Some overnight observations about the second Monday of the new season:Two and a Half Men is still kicking ass in two countries. Part Two of the super-hyped Ashton Kutcher opener drew 20.5 million viewers Monday night on CBS and another 2,140,000 over on CTV Two. CTV bounced it to its sister stations to make room
Sunday it was all CTV with The Amazing Race roaring back with 2,871,000 viewers. The eighth and final season premiere of Desperate Housewives drew 1,744,000 at 9 with the new retro drama Pan Am taking off with 1,908,000 passengers. Flashpoint opened the night at 7 with 658,000 overnight, estimated viewers.Pan Am‘s lofty debut allowed CTV
CHICAGO–How did a nice girl from Toronto wind up as a Playboy bunny?The question was put to Leah Renee, one of the stars of the new NBC/City drama The Playboy Club, airing Monday nights at 10 p.m. The red-haired actress, who did cartoon voice work throughout her teenage years (primarily as Beaver on Franklin), seems
Bazinga! As expected The Big Bang Theory came back big with overnight estimated Thursday night audiences of 3,718.000 and 4,053,000 on CTV. Grey’s Anatomy (2,313,000) was another big winner for the Canadian private broadcaster.An out-of-simulcast pre-release of the new remake of Charlie’s Angels managed 955,000 at 7 p.m. on CTV.Over at sister station CTV Two,
A couple of shockers as the Fall Season unfolds. The X Factor, the new talent search series featuring Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul, is no Death Star. The Fox reality show was expected to duplicate its success in The U.K. and dominate ratings in America but, based on opening night, it fell short of X-pectations.CTV
Earlier this week, Global sent out about a hundred women wearing dark hats and glasses onto the streets of Toronto. Some sort of Blues Brothers marathon on TV? A salute to Fedora the Explorer? No, it was to remind all of us to watch their new crime import Prime Suspect, premiering Thursday night at 10
Gee. When Sesame Street returns for a 42nd season Monday (check local PBS listings), it’s brought to you by the letter G, as in Glee. The Muppets nail the high school musical as seen in the above YouTube clip (flagged at The Hollywood Reporter). Its a clever, spot-on parody, goofing on Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’
Glee seems to be dancing in two different directions depending on where you watch it.In Canada Tuesday night, the high school musical returned strong with a third season debut of 2,022,000 overnight, estimated Global viewers. That should translate into 20 million American, but instead the total on Fox was less than half of that–8.9 million