Shows sometimes take a while to settle in... if you give them that chance.
On February 7, Hugo Clément launched the societal program “Our great decisions” broadcast live in the second half of the evening on France 2. Four numbers were programmed and the audiences proved disappointing.
Will the management of France 2 give the presenter the opportunity to do better?
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In this new magazine, the journalist, who also presents “Sur le front” on France 5, faces three French people who have to make important decisions and wish to take advice.
He gives the floor to the experts and guests on set and, at the end of the program, the main witnesses announce their final decision in front of the camera.
A new concept produced by Thierry Ardisson which is nevertheless in line with the testimonial broadcasts of Jean-Luc Delarue.
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Despite the novelty of this show, viewers were not there.
The first issue was followed by 592,000 people, or 6.5% of the public.
The following two weeks, the scores fell to 532,000 viewers (5.7% audience share) on February 14 and then to 380,000 people on February 21 (4%).
“It’s part of the game, you have to accept it”
Hugo Clément on the audiences of his show “Our big decisions
Invited by Philippe Vandel in the show “Everything and its Opposite” this Tuesday, February 27 on franceinfo, one day before the broadcast of the fourth issue, Hugo Clément spoke about these disappointing audiences.
“When you launch a weekly show on a niche that doesn't exist, you can't immediately get big audience ratings, especially on societal subjects like that and when there's entertainment involved.
It’s part of the game, you have to accept it
,” he said.
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Since then, a new episode of “Our big decisions” was broadcast this Wednesday, February 28 with slightly higher audiences.
Thus, this issue, centered in particular on the subject of elderly people behind the wheel, interested 594,000 viewers or 6% of the public.
Although the scores increase a little, they still remain quite low.
Four new issues of the magazine were originally scheduled to be released in April.
Will France 2 give the program a chance to settle in despite the disappointing scores?
Hugo Clément affirmed on the set of Philippe Vandel that he did not yet have the answer.
“We're going to make as many as the channel wants us to make, it's not me who decides that
,” he explained.
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Since the launch of the program, the concept of “Our Big Decisions” has already been modified.
Hugo Clément thus highlighted three social issues in the first issue.
From the second meeting, he only proposed two in order to give witnesses and experts more opportunity to express themselves.
“
We evolve over the weeks, we try to find the right formula
,” he continues.
Last Friday, production received the results of a study carried out among French people to find out their opinion on the show.
And, according to Hugo Clément, the feedback is very encouraging.
“People find the show super interesting
,” he says.