LCI defeated its rival BFMTV and climbed to the top of TNT audiences (off-channel) on Wednesday night, thanks to National Debate: The Great Explanation , hosted by David Pujadas, which drew more than 650,000 viewers , according to Médiamétrie data released Thursday.
A beautiful performance. During this evening event, dedicated to the national debate, LCI gathered from 20:45 to 00:30 citizens and politicians. And the show, co-animated by David Pujadas of LCI, Yves Threard du Figaro and Elisabeth Martichoux of RTL, allowed the news channel of the TF1 group to get the timbale of the audiences of TNT, with 664,000 viewers on average, or audience share of 3.9%, with a peak of more than 900,000 viewers in the process of being broadcast. A remarkable performance for TF1's little sister, who occupies channel 26, the penultimate place in TNT, and which became free in April 2016.
This is the second best historic evening for the channel, which had broken all its records at the end of November thanks to the first evening in public and live gathering "yellow vests" and elected, Yellow Vests: the big explanation . It had gathered 921,000 viewers on average, or a dda of 4.8%.