including France so the programming is also available in French.

http://mavise.obs.coe.int/channel?id=430

When E! (Star!, or whatever) aired "Wild On" in Canada, we got to see the European version with more nudity (the tiled parts only appeared if a specific person didn't want to appear naked on TV, or couldn't be found to sign the waiver). The Americans only got to see the censored version (like they did for "Girls Next Door," etc.).

France and Canada are actually quite similar. We like seeing flesh and some of us know how to speak French. They like seeing flesh and some of them know how to speak English. In both countries, the French-speaking population pretends that they can't speak English (even though many of them can) anytime you ask them a question in English.

I took a look at that link and was surprised to see that E! has so many different versions across the Globe. I had no idea that the Cardassians could speak so many different languages. Brains AND beauty ... it's just not fair!

The naked bits are also seen on E! Australia.. a few years ago when i was there it was interesting.... :o

Star Système (http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-753.htm) would be the closest match to a French version of E!. It has not launched but I expect it might sometime soon as Quebecor has just announced the launch of another channel they recently received approval for- Mlle (http://www.mlle.ca) (licensed as TVA Mode).