The context has obviously changed.
The country is no longer confined, the sun is shining and the French are deserting television again.
However, "HPI" remains the phenomenon that television experienced last year.
The detective comedy led by Audrey Fleurot confirmed its incredible success.
On average, the two episodes of Thursday evening attracted 8.54 million viewers, or 42.8% of the public and 48.9% of women responsible for purchases under the age of fifty.
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The first unpublished of this evening even managed to achieve an audience almost identical to last year with 9.25 million fans at the rendezvous (41.8%).
Figures that are unattainable today except for the presidential address or the football World Cup.
M 6 recovers a sad silver medal
Behind, the other chains are in great difficulty.
M 6 recovers a sad silver medal with a rerun of the American fantasy film "Deadpool".
The irreverent hero played by Ryan Reynolds fascinated 1.27 million people, or 6.2% of the public and 12.1% of housewives under fifty.
France 2 settles just behind with a new issue of its magazine "Special Envoy", presented by Élise Lucet.
The evening's surveys, around eternal pollutants, perfluorinated substances, stand-up and Russians fleeing Putin, interested only 1.25 million French people (6.1%).
At the foot of the podium, Arte settles down with the continuation of season 2 of its series "In therapy".
The five new releases of the evening captivated an average of 915,000 followers, or 4.4% of the entire public.
It is therefore a sad evening for France 3. The public channel does not even manage to exceed the symbolic bar of one million people in front of the station and is thus beaten by its Franco-German colleague.
Martin Scorsese's rerun film "The Departed", starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson, attracted 907,000 moviegoers, for a 4.8% audience share.
