The most watched Rai 3 program that leaves public TV. Thanks Warner Bros. Discovery, which makes its bet on Fabio Fazio. And in the end Mediaset is also smiling. Because, as elaborated by Studio Frasi, between the seven days of the week it is Sunday prime time that marks the greatest distance between Rai and Mediaset ratings (+1.8 million for the public service). And “Che Tempo Che Fa” was the banner of those ratings.
One stop after 20 years
With the passage of Fabio Fazio to Warner Bros. Discovery, for a new program that will see him as the protagonist on the Nove in the autumn, almost 40 years of militancy of Fazio in Rai and 20 years of the talk show “Che Tempo Che Fa” come to a close. guaranteed to Rai listeners of all respect in over 1,200 episodes, including exceptional guests and exclusive interviews, from Pope Francis to Barack Obama up to Pele.
A share of 11.8 percent
The elaborations of Studio Frasi on Auditel data testify to a program “Che Tempo Che Fa” which in the course of 2023 has so far produced an average audience of 2.4 million viewers for a share of 11.8 percent. In fact, Fabio Fazio’s program is the most watched of the third Rai network, followed by “Chi l’ha visto” (1.9 million). All for a Rai Tre that has an average prime time of 1.4 million and a share of 7%.
The Sunday that distances Rai from Mediaset
On balance, the sixteen episodes aired so far of Fabio Fazio’s program occupy the top fifteen positions among the most watched programs on Rai3. In sixteenth place there is an episode of “Report” followed by one of “Chi l’ha visto” and then again “Che tempo che fa”. «Among the seven days of the week – explains Francesco Siliato, media analyst of Studio Frasi – it is the first evening on Sunday that marks the greatest distance between Rai and Mediaset ratings with +1.8 million for the public service. Even higher, at +2.9 million, is the advantage of the public service considering the audience produced by the three general interest networks Rai and Mediaset».
For Nine a share of 2.1 percent
Fabio Fazio will therefore be welcomed by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publisher which with its eighteen channels produces an audience of 1.4 million viewers in prime time for a 6.8% share. Leading the channel audience is Nove, the free-to-air channel of the media group, with 438,000 average viewers in prime time for a 2.1 percent share. Nove’s flagship program is “Fratelli di Crozza, which closed the season on Friday evening with an average of 1.1 million viewers for a 5.6 percent share.