Julien Pichené, with Solène Delinger
Guest of Philippe Vandel on Franceinfo on Tuesday February 27, Hugo Clément returned to the very disappointing audiences for his new show on France 2. Launched on February 7, “Our great decisions” is indeed struggling to find its audience.
The company magazine Our big decisions, presented by Hugo Clément on Wednesday in the second part of the evening on France 2, does not find its audience. Last week the show peaked at 375,000 viewers, or 4% of the public and less than 1% of the main target, that of housewives under 50.
“We can’t immediately have audience ratings”
Invited to Philippe Vandel’s microphone on Franceinfo on Tuesday February 27, Hugo Clément said that we “have to accept” these audiences, that “it’s the game”. “When you launch a weekly show on a slot that doesn’t exist, you can’t immediately get big audience ratings, especially on societal subjects like that, when there’s entertainment in front,” analyzes he.
A study launched by production
Production has launched a study to find out what’s wrong: is it the schedule? The concept ? Or the presenter himself? “We don’t commission a study to find out if we can sell this or that many shows, that’s not how it happens. We commission studies to find out what people think of the show, because It’s interesting to get people’s feedback. And it turns out that people find the show super interesting,” assures Hugo Clément. A fourth issue of our big decisions is planned for this Wednesday evening. For the future, a second round of four broadcasts was planned in April but everything will depend on the results of this study…