Audiences: 1 month after its launch, what assessment for “new day”, M6’s daily soap opera?

“New day” does not raise the crowds. Moreover, On Monday. Consequently, June 30, 2025, M6 embarked on the battle of daily soap operas with a new offer taken among others by Bruno Solo, Helena Noguerra, Laëtitia Milot and Jean-Baptiste Maunier. Therefore, The pilot made curious 1.54 million viewers – a score never equaled since – 8.6% of the public aged four and over between 8:42 p.m. Nevertheless, and 9:07 p.m. However, The audience share climbed up to 8.8% the next day on Tuesday, July 1.

Less than a million viewers and 5.9% of the public

After four consecutive episodes above the million viewers, “new day” slipped under this symbolic bar from episode 5. Moreover, Friday, July 4, barely 790,000 viewers (5.5% of the public) had started this first weekend of summer holidays in front of the soap. audiences: 1 month after its For example, The slight renewed interest, recorded on Tuesday July 7 (1.14 million viewers; 6.6% of the public). For example, was quickly erased from the tablets in view of the downward slope borrowed by “new day” on the days that followed.

At the worst time, barely 4.4% of the whole public aged four and over had been passionate about the episode of Monday July 14. The same week, the viewer audience reached what is currently its floor level (669,000 viewers on Friday July 18). Since then, “new day” has crossed the million million days in a row, on Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 July. But the embellished was short -lived: the audience share of the fiction has not been greater than 6 points. since the start of the week of July 28.

On average and in an audience watches, the first 23 episodes have filled 965.000 viewers, either 5,9% Individuals aged audiences: 1 month after its 4 and over. Last year. as a comparison, “family”, one episode of which will be broadcast after its new program to boost the access to six on August 4, diverted 1.67 million viewers and 9.4% of the public (July 8 – August 16, 2024). If we take into account the consolidated audience on D+7. which represents exactly 31% of the consumption of “new day”, 1,2 million Viewers have been convinced, according to M6, by this fiction propelled on front with “such a great sun”. A risky programming bet.

“Un so great sun” on France 3 folds the match for the moment

At the same time (June 30 – July 30. 2025) Indeed, the soap opera of the public service broadcast since the start of the school year last on France 3, after six years spent on France 2, gathered each evening 2,27 millions viewers at the same time, either 13,9% of the audiences: 1 month after its public (with a point at 15.4%, its season record, Friday July 11).

Surprisingly. the arrival of “New Day” has done good to “such a great sun”, including seasonal averages (September 9, 2024 – July 30, 2025) were so far at 2.30 million viewers and 12.0% of the public. It must be said that to respond to the arrival of “New Day”. France 3 had put all the odds on its side by changing its ordinary formula (a replay at 8:20 p.m. followed by an unpublished at 8:40 p.m.). During the installation of its competitor, the public channel has indeed drawn two unpublished ones at the aforementioned hours.

“New day” arrived in the game two weeks after “everything for light”, fourth daily French soap for the TF1 grid. After a month of broadcasting at 6 p.m. (June 16 – July 16, 2025), fiction, which has the particularity of being first proposed on Netflix, audiences: 1 month after its had loyal 850.000 viewers, either 9,9% of the public. According to data communicated by TF1, the program can count on D+7 on an average of 1.1 million viewers. The front page claims to gain a gain of 200. 000 viewers on average per episode on TF1+, its platform on which the soap is ranked in the top 5 of the most consumed programs without discontinuous.