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
Charlie Sheen (middle) makes an ash of himself on Two and a Half Men Continuing the dick jokes from last night’s Two and a Half Men, knew it would be huge, but that big? CTV scored an overnight, estimated audience of 4,906,000 viewers across Canada for the ninth season premiere of Two and a Half
Can’t imagine Monday’s season premiere of Two and a Half Men picked up more than two and a half new fans.It’s no surprise that the half hour comedy is vulgar and crude. The series has always been a winking nod to Sheen’s own bad boy persona. Right from the opening funeral scene, however, there was
Yes, The 63rd annual Emmy Awards was a big winner for CTV Sunday night, drawing 2,336,000 overnight, estimated viewers. That blunted CBC’s Battle of the Blades (1,195,000) but didn’t knock the third season premiere (or competitors Tessa Bonhomme and David Pelletier, right) off the ice.More rocked was CBC’s new talent reality series Cover Me Canada, which