If the name of the new President of the United States was known relatively early, the nighttime coverage of the election of Donald Trump by French television channels did not attract many viewers, reports PureMédias.
France 2 at the top of the general channels
The media news site first specifies that France 2 was the first channel to go on air live from New York with an exceptional number of the show Special correspondentthen an “American Night” hosted, from 11:44 p.m., by Laurent Delahousse.
This France 2 election night, co-broadcast by FranceInfo, brought together 201,000 spectators. This figure represents 7.3% of those over 4 years old and, according to Médiamétrie, 11.5% of those aged 25/49.
Partial hearings
TF1, which launched its “election night” at 1:18 a.m. via a special edition piloted by Margot Haddad, co-broadcast by LCI, would have attracted 92,000 viewers, or 6.2% of those over 4 and 8.6% of those aged 25/ 49 years old.
FYI, these results are only valid until 3 a.m. because the full night audiences will not be revealed until Thursday November 7, 2024.
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On the news channel side, BFMTV and CNews recorded the same audiences on Tuesday November 5, 2024, with 3.9% market share. Between midnight and 3 a.m., BFMTV attracted the most viewers (213,000, or 8.6% of the public). Followed by LCI (101,000/4.4%), CNews (87,000/3.5%) and FranceInfo (57,000/2.3%).
