After handing out eleventy million-billion trophies over the past week, the 2026 Canadian Screen Awards also registered some impressive viewership numbers for Sunday’s televised gala.
The two-hour, film and television industry awards was carried by CTV (with 199,000 viewers), Global (166,000) and CBC (138,000) for a combined average minute audience of a little over half a million viewers in overnight estimates.
Choosing not to carry the salute was Rogers Sports and Media-owned Citytv, which stuck with Sunday night offerings The Price is Right Tonight (173,000) and an episode of Blue Skies (119,000).
A big, Canadian lead-in at 7 p.m. on CTV was an episode of Sullivan’s Crossing (714,000). Global set the table with a repeat episode of 60 Minutes (528,000).
Among the highlights Sunday: Dave Foley presented Mike Myers with the Academy Icon Award, and Eugene Levy paid tribute to his friend and fellow comedy legend, the late Catherine O’Hara.
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