Deception for France 2. The JT presented by Anne-Sophie Lapix had hit a big blow by getting a 40-minute post-G7 interview recorded outdoors in Biarritz with President Emmanuel Macron. An interview followed by 4.5 million French, or 24% of the public. A disappointing score that did not allow France 2 to advance the 20 hours of TF1, which has collected 4.9 million people and nearly 27% of the public.
The previous face-to-face televised Emmanuel Macron took place in November 2018, in full crisis of the "yellow vests", in the 20 hours of TF1, against Gilles Bouleau. At the time, 6.3 million French had followed this interview, or 1.8 million additional people. In April 2018, this time on BFM-TV, 3.8 million viewers had followed the interview of the President of the Republic by the duo composed of Jean-Jacques Bourdin and Edwy Plenel. The same week, the Head of State had granted an interview to Jean-Pierre Pernaut in the 13 hours of TF1. An interview followed by 6.4 million people. Further, in December 2017, during the last interview given by the President of the Republic to France 2, the interview between Laurent Delahousse and Emmanuel Macron had gathered 5.7 million viewers.
France 2 completes the podium with its polar "Inside"
Regarding the hearings of the evening, the channels had unsheathed Monday evening their first big cartridges of the season. And it's M6 that won the bet with the launch of season 14 of L'Amour is in the meadow . 3.6 million French or 18.5% of the public spent the evening with Karine Le Marchand and its farmers. A good score for the 6, which knows however a slight decrease compared to last year. TF1 is in second position with a new unprecedented episode of his series Josephine, Guardian Angel . 3.4 million viewers spent the evening with Mimie Mathy, representing 17.4% of the audience.
France 2 completes the podium, with its polar Inside . 3.2 million viewers followed this new mini-series event with Beatrice Dalle. France 3 follows with a replay of the French comedy Wasabi with Jean Reno, which gathered 1.9 million people, or 9.2% of the public.