Another huge night of numbers in Canada as Hockey Night in Canada body checked its way into the ratings race. Game One between old rivals Toronto and Montreal scored 2,508,000 viewers Thursday according to BBM Canada overnight estimates. That a lot of hockey fans even in a PPM world (where live news and sporting events
Season Two of Star Wars: The Clone Wars premieres tonight at 8:30 p.m. on Teletoon. I posted last week about my trip west to the George Lucas’ spectacular “Big Rock” Ranch where I mingled with the voice stars, directors and producers of this well-animated action spin off. Read more about the actual show itself, as
Well, there go all the Sarah Palin jokes. David Letterman‘s stunning revelation on Thursday night’s show that he had been the victim of an extortion plot is sure to make plenty of Top 10 lists this morning.Many Letterman fans will shrug off news that, over an unspecified time, the 62-year-old host had sex with female
Over 1.3 million Canadians bought into the CBC venture capitalist reality series Dragon’s Den Wednesday night. The fourth season premiere was the highest-rated episode in the series history.Dragon’s Den reruns have been breathing fire for weeks leading into the series return. While interest in the series was already keen, it probably doesn’t hurt that BBM
In case you missed it last night, here’s Madonna‘s visit with David Letterman. She was carried into the Ed Sullivan Theater by ten members of the New York Rangers (including Elisha Cuthbert cad Sean Avery), who had read the night’s Top Ten List. “Have you ever ridden hockey players before?” Dave had to ask.Madge and
The last CHML TV Talk Radio Chat of the month focuses in on a TV event completely overlooked here up until now: Ken Burns’ documentary series The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. The six-part, 12-hour series resumes tonight at 8/7c on your local PBS affiliate with “Going Home” (1920-33). The series runs until Oct. 2.Burns
Rick Mercer roared back with 1,295,000 CBC viewers last night, the best start-of-season numbers for the topical comedy series to date.The seventh season opener, featuring a B.C. bungee jump with Man in Motion Rick Hansen, was well over last season’s average of about a million viewers a week according to BBM Canada overnight estimates. The
Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane–it’s more sky high Personal People Meter numbers.Are Canadians really this hungry for House? The new season‘s second episode drew 3,440,000 Global viewers Monday night according to overnight estimates from BBM Canada. As tabulated under the new PPM methods–introduced one month ago–that makes it more