A comeback.
Thursday evening, the second season of the comic-police series
HPI
, worn by Audrey Fleurot, ignited the Audimat.
On TF1, the first episode of this new season attracted an average of 9.3 million viewers.
And the second brought together 7.8 million, according to data from Médiamétrie.
Or 8.5 million French people on average and an audience share of 43% for the first two episodes.
Fiction won almost half of the viewers present in front of their post.
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The first episode of season 2, even before the replay, has just won the best audience of the year for a television program.
Audrey Fleurot did better than the Blues in the historic Six Nations match against England.
On France 2, the meeting was followed by 9.1 million people on March 19.
Sold in over 90 territories
A year ago,
HPI
had become a ratings phenomenon by attracting up to 12 million viewers, replay included.
A record figure for a series since 2005. But at the time, the fiction had been broadcast in the midst of a period of confinement.
Since then, in prime time, 3.5 million French people have evaporated.
Comparatively, the start of season two of
HPI
is therefore even more spectacular.
And they were 700,000 more than the previous Thursday in front of their post in the evening, a gain of 3%.
Few programs manage to turn the television back on for the French...
“
HPI has always achieved the best audiences for a French series for more than 10 years!
“welcomed TF1 in a tweet.
The chain can rub your hands.
The French series attracted 49% of housewives under 50, the preferred target of advertisers.
And it is not only in France that the program is acclaimed.
Internationally,
HPI
has accumulated 175 million views on season 1. The series has already been sold in more than 90 territories.