"Chernobyl" makes an excellent audience, even if "Luther" is in front

"The public has evolved and is ready for series like

 " said Christine Bouillet, director of programming M6, in a recent interview with

.

And she got it right, since the HBO event, which aired Thursday night, had the best launch for an American series on the channel in five years, with 3.7 million viewers and a market share of 18, 5%.

By way of comparison, last week, M6 programmed the film

front of only 1.4 million people.

Despite this very good result, the channel did not impose itself at the top of Thursday's audiences, and left first place to TF1 with its new fiction

.

This remake of the cult English series attracted 3.9 million viewers for an audience share of 19.1%.

That's not bad, even though

was doing more than double a week earlier.

Note that on the target of women purchasing managers under the age of fifty, M6 beats TF1 at 30% against 15%.

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