Ausust Audience ratings - The four free channels of the TF1 group

Boulogne-Billancourt, Monday, September 8, 2015

 

 

AUGUST AUDIENCE RATINGS: THE FOUR FREE CHANNELS OF THE TF1 GROUP

 

TF1: The television leader and the only channel to draw more than 7 million viewers

NT1: Buoyed by Secret Story, it has record young and female audiences

TMC: Numbers up over July

HD1: Numbers up over the past year

 

 

TF1: The television leader, the only channel to draw more than 7 million viewers,
28 of the month’s 30 best audiences

 

US series

8.6M viewers (35% share) for the first episode of the final season of The Mentalist, 45% share of WPDM<50
5.1M viewers for the first episode of the new season of Blacklist, 32% share of WPDM<50

French drama

Record for Pep’s: 7.4M viewers (33% share) and 38% of WPDM<50

News

The midday and nightly news programs stand firm as the leaders with up to 5.8M viewers (43% share) for the 1 O’clock News, and up to 5.9M and up to a 31% share for the 8 O’clock News

Light entertainment

Le Grand Blind Test: more than 30% of WPDM<50 and more than 50% of 15-to-24s with nearly 2M viewers in the second part of the evening
Les 12 Coups de Midi: averaging more than 3M viewers and a 31% share

Movies

Family films see success: 4.8M viewers (32% share of WPDM<50) for Despicable Me, and new releases: 4.8M viewers for Boule et Bill (29% of WPDM+ch) 4.5M viewers for Wrath of the Titans (32% share of WPDM<50)

 

NT1: Buoyed by Secret Story, it has record young and female audiences

 

Secret Story

Leading national channel in 15-to-24s in access with the Secret Story daily update, and up to a 26% share in this segment. Also record high in WPDM<50 with up to 13% share of WPDM<50.

Movies

Successful youth line-up: The Mummy (1 million viewers and 7.3% of 15-to-34s), District 13: Ultimatum (700,000 viewers and 6.1% share of 15-to-34s)

Overall, NT1 has seen some of the highest television increases in one year: up 0.3 pt. in 4-and-up with 2% share; up 0.9 pt. in WPDM<50 with 3.1% share; up 0.9 share pt. with 15-to-34s with 3.3% share

 

TMC: up in past month, boosted by movies, series, and current affairs programs

 

French drama

Female audience record for the opening of the new season of Les Mystères de l’Amour, with an 8.9% share of WPDM<50

Current affairs programs and documentaries

1.3M viewers (10.8% of children and 7.5% of WPDM<50) for the documentary on the Beauval Zoo,
750,000 viewers for the 90’ Enquêtes featuring the Orly airport
700,000 viewers for Ces émissions qui nous ont marqués

US movies and series: a strategy of high-draw blockbusters

1M viewers for Tomb Raider 2, 5.2% share of WPDM<50
900,000 viewers for Troy, 5.1% share of WPDM<50
Up to 1M viewers for CSI Miami
Up to 800,000 viewers for Law & Order: Criminal Intent

 

HD1: steady growth driven by French drama and film

 

up 20% in 4-and-up to reach 1.2% share
up 30% on WPDM<50 over one year to reach 1.7% share

French drama

Up to 502,000 viewers for Section de Recherches (2.4% share)
Up to 370,000 viewers for Vive la colo (1.7% share)

Movies

465,000 viewers for the film In her shoes (2.1% share)
442,000 viewers for Secret Agents (2.3% share).