Audiences: Did Italy/France and Adrien Rabiot’s double in football on TF1 do better than the feat of Antoine Dupont and his rugby teammates against New Zealand?

How are TV audiences measured?

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Sunday evening, TF1 won the audience battle not with cinema but with football. Italy/France, 2024/2025 Nations League match won 1 goal to 3 by the Blues of Didier Deschamps thanks to a double from Adrien Rabiot, mobilized 5,14 millions of viewers between 8:46 p.m. and 10:40 p.m. 24,8% individuals aged four and over, 33,9% 25-49 year olds and 28,9% Women responsible for purchasing aged under 50 followed the meeting commented by Grégoire Margotton, Bixente Lizarazu and Saber Desfarges. “L’après-match”, a magazine presented by Thomas Mekhiche broadcast between 10:49 p.m. and 11:18 p.m., mobilized 1.82 million viewers (14.2% of the public, 22.2% of 25-49 year olds and 17.4% of FRDA-50).

Would rugby be more popular than football on television? The day before, France/New Zealand, the second match of the autumn rugby tour, had created an event by bringing together 7.27 million viewers in prime time on TF1 (37.9% of the public and 46.8% FRDA-50). Last Thursday, France/Israel, the previous match offered on TF1, won the support of 4.95 million viewers on average (24.7% of the public and 21.8% of the FRDA-50).

Throughout the day, TF1 is in the lead (20,3% from the public, 22,4% 25-49 year olds and 21,7% FRDA-50). The private channel largely dominates France 2. Its main challenger brought together, this Sunday, 14,1% of the public (7,3% FRDA-50). The battle for the podium turns to the advantage of M6 (9,0% 4+, 13,9% 25-49 year olds and 14,2% FRDA-50). France 3, at its lowest level this month, is therefore fourth (7,1% of the public and 3,1% FRDA-50). TMC completes the top 5 by posting its best day in November (4,1% of the public and 6,5% FRDA-50). Follow, in order, C8 (3,2%), France 5 (3,0%), until (2,6%), RMC Discovery (2,2%) et RMC Story (2,0%). Please note: CStar (1,8%) equals his best day of the season.

France 2 resists with “Pupille” in rebroadcast, close match between M6 and France 3

France 2 then arrives with “Pupille” (2018). Directed by Jeanne Herry, this drama on adoption with Sandrine Kiberlain, Gilles Lellouche, Élodie Bouchez and Olivia Côte moved 2,85 millions of viewers between 9:09 p.m. and 10:55 p.m. It is the equivalent of 14,4% ages four and over and 7,2% FRDA-50s. In cinemas, 841,209 spectators discovered the film in theaters between December 2018 and March 2019. On Sunday August 28, 2022, this same offer reached 3.04 million viewers, or 16.2% of the public.

M6 takes the podium with “Capital”. The magazine, presented by Julien Courbet on the theme “Cocorico: Who benefits from the Made in France brand?”, informed 1,86 million of viewers between 9:13 p.m. and 11:11 p.m., i.e. 9,9% of the entire public, 15,3% 25-49 year olds and 14,9% FRDA-50s. On Sunday November 3, 2024, the same brand was favored by 2.29 million viewers (12.5% ​​of the public, 20.0% of 25-49 year olds and 20.9% of FRDA-50).

France 3 is behind with the finale of season 4 of the series “The Investigations of Dan Sommerdahl”. The episode, led by Peter Mygind and André Babikian, intrigued 1,85 million of viewers between 9:05 p.m. and 10:37 p.m., i.e. 9,0% of the public and 3,5% FRDA-50s. Last Sunday, episode 3 attracted 2.03 million viewers (10.9% of the public and 2.5% of the FRDA-50).

The million for France 5

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In the rest of the bonus offer, “Apocalypse Verdun”, rebroadcast of an episode from the historical collection produced by Isabelle Clarke and Daniel Costelle, was on the program for the evening of 1,06 million of viewers between 9:04 p.m. and 10:31 p.m. on France 5 (5,1% from the public, 3,1% 25-49 year olds and 2,5% FRDA-50).

“Without Filter” (2022), dramatic comedy by Ruben Östlund with Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean Kriek, kept you in suspense 801.000 viewers between 9:01 p.m. and 11:22 p.m. on Arte. 4,4% of the public and 3,8% FRDA-50 thus rediscovered the film that won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022. On the cinema side again, “Titanic” (1997) by James Cameron, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, was reviewed by 594.000 viewers between 9:19 p.m. and 12:31 a.m. on TMC, i.e. 4,3% from the public, 7,7% 25-49 year olds and 8,8% FRDA-50s.

6ter then arrives with “The Name of the Rose” (1986). This old film by Jean-Jacques Annaud interested 585.000 viewers (3,3% of the public and 3,7% of FRDA-50) between 9:11 p.m. and 11:24 p.m. On C8, 580.000 viewers enjoyed watching an episode of “Mongeville” between 9:20 p.m. and 11:03 p.m., i.e. 3,0% of the public and 0,8% FRDA-50s. In another genre, the blockbuster “Justice League” (2017) with Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill enchanted the evening of 535.000 viewers between 9:07 p.m. and 11:07 p.m. on TFX (2,8% from the public, 4,9% 25-49 year olds and 5,0% FRDA-50). On RMC Découverte, finally, a new number of “Bring in the accused”, presented by Christophe Delay and Dominique Rizet, sent shivers down the spine. 524.000 viewers between 9:14 p.m. and 10:40 p.m. 2,6% from the public, 2,5% 25-49 year olds and 2,6% FRDA-50 watched this episode entitled “Sofiane Rasmouk, the monster of Colombes”.