“The Assassin’s Daughter” stronger than “Top Chef”. Thursday evening, France 2 largely took the lead in the audiences thanks to its new TV film starring Chloé Chaudoye and Bruno Wolkowitch. This drama intrigued 4.3 million viewers, or 22.6% of the entire public.
The public service is thus clearly ahead of M 6, second in the ranking with a new issue of “Top Chef”, the culinary competition presented by Stéphane Rotenberg. The latter made 1.9 million gourmands salivate, representing a public audience share of 11.6%. On the commercial target of Women responsible for purchases under the age of fifty (FRDA-50), the market share rises to 26.3%, allowing the Six to be the leader on this indicator. Last week, the program brought together nearly 2.2 million followers (13.0%) and 24.2% of the FRDA-50.
6.2 million citizens watching the interview with Gabriel Attal
Behind, we find TF 1, at a small level with “Doc”, its Italian medical series. Led by Luca Argentero, the two new episodes of the fiction fascinated 1.9 million series fans (11.5%), for a market share on FRDA-50 of 17.2%. Seven days ago, the launch of season 3 of the fiction was followed by 1.9 million viewers on average, for 12.1% PDA (17.5% of FRDA-50). Note that a little earlier in the evening, the interview with Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in Gilles Bouleau's “20 Heures” was followed by 6.2 million citizens and 29.4% of the public.
France 3 is at the foot of the podium with a documentary on Georges Pompidou and the “cruelty of power”, broadcast on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his disappearance. 1.7 million curious people (9.1%) watched the story of the life of the second president of the Fifth Republic provided by Denis Podalydès.
As for other channels, several broadcasters are doing well. Thanks to “Tuche 4”, TMC passes the million faithful mark (1.2 million) and displays a 6.7% audience share among the entire public. Channel 10 also has a good commercial market share with 9.5% of FRDA-50 there. Its little sister, TF 1 Séries Films, is also in good shape with “Lethal Weapon III”. The action film starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover attracted 1.0 million moviegoers (6.0%) and 5.6% of the FRDA-50.