Audiences: what score for “the hidden face of the man in black”, documentary by Audrey Crespo-Mara on Thierry Ardisson on J+7 on TF1?

Two days after the death of Thierry Ardisson. on July 14, 2025 at the age of 76, TF1 had upset his programs to pay tribute to the producer and broadcast “the hidden face of the man in black”. This unpublished documentary had found an echo from 1.40 million viewers on Wednesday July 16 between 10:52 p.m. and 0.44 am, according to Médiamétrie. This represented in this time box 20.1% of the whole of the public aged four and over, 18.6% of 25-49 year olds and 19.0% of women responsible for purchases under the age of 50 (FRDA-50).

A third of the documentary’s hearing comes from TF1+

Seven days after its broadcast on the front page. the documentary has garnered 724.000 Additional viewers on TF1+, learned Pupil. In a consolidated audiences: what score “the hidden audience, the program, produced by concert by Elephant* and Audrey companies, has moved 2,13 millions of viewers.

This colossal gain of viewers – 34.0% of the program’s audience comes from the replay – has energized the audience shares on all targets. Throughout the public aged four and over, the audience share increases from 20.1% to 26.6%. That on the FRDA-50 earns 10.9 points (29.9% instead of 19.0% on D+1). The youngest have also largely consumed in replay this program which reaches 28.0% on 25-49 year olds (+ 9 points versus J+ 1), 26.0% on 15-34 year olds (+ 11 points versus J-1) and 25.0% on 15-24 year olds (+ 9 points versus J-1).

In this unprecedented documentary. the host of “Everyone talks about it” on France 2 and “93, Faubourg Saint-Honoré” in Paris Première, diagnosed with liver cancer 12 years earlier, put a look at the chapters of his life with audiences: what score “the hidden his wife Audrey Crespo-Mara, TF1 journalist one last time.

*Elephant is a company of the Webedia group, itself publisher of Puremedias