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Best perf came from show's sixth episode, No. 2 in the ratings with nearly 12.9 million viewers, a 53.1% audience share.
Show was penned by Franck Olivier, who is working on TF1's Gallic adaptation of "Law and Order: Criminal Intent."
Feature "Spider-Man," at No. 12, was one of 11 Hollywood films to make it into the top 100. The top-rated U.S. show was a never-before-seen episode of "Columbo." "CSI: Miami" was the only contempo U.S. series in the chart, ranking 44th with nearly 9.4 million viewers, a 36% audience share.
All of those shows aired on TF1, which as ever maintained its domination of the yearly ratings chart, notching 97 of the top 100 shows.
A World Cup soccer match between France and Cyprus drew the biggest audience, garnering 13.3 million viewers, a 50.4% share.
TF1's newscasts were such consistent ratings winners that researcher Mediametrie included only one in its annual chart. The 8 p.m. bulletin of Nov. 5, during France's suburban riots, drew the third best audience of the year with nearly 12.7 million viewers, a 46.7% share. In all, 56 of TF1's nightly newscasts were watched by more than 10 million viewers.
