[Medianext.MX]

Once again, BFM TV is live overnight, as 7 Jours BFM has been extended to midnight, with Week-end Direct filling the early overnight spots until 3h (at least). The channel is also working on a fast-turnaround special report (under the Ligne Rouge format) recapping the events of the past few hours, and will air sometime during the day.

LCI has mostly stuck today with its full-time Ukraine invasion coverage, but it is also live during a portion of overnight to cover the unrest fully. Another channel not known for serious news coverage, CNEWS, has been also been extending live programming up to 2h, both yesterday and today; additionally, its morning show began at 5h Friday.

Thanks to the protests, the 20h newscasts have been posting very high ratings during these few days: on Thursday, Gilles Bouleau on TF1 passed the 5 million barrier (29,2%, 5.18 million), whilst Anne-Sophie Lapix on France 2 got very close with 4,21 million viewers (23,8%). M6's 19h45 with Xavier de Moulins, not known for its serious news coverage too, did get an unusually high 2.13 million viewers (12,6%).

And, in the case of news channels, BFM TV got a boost with the unrests, getting a 5.4% rating and placing fifth in the general ranking, boosted in the demo with 7.7%, placing it in fourth in that group.

twitter.com