France 3 has decided to remove Looking forward to Sunday this January 19, 2025. In fact, instead, the channel focused on rugby with the match Bayonne / Gloucester as part of the Challenge Cup . For this reason, Michel Drucker found himself pushed towards the exit by being ousted from his hut.
As a reminder, last week, Michel Drucker was also removed from the air. Instead, France 3 decided to pay tribute to Maïté with a new documentary entitled “Maïté, a woman of her time” . As a result, for the second consecutive week, the faithful of Looking forward to Sunday were deprived of their Sunday broadcast.
Disappointing audience for rugby on France 3
Thus, the latest edition of Looking forward to Sunday dated January 5, 2025 and it was a best of. The last unpublished issue of the show hosted by Michel Drucker dates back to December 29, 2024. With Patrick Sébastien as a guest, the audience was there with more than a million viewers.
This Sunday January 19, 2025, France 3 therefore replaced Looking forward to Sunday by the rugby match Bayonne / Gloucester . This meeting, won by Bayonne, offered between 1:49 p.m. and 3:53 p.m., brought together 625,000 enthusiasts, or 5.5% market share over four years and over.
-Michel Drucker back on France 3
France 3 ranks behind TF1 and France 2. Thus, by removing Looking forward to Sunday the channel is disillusioned since the rugby match achieved a lower audience compared to what the Sunday show hosted by Michel Drucker achieves on average.
But good news for fans of Looking forward to Sunday ! Next week, on January 26, 2025, Michel Drucker, who recently fell from a height, will make his comeback with a new edition of the show from 1:35 p.m. This will be the first issue of the year.
Looking forward to Sunday can be found on January 26, 2025 from 1:35 p.m. on France 3.
