And the Blues shone. On Sunday afternoon, the France team beat Robert Lewandowski’s Poland 3-1 in the round of 16 of the World Cup. And the French panicked the Médiamétrie counters as much as the nets of goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny. 14.32 million football fans watched this match between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. The market share for the public aged four and over is 68.9% (and 72.3% for women responsible for purchases under 50). A peak of 17.43 million was recorded at 5:55 p.m., at the very end of the meeting. This is to date the best audience of the year 2022, just before that of the entry of the reigning world champions into the competition, against Australia, on November 22. In 2018, the memorable eighth against Argentina brought together 12.6 million football fans on a Saturday afternoon.
La Une recorded an excellent day at 31.7% PDA thanks also to the other match of the day. England’s victory against Senegal was followed from 8 p.m. by 7.02 million viewers, or 28.3% of the public.
Faced with the football steamroller, the other channels gritted their teeth. France 2 resists well with the film “Jalouse”. The comedy by the brothers David and Stéphane Foenkinos, carried by Karin Viard, Thibault de Montalembert, Anne Dorval and Anaïs Demoustier brought together 2.86 million moviegoers (13.5% of the public). France 3 follows with its traditional Sunday “Inspecteur Barnaby” which attracted 2.63 million people (11.8% of PDA).
M 6 is at the foot of the podium with Julien Courbet’s “Capital” magazine. The issue devoted to bespoke kitchens and robots captivated 2.35 million viewers (11.4%). The good performance of the evening is Arte’s movie night! “Three Days of the Condor”, the Hollywood classic worn by Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway has made 1.57 million moviegoers dream (7.1% of PDA). TMC is also above a million with the blockbuster “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” (5.5%).
