Isolating in home, Canadians are turning more and more to television to get them through this unchartered era. The March 30 to April 5 Numeris list of Top 30 programs in English Canada shows that the season finale of the import medical drama The Good Doctor soared over three million viewers on CTV. (The 2+
Tuesday night’s final episode of Schitt’s Creek drew an overnight, estimated CBC audience of 1,017,000 viewers. It was the sitcom’s highest overnight tally since the first season and CBC’s strongest draw in weeks. The hour-long farewell special that followed, “Best Wishes, Warmest Regards,” drew an additional 743,000 live, unconfirmed viewers from 8:30 p.m. ET to
ThinkTV is a Canadian media industry advocacy group dedicated to promoting commercial television. Rogers, Bell, Corus, CBC and Quebecor execs all sit on their board of directors. They do a lot of research valued by ad agencies. Their report this week shows what Canadians are watching during this time of isolation at home. The answer,
More Canadians are turning back live as Schitt’s Creek heads towards its final episode next Tuesday night. The six-year-old sitcom drew 640,000 this Tuesday in overnight estimates. This series does extremely well in Live+7 totals, so that live head start may be enough to vault it over the million mark once the Numeris Top-30 totals
By now, almost everybody in Canada should be isolating at home by now. How has that affected TV ratings? The assumption would be that, during the current pandemic, news channel numbers must be up year-to-year. In addition, with every major sports leagues sitting out the COVID-19 virus, TSN and Sportsnet channel ratings must be way
With regular sports programming out of the mix, one of television’s longest-running reality shows — along with COVID-19 coverage — seem to be getting a ratings boost. Here’s a look at Wednesday and Thursday overnights in English Canada: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 Global’s big night was topped by 20-year wonder Survivor playing to 1,843,000 according to
More and more Canadians are sticking close to home as they observe self-isolation during this pandemic. Has that led to a spike in TV ratings? A quick look at three days of overnight estimates shows that news viewership has jumped higher so far. Let’s start with last Sunday, March 15: CBC’s The National drew 640,000
Survivor — a.k.a. the Boston Rob Show — just keeps on thriving. Wednesday night, the 20-year-old CBS reality import scored an overnight, estimated 1,701,000 viewers on Global to take show of the night honours. It’s been the second or third most-watched show in English Canada in the last few Live+7 Top 30 Numeris rankings, too,