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French TV ratings and programming shifts Aug-Sept 2026

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French broadcasters continued to rely on reruns and schedule adjustments through August 2026. In July, France 2 led national television audiences with a 17.0% share, surpassing TF1’s 16.3%. During early August, reruns drove significant viewership. TF1’s broadcast of ‘Camping Paradis’ on 3 August attracted up to 2.26 million viewers. France 2 saw success with a Laurent Gerra special (1.75 million viewers) and the game show ‘Tout le monde veut prendre sa place’. France 3’s reruns of ‘Rex’ and ‘Slam’ also drew over 1 million viewers each. Major sporting events necessitated programming shifts. To accommodate the European Athletics Championships, France 2 paused ‘Tout le monde veut prendre sa place’ from 10 to 15 August. Upon its return, the show recorded 1.43 million viewers with a 20.7% market share on 24 August. ~~While the show saw a slight weekly audience decline, its market share increased by 0.5 points compared to the previous week.~~ As the end-of-summer season commenced on 31 August, networks launched new programming. In the late-afternoon talk-show slot, Cyril Hanouna’s show on W9 led with 1.18 million viewers (6.9% share), narrowly beating Yann Barthès’s ‘Quotidien’ on TMC, which averaged 1.10 million viewers (6.8% share). Barthès saw a peak of 1.51 million viewers during a segment featuring Camille Cottin. In prime-time, TF1 aired a new episode of ‘Camping Paradis’ titled ‘Coups de cœur au Paradis’, which drew approximately 3.00 million viewers, though it trailed M6’s ‘L’amour est dans le pré’. ~~Additionally,~~ W9 also launched the tenth season of ~~the adventure reality show~~ ‘Les Apprentis Aventuriers’, featuring new rules ~~regarding~~ where contestants must earn pearls for food and ~~comfort.”~~ comfort. On 3 September, France 2’s season premiere of ‘Envoyé spécial’, hosted by Élise Lucet, saw lower viewership, drawing 883,000 viewers (5.9% market share). The program ranked fourth in its time slot, trailing TF1, France 3, and M6.

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