Eight days ago, for the Rugby France – Wales match won by the Blues, 6.9 million oval ball fans had followed the match on France 2, which had then recorded an audience share (PDA) of 30.7%. This Saturday evening, the 25 – 13 victory of the same team over England, which allowed the Blues to win their first Grand Slam since 2010, exploded the counters of the Two: 8.9 million viewers, for a PDA (audience share) of an exceptional 38.9%. A historic record for a Six Nations Tournament rugby match over the past ten years.
Faced with such a tidal wave – announced – of ovality, the other chains had to adapt and settle for the crumbs, with more or less breakage depending on the case. TF 1 had planned the coup and broadcast a version of “The Voice” with a revised edit, with a first part of one hour without any advertising page. This penultimate session of blind auditions is doing quite well despite the strong competition from rugby: the telecrochet was watched by 3.8 million faithful, for a PDA of 16.5%.
It is the France 3 detective film “Meurtre dans le jura”, with Sandrine Quétier, which climbs on the third step of the podium of the audiences of the evening, appreciated by 3.1 million amateurs of French thrillers, for an audience share of this 13.8%. Behind, only one channel manages to exceed one million viewers: M 6 with an episode of its American series “Mac Gyver”, whose adventures conquered 1.2 million viewers for a PDA of 5.3%.