It's kind of become the norm, and you could almost make a proverb out of it: whatever happens on the other channels on Saturday evening, in the end it's the France 3 detective film that wins.
The TV audiences of this October 15 were no exception to the rule, despite the issue of the evening, namely the return of the “Star Academy” on TF 1. Because it is indeed the unpublished of the Three, “ Murders in Nancy”, twelfth installment of the ninth season of the series “Murders in…”, with Cristiana Reali in the role of a police captain investigating a story of witches, who raced in the lead: 5.06 million viewers, for 25.2% audience share (PDA).
Not far behind, the relaunch of the "Star Academy", hosted by Nikos Aliagas, which unveiled its thirteen new candidates in the presence of its first historic winner, Jenifer, has accumulated 4.8 million fans, for 24.9% of PDAs.
France 2 in 3rd position with “Les Grosses Têtes”
A disappointment for the front page?
Absolutely not.
Because if we are far from the scores of the great era of telecrochet, when the "Star Ac" peaked at 7 million spectators on average, the challenge for the channel was to win the bet on the commercial target of women responsible for purchases of less 50 years… and it's won: with a 51% market share, TF 1 is by far the leader in this segment.
Unable to really play the referees of this match at the top, the other chains did what they could.
France 2 climbs on the third step of the podium, and it is the only one to have exceeded the bar of one million viewers this Saturday: 2.05 million in front of its “Big Heads”, for a PDA of 10.8%.
It is followed, by far, by the magazine “Échappées Belles” on France 5, appreciated by 0.8 million curious people, for 4% of PDA.