For the third week in a row, one french lauguage show in Quebec outdrew everything in English Canada according to Numeris’ weekly Top 30 list of broadcast offerings.
For the week of November 29 – December 5, that series was District 31 on SRC. The serialized police drama, which airs Mondays through Thursdays, averaged 1,802,000 Quebec viewers over four nights. (All shows measured in terms of average-minute audience, total viewers 2+).
That was 73,000 more viewers than those watching 9-1-1 on Global, which Numeris found to be the most-watched show in English Canada over the same week.
In a week of half-season finales leading into a month of holiday specials, here is how the usual Top-10 simulcast suspects fared:
- 9-1-1 (Global) Mon 1,724,000
- Blue Bloods (CTV) Fri 1,630,000
- CSI: Vegas (Global) Wed 1,608,000
- Survivor (Global) Wed 1,562,000
- The Rookie (CTV) Sun 1,552,000
- CTV Evening News (CTV) MTWTF 1,482,000
- NCIS (Global) Mon 1,477,000
- The Masked Singer (CTV) Wed 1,445,000
- Young Sheldon (CTV) Thurs 1,432,000
- Magnum P.I. (CTV) Fri 1,370,000
The week before the Grey Cup, a Sunday night CFL playoff game drew 1,117,000 TSN viewers, 13th on the national Numeris list. Tops in hockey was a Wednesday night NHL game on Sportsnet National, netting 1,053,000 and 18th overall. A Hockey Night in Canada prime East game drew 838,000 on CBC on a Saturday, finishing 23rd. Rogers’ Hometown Hockey played to 763,000 on Monday of that week on Sportsnet National, ranking 28th.
In the Toronto-Hamilton area, hockey finished 1, 2 and 5 for the week with the Toronto Maple Leafs drawing 411,000 regionally on Saturday’s early CBC tilt. A Wednesday night game on Sportsnet Ontario drew 408,000 and TSN’s NHL Leafs Hockey on Sunday pulled 345,000 fans.
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The police drama S.W.A.T returned strong in 14th spot with 1,097,000 Global viewers. Two Fall rookie imports, Ghosts on Global (1,080,000) and La Brea on CTV (1,078,000), finished 16th and 17th for the week.
The W Network Sunday at 6 movie, a Hallmark pickup titled “The Nine Kittens of Christmas” (directed by podcast guest David Winning), drew 821,000. The B.C. production took 24th spot.
With Hudson & Rex and Murdoch Mysteries off for a week, no Canadian scripted shows made the national or Toronto-Hamilton lists.
