We are far, far from the boycott. And TF1 heaves a big sigh of relief. On Sunday afternoon, November 20, 5.13 million football fans watched as hosts Qatar were beaten 2-0 by Ecuador at Al-Bayt Stadium in Al-Khor to open the this much maligned 2022 World Cup. According to Médiamétrie, the market share of all audiences aged four and over is 31.3%. A big score for the One which broadcasts the best matches of the competition. By way of comparison, the Russia – Saudi Arabia match, which launched the 2018 edition, attracted 3.98 million football fans, or 36.3% of PDA.
Note that the opening ceremony also allowed the channel to outclass the competition with 4.18 million football fans (29.4% of PDA). Almost double the audience of four years ago. La Une therefore recorded a very good day with an average audience share of 22.3%. She also took the lead in the first part of the evening thanks to “Le sens de la fête”. The comedy by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, carried by Jean-Pierre Bacri but also Jean-Paul Rouve, Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Macaigne and Eye Haïdara made 3.32 million people laugh, or 17.4% of the general public.
Clint Eastwood will never waver
France 3, France 2 and M 6 are in a pocket handkerchief with respectively: 2.92 million aficionados of the indestructible “Inspector Barnaby” (13.7% audience share), 2.72 million for the comedy “Dropped” with Miou-Miou, Camille Cottin and Camille Chamoux (12.8%) and 2.57 million for the investigation into the hidden face of e-commerce giants like Amazon or Shein from “Capital” magazine , presented by Julien Courbet (13.5%).
The good performance of the evening is signed Arte, which offered a Clint Eastwood evening. Don Siegel’s classic “Serra Torrid”, where Shirley MacLaine co-stars with the Hollywood legend, attracted 1.8 million moviegoers (8.4% market share).
Note the score on France 5 of the documentary “Les Bleus et l’Élysée” by Mohamed Bouhafsi and Dimitri Queffelec: 675,000 viewers and 3.1% market share.