He’s got a right to sing the blues Reruns, presidential speeches, All Star games and dull award shows were all part of an in-between week, the usual lull before the February sweeps. In the mix, American Idol showed surprising resiliency in Season 10. Here’s how the shows performed Jan. 24 to 30 in Canada, among 2+
New Idol judge Jack Sparrow Jr. At this point, with Simon gone and the series shifted onto a new night in its 10th season, American Idol doesn’t seem to need any help shedding viewers. The talent search series got off to its lowest start ever in the United States with an overnight, estimated audience of 26.23 million, a
Back from the TCA press tour and back on schedule with this weekly Canadian ratings report. Look what made it to No. 1–CTV’s Sunday broadcast of the Golden Globes (featuring human hand grenade Ricky Gervais). Nothing succeeds on TV like celebrities having their pants pulled down in public. Here’s a look at how all the top shows
Really? You care about ratings this week? Tons of pre-emptions and Christmas programming rendered the usual Monday to Sunday recap pointless. Nevertheless, a few numbers pop out:Sunday’s opening game in the WJHC: 2.94 million viewers on TSN. The Canada-Russia tilt was up 23% from last year’s already lofty hockey numbers.George Stroumboulopoulos’ The Hour I’ll Never
Evan Soloman, Michael Ignatieff and Mark Critch in festive 22 Minutes finale Two CBC shows enjoyed strong finales this week: 22 Minutes and Being Erica. 22 Minutes has earned a shot at a 18th season with a higher season average than it achieved last year. More in doubt is Erica‘s fate. Will a late rally be enough
A Heartland Christmas draws 1.4 million Oddities always emerge as the year winds down and schedules enter full holiday shut down mode. CBC’s special celebrating 400 years of Coronation Street drew fewer viewers than the series regularly draws. Blimey! A special, two-hour Heartland Christmas episode was a winner, lassoing over 1.4 million viewers. A look at
Dating Racers Thomas Wolfard and Jill Haney Take Battle of the Blades and especially Dancing with the Stars out of the equation and the weekly Top-30 in Canada becomes a very different Race. Here’s how it all played out Nov. 29- Dec. 5 among Canadians 2+ according to overnight estimates: MONDAYThe departure of Dancing with the Stars and Blades led to
CFL on TSN panel Chris Schulz, Dave Randorf, Matt Dunigan and Jock Climie Has TSN become Canada’s second most-watched network? It comes close overall as the sports channel broke a few tackles to claim the No. 1 show of the week, the 98th Annual Grey Cup. The CFL championship averaged close to 5 million viewers on TSN