Incredible Audrey Fleurot! Last week, the actress gave TF 1 a record launch with "HPI", an extraordinary detective comedy. In the skin of the whimsical Morgane Alvaro, the actress captivated nearly ten million viewers. But she didn't stop there. Including the replay, the first episode climbs to 11.55 million viewers, unheard of on a fiction since "Marie Besnard, the poisoner" in September 2006. There are thus 1.77 million more curious than during the Thursday night broadcast. And market shares soared to 41.1% for the general public (+ 2.7 points) and to 46.3% on the commercial target (+ 4.7 points).
As for the second episode, it smashes the replay record, held for five years by "the Secret of Elise".
With a total now of 11.29 million people at the rendezvous, it thus displays 2.39 million viewers who came by the replay.
An unprecedented score for television, which is also accompanied by strong increases in market share with 46.2% of individuals (+ 4.3 points) and 51.1% of women responsible for purchases under the age of fifty (+ 6.5 points).
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With these stratospheric scores, well beyond the expectations of the channel which hoped to attract 7 to 8 million fans, “HPI” won the second best audience of the year.
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But Morgane Alvaro has not said its last word.
This Thursday, episodes 3 and 4 increased the audience with 10.52 million followers, without replay, therefore.
A box announced in Belgium, where the series is broadcast ten days in advance.
The first episodes got off to a record start with over 400,000 fans.
And already beaten since with 475,000 faithful for episodes 5 and 6, that the French public will discover next Thursday.
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At TF 1, we also welcome the power of the French-speaking series against the rest of Europe.
Only “Tatort” in Germany and “Line of Duty” in the United Kingdom recorded higher audiences.
Even on the big American chains, except for the episode of “Equalizer” diffused after the Super Bowl, no series reached the audiences of “HPI”.
Internally, before the first broadcast last week, many very encouraging signals had already been brought to the attention of managers.
The success of the series in Belgium, already.
But also the excellent reception given by Salto subscribers, as well as on MyTF1.
Without expecting the records since then.