There were three questions heading into the week of March 21-27 in terms of the Numeris’s tally of the Canadian Top-30 total results: how would the Oscars do? Where would the debut of Canada’s Got Talent land? Will Big Brother Canada chart? The answers are all positive for the 94th Annual Academy Awards. The three-hour,
More of the same as the usual imported and simulcast procedurals topped the March 14-20 list of most-watched shows across English Canada as tracked by Numeris. Last season’s No. 1 drama The Good Doctor bobbed back to the top of the list, edging out a strong showing by Survivor, No. 2 nationally but No. 1
It is tempting to simply list, every week, ten guesses as to what will be the most-watched shows in English Canada. It is a very predictable, and older-skewing list of American simulcasts and one news program.. The shows listed are almost all devoid of any buzz. This is a mom and pop list for people
The Rob Lowe firefighter drama 9-1-1: Lone Star continued to perform well across Canada this winter, topping all shows in terms of total audience ages 2+. Several other imported procedural dramas followed as schedules got more or less back to normal post-Olympics. Seven of the Top-10 were CTV shows, with Global claiming the other three
The closing week of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games impacted broadcast television viewership across English Canada. Not so much because Games coverage took over but because so many US procedural simulcasts were sidelined. Here is how the Top-10 TV shows performed the week of February 14 to 20 according to Numeris (average-minute-audience, 2+ totals): 9-1-1
“Doing better than we usually do,” is not the boast you used to hear from an Olympic broadcaster. The Beijing Games, however, presented all kinds of challenges this winter for both NBC in the States and CBC in Canada. (See photo above.) Still, CBC found several positives in the report they issued Tuesday after compiling
There was no surprise with Numeris’ weekly report of Top-30 TV shows in English Canada for the week of February 7 to 13: The Super Bowl was by far the biggest draw of the week, month and year. CTV drew a total audience of 7.225 million viewers for the telecast, with an additional 1.265 million
CBC’s coverage of the Beijing Winter Olympics fell short of the Top-10 podium in English Canada the week the Games began. The public network’s primetime re-broadcast of the opening ceremonies on Friday, Feb. 4 drew an average minute audience of 970,000 total 2+ viewers according to Numeris for a 14th place finish. The next highest