{"id":4195,"date":"2012-09-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/09\/10\/weekend-ratings-roundup-western-europe-prime-time\/"},"modified":"2012-09-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T00:00:00","slug":"weekend-ratings-roundup-western-europe-prime-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/09\/10\/weekend-ratings-roundup-western-europe-prime-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Ratings Roundup: Western Europe Prime Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">PREMIUM: <em>World Screen Newsflash<\/em> recaps the big hits in prime-time on the major free-to-air broadcasters in France, Germany, Italy and Spain this weekend, which included several World Cup qualifiers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><strong>FRANCE<\/strong><br \/>\nOn Friday, <em>CSI: Miami<\/em> on TF1 topped the day with 5.596 million viewers and a share of 23.9 percent. M6 was second with the World Cup soccer qualifier between France and Finland (4.941 million\/21.4 percent). On Saturday, TF1&#8217;s light-entertainment show <em>Les enfants de la t&eacute;l&eacute; <\/em>was number one with 3.352 million viewers and a share of 19.8 percent. M6 was second with the U.S. series <em>FBI <\/em>(2.64 million\/13.8 percent) and France 3 third with detective show <em>Enqu&ecirc;tes r&eacute;serv&eacute;es<\/em>  at 2.326 million\/12.2 percent. On Sunday, French President Fran&ccedil;ois Hollande was the star attraction. TF1&rsquo;s interview with him pulled 9.9 million viewers and a share of 41.1%.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">GERMANY<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><br \/>\nOn Friday, football won the day for ZDF as the qualifier between Germany and the Faroe Islands drew 7.87 million viewers and a share of 28.2 percent. RTL came second with the local version of <em>Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em>(4.84 million\/17.5 percent). On Saturday, the biggest audience of the day by far was late-night boxing (11:15 p.m. start) on RTL. Vitaly Klitschko&rsquo;s heavyweight bout against Manuel Charr pulled 8.75 million viewers and 43.6 percent share. The prime-time winner was a special anniversary edition of ZDF&rsquo;s children&rsquo;s game show <em>1, 2 oder 3 <\/em>with 3.77 million\/14.9 percent. On Sunday, ARD 1&rsquo;s long-running cop show <em>Tatort <\/em>was number one with 7.53 million and a 23.3 percent share. ZDF did well with TV movies <em>Johanna und der Buschpilot<\/em> at 5.03 million\/15.6 percent, while ProSieben showed the U.S. feature <em>Prince of Persia (<\/em>3.10 million \/ 10.1 percent). The afternoon F1 race was RTL&rsquo;s strongest performer Sunday with 4.6 million and a 35.1-percent share.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">ITALY<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><br \/>\nOn Friday, football was numero uno. RAI 1&rsquo;s telecast of Bulgaria versus Italy drew 7.048 million viewers and a share of 30.7 percent. RAI 2 aired two repeat episodes of <em>NCIS<\/em> (the highest was 2.333 million\/10.43 percent). Rete 4 did decently with the current-affairs show <em>Quarto grado<\/em> (<em>Fourth Degree<\/em>) pulling 2.017 million\/10.53 percent. On Saturday, RAI 1 topped prime time with kiddie talent show <em>Ti lascio una canzone<\/em> with 3.776 million viewers and a share of 20.75 percent. On RAI 2 the premiere of French police show <em>Castle<\/em> earned 1.972 million and 9.77 percent, followed by the premiere of U.S. series <em>Body of Proof<\/em> with 1.707 million and 8.52 percent. On Sunday, the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix on RAI 1 in the afternoon pulled the biggest audience of the day with 8.707 viewers and a share of 51.85 percent. Canale 5 won prime time with U.S. blockbuster <em>Avatar<\/em> (4.300 million\/21.62 percent), just beating the build-up to the first night of the Miss Italia contest on RAI 1 (4.238 million\/20.12 percent). RAI 2 showed U.S. series <em>NCIS<\/em> (2.518 million) and <em>Hawaii 5-0<\/em> (2.204 million) back-to-back.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">SPAIN<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><br \/>\nOn Friday, TVE 1 won the day as the football friendly between Spain and Saudi Arabia delivered 3.218 million viewers and a share of 23 percent. On Saturday, Antena 3 won prime time with the U.S. feature film <em>The Lincoln Lawyer<\/em> with 2.134 million viewers and a 17 percent share. On Sunday, the F1 race in the afternoon on Antena 3 was number one of the day with 4.778 million and a share of 42.7 percent. Light-entertainment show <em>Aida<\/em> on Telecinco won prime time (3.315 million \/ 19.3 percent) and TVE1 was second with the U.S. feature film <em>Next<\/em> (3.124 million\/18.4 percent).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PREMIUM: World Screen Newsflash recaps the big hits in prime-time on the major free-to-air broadcasters in France, Germany, Italy and Spain this weekend, which included several World Cup qualifiers. FRANCE On Friday, CSI: Miami on TF1 topped the day with 5.596 million viewers and a share of 23.9 percent. 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