With a little help from judge Don Cherry, the second Sunday of Battle of the Blades drew 1,562,000 viewers (according to BBM Canada overnight estimates). That’s a drop of over 20% from the week before, but there was a lot of competition–and not just from Thanksgiving dinners.Blades finished as the third highest-rated show of the
The one thing Bob Probert‘s kids told him about his taking part in Battle of the Blades was this: do not get kicked off first. As they said to him, “We’ve got to go to school the next day.”Well, turns out, Bob (and ice dance partner Kristina Lenko) did indeed get the initial boot. But,
Let the head scratching begin. The Border drew 497,000 for it’s third season premiere Thursday night, according to BBM Canada overnight estimates. It was a great episode and was well promoted. Why the drop from last year’s average? Why no PPM bump?Ratings are up 23% for broadcasters so far this fall according to BBM Canada
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