Audiences: record for France 2’s “20 Heures” with Laurent Delahousse facing Raphaël Glucksmann

This is perhaps a positive signal about French interest in politics. Still seven months before the first round of the 2027 presidential election but audiences are already increasing. This Sunday, October 11, 2026, the figures from the 8 p.m. television news on France 2 speak for themselves. And they are all the more interesting since the Socialist Party debate, broadcast on the same channel a few days ago, barely attracted more than 2 million viewers.

The left-wing primary, which saw the nomination thanks to 66% of the votes of the Public Place candidate, Raphaël Glucksmann, seems to have changed the situation. It remains to be seen whether this interest will continue until the first round of the electoral meeting, on April 18.

In the wake of his victory against Emmanuel Maurel, Ségolène Royal, Olivier Faure and Jérôme Guedj, Léa Salamé's companion responded to Laurent Delahousse's invitation to come and share his satisfaction, his recognition and some major ideas from his campaign on the set of “20 Heures” on France 2. We learned from their interview some strong declarations, such as: “I'm going to break the armor, but you know, I have a deep conviction. “This historic moment is a tipping point,” in response to the journalist who questioned him, without any particular malice but because many French people think so, about his lack of charisma.

And on his ability to fight against a Jean-Luc Mélenchon or a Marine Le Pen. Thanks to him, the edition of “20 Heures” recorded its second best score of the season, with 4.16 million viewers ahead of France 2, or 22.6% of the public aged four and over (4+). A record compared to the program's average audiences, which vary around 3 million pairs of eyes.

Audiences all the more satisfactory since TF1, although generally the big leader in this area, lost 200,000 viewers over a week. Anne-Claire Coudray’s “20 Hour News” yesterday recorded its worst score since the start of the school year: 5.28 million people, or 28.7% of the public (4+). Following her diary, Anne-Claire Coudray received Gabriel Attal in “Route nationale”, a new meeting counting down to the 2027 Presidential election with all the candidates.

Summary of the evening “JT” audiences on Sunday October 11, 2026: TF1 and Anne-Claire Coudray’s “20 Heures”: 5.28 million viewers, or 28.7% of the public; France 2 and Laurent Delahousse’s “8 p.m.”: 4.16 million people, or 22.6% of the public; M6 and Ashley Chevalier’s “19.45”: 2.45 million people, or 14.1% of the public; France 3 and “Ici 19/20 - Regional Journal”: 1.78 million viewers, evening 12% of viewers.