Tuesday night, France is going to the dogs. Dog, that is — Rex from Hudson & Rex — as the St. John’s-based, canine detective series travels off shore and into the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the French territory of the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Citytv airs the fall finale Tuesday at 8
On Tuesday, I posted a ratings report pertaining to last Saturday’s Hockey Night in Canada telecast. I’ve been challenged on some of the data, so, with an assist from the Sportsnet numbers crunchers, I’m taking another run at them here. Reporting on HNiC ratings is a bit tricky as the audience can be seen as
CTV enjoyed a decade of dominance in the English Canada weekly ratings race with their CBS import The Big Bang Theory — the tentpole that always stood tallest. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to assume that, without the Chuck Lorre sitcom, that dominance was in peril. The evidence is in with the release Tuesday
Final ratings across English Canada for the week of September 16 to 22 show the quiet before the full brunt of the new fall season launches. The most watched show of the week was The 71st Emmy Awards on CTV, drawing a Live+7 2+ average minute audience of 1,823,000 according to Numeris. That aired on
Fire up the tiki torch and pass the Doritos: Survivor beat The Masked Singer head-to-head in premiere week overnights in Canada. The 39th season, called Survivor: Island of the Idols and featuring past winners “Boston” Rob Mariano and Sandra Diaz-Twine, drew an overnight, estimated 1,497,000 viewers over its 90-minute season premiere. Global followed that up
It’s just days into the new season, but early indications show Tuesday will continue to be a strong night for Global. The Corus network stuck with a solid schedule from the season before, with cops and docs keeping a mainly older-skewing audience entertained. The overnight estimate from this Tuesday of premiere week saw Global move
The new fall TV season officially kicked off this week in English Canada. Which network got off to an early ratings lead? Global’s got it. The Corus-owned network had a strong start Monday in the overnights. Their revamped prime time lineup went like this: 9-1-1 returned at 8/7c with an estimated 1,469,000 followed by the
One of the more fascinating things I observed last week on location with Hudson & Rex was just how much Diesel was into his job. That would be Diesel vom Burgimwald, a magnificent, three-year-old german shepherd. He plays Rex on the series, which returns for its second season this Tuesday night at 8/7c on Citytv. I