How did House become, almost over night in it’s sixth season, the most-watched TV show in Canada? Because it probably has been for years.It has everything to do with the new way viewers are counted in Canada. The difference are those Portable People Meters and I have a feature all about them up now on
The Border returns tonight at 9 p.m. on CBC, the last of the CBC series launches for now. The action hour is entering a third season, a critical time for most shows. It`s been around long enough for editors to say, “What else ya got?” when guys like me are pitching features, not long enough
That lacklustre second episode of Being Erica may have taken the wind out of the series’ strong start.Episode three aired Tuesday night and drew only 461,000 viewers nationally according to BBM Canada overnight estimates. Here is Erica‘s three week tally so far this second season:Week One (Sept. 22): 495,000Week Two (Sept. 29): 793,000Week Three (Oct.
How have the Letterman headlines affected Dave’s ratings in Canada? Thanks for asking. Here is the BBM Canada overnight estimated snapshot of the Greater Toronto Area from Tuesday night:Late Show with David Letterman (OMNI1, 11:35 p.m.) 80,000 viewers 2+The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (CTV, 12:05 a.m.) 30,000The Colbert Report (CTV, 12:35 a.m.) 25,000The Hour
This week’s podcast with CHML’s Scott Thompson touches on–what else?–David Letterman and the on-going Late Show intrigue.Letterman’s ratings, to no one’s surprise, are way up. As Tonight Show guest Drew Carey said to Conan O’Brien late last week, “Why am I even here? Everybody’s going to be watching Letterman.”The Associated Press has been hammering away
Keep meaning to flag That’s So Weird, a new ‘tween sketch show continuing Wednesdays at 7:30 on YTV.Had the pleasure of attending a taping several months ago at the old St. Francis of Assisi Catholic school at Dundas and Bathurst in Toronto. The “retired” school is still owned by the school board and has been
Sick and tired of all the Letterman intrigue in late night already? Craig Ferguson and the Craigettes show they are ready to dance away from it all in Tuesday night’s gloriously silly MMMBop opener:
Holy crap–did everybody in Canada just suddenly decide to start watching television again? Those amazing Portable People Meters spiked ratings again Monday night with Global’s House tops overall with 3,407,000 viewers according to BBM Canada overnight estimates. Other biggies: CTV’s Dancing with the Stars performance show 2,148,000, CSI: Miami 2,251,000, CTV National News at 11