How low can she go? Being Erica was down to 478,000 viewers last night, a new low for the second week in a row. That switch to Wednesday was supposed to give Erica a boost behind the more compatible female skewing reality series The Week The Women Went (720,000 last night). Instead, Erica continues to
Miss those analog signals much? This week’s big signal scamarama is the hot topic on my weekly radio chat with CHML’s Scott Thompson. Yup, the U.S. gov’t has auctioned off the old analog TV signals they forced stations to give up for $19 billion dollars. Nineteen BILLION!!! That’s almost enough to float a Chrysler bail
How much is ten minutes with U.S. president Barack Obama worth? Last night it was worth 1,082,000 viewers to The CBC National News.CBC anchor Peter Mansbridge‘s experience and story sense showed as he tackled that toughest of assignments–ten minutes with a red hot media superstar on their turf. Add all those White House security clearances
Gas has finally gone down in recent weeks. No, not at the pump (although why not? The barrel price keeps dropping). I’m talking ratings for CTV’s soon-to-depart sitcom Corner Gas.A new episode scored 782,000 Total CTV viewers this Monday night according to BBM/NMR overnight estimates.That would make Monday’s episode the first original to miss that
History was made last night on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Yes, they froze The Masterbating Bear.In carbonite, the same thing they did to Hans Solo in that Star Wars movie.Putting the bear on ice is just one of the things O’Brien is doing as he brings his series to a close. There are just
Flashpoint continues to be the success story in Canadian drama. According to overnight estimates, the Toronto-lensed sniper series pulled 1,292,000 Total CTV viewers this past Friday at 9, the highest score of the night. CTV’s Ghost Whisperer was second overall with 1,184,000 viewers at 8. CBC’s Rick Mercer repeat drew 599,000, with Marketplace kicking in
Hey, who turned out the lights? Today’s the day Uncle Sam starts pulling the plug on analog, over the air transmissions. What that means is that if you live in the States and still pull TV signals off an antenna or rabbit ears on an older TV set, you’ll be looking at a screen full
Don’t snuff out that Global tiki torch just yet. Survivor roared back for the 18th time, bringing 2,008,000 viewers last night to Global according to BBM/NMR overnight commercial estimates.The new edition, Survivor Tocantins, is the second to be broadcast in high definition and damn if those breathtaking Brazilian vistas don’t look amazing. Why Mark Burnett