French series are now in the ranking of the best fiction audiences of the small screen, ahead of Anglo-Saxon series. A television phenomenon that remains to be nuanced when we take into account the immense impact of platforms.

"We went from single to double," says Anne Holmes, director of French fiction at France Télévisions. Vortex, Black Track or the Prisoner Island have reached five million viewers in prime time recently. Since September, France TV series have been 82 times leaders.