For the third week in a row we track how things are unfolding in Canada, ratings-wise and also content-wise, on Saturday nights. The third episode of Season 52 on Saturday Night Live, simulcast with NBC at 11:29 p.m. on CTV, continues on pace with how the series drew in previous years on Global. Host Shane
All things must pass, and so we are into the new reality on Saturday night’s in Canada. After 74 years, a tradition dating back to 1952, there are no more “free” Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts. Rogers no longer shares their primetime weekend showcase with the public broadcaster. Viewers instead can subscribe to Sportsnet to
Proof that Saturday Night Live is still appointment television in Canada came this past weekend. In much of the country, the 52nd season premiere of the series — and first ever on Bell/CTV — was bumped 16 minutes by a college football game overrun in the US. Hard to say if that will tackle CTV’s
Shocking revelation time: I was once a contestant on Big Brother Canada. Granted, it was a PR stunt where members of the press were gathered in the Big Brother house, so not for days and days although it seemed like it for the seven-and-a-half hours it took to kick me out. One of the other
According to overnight estimates, the World Cup final drew an average minute audience of over 5.5 million Canadian viewers on Bell Media platforms TSN and CTV. Of the total, 1,672,000 were estimated to have watched on the main broadcast network CTV. The game, won by Spain 1-0 over Argentina, may have been a one-sided yawn
Soccer beats hockey in Canada? Last Friday’s FIFA World Cup match between Canada and Herzegovina, on linear channels alone, drew an overnight, estimated, average minute audience of close to 3.9 million viewers. Most watched on TSN (2,899,000), others on CTV (910,000). An unknown number streamed the game on Crave, so expect the combined-combined total to
“Comedy is tragedy plus time.” Over the years, that famous quote has been attributed to several people: original Tonight Show host Steve Allen; Carol Burnett; Bob Newhart; even Woody Allen. All knew funny, that is for sure. The quote came back to me when I happened upon a YouTube video from the 82nd Annual Academy
The Super Bowl, held Feb. 8 in San Francisco, ranked as the second most-watched ever in America with an average minute audience of over 124.9 million viewers. How, you ask, did it do in Canada? In terms of same day estimates, and seen across Canada on a total of 31 CTV and TSN stations, the