Early data released by CBC measured how many Canadians watched peak moments of Sunday’s Winter Olympics gold medal game between Canada and the United States. As for the average minute audience for the entire game, it drew 7.8 million across English & French TV (CBC, TSN, Sportsnet, ICI TÉLÉ, RDS). That is a huge audience for
It stings to settle for silver — twice — when the gold came down to an overtime bounce. Whatever the outcome, Canadians came out in record numbers to root for the home side. Take the 2026 Milano Cortina Women’s Hockey Gold Medal Game. According to Numeris, the match up, which aired last Friday in the
Fifty years ago this month, the Canada vs USSR eight game hockey tournament of 1972 galvanized the nation. One of the standouts for Team Canada was Montreal Canadiens defenseman Serge Savard. While TV ratings were an even more inexact science back then, it is estimated that 16 million Canadians, out of a nation of 22
The closing week of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games impacted broadcast television viewership across English Canada. Not so much because Games coverage took over but because so many US procedural simulcasts were sidelined. Here is how the Top-10 TV shows performed the week of February 14 to 20 according to Numeris (average-minute-audience, 2+ totals): 9-1-1
Last Sunday afternoon I checked to see if there was a late NFL football game on Fox. Instead, commentators were making a big deal out of bowling. I thought I was back in 1968. Chubby, middle-aged guys named “Chip” and “The Hammer” (names are approx; don’t make me look them up) were being touted as
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson wanted to know if anybody is watching the Stanley Cup playoffs. They certainly are when Montreal is involved. The Habs-Bruins Game Seven tilt drew 4.56 million overnight, estimated viewers last week and their sixth match scored 3.67M. West coast games,however, have been struggling to crack the million mark and even
Strombo shows off apple corer picked up on HSC With all the TV and film folk in Toronto attending the “Needies,” the rumour mill has been busier than Martin Short making up a big awards show production number on the spot.Among the hot gossip reaching Brampton is this tidbit, apparently to be confirmed Monday: Goodbye,
Hey, anybody remember hockey? The fastest game on earth? Little round disc, guy with loud jackets?Seems if the players aren’t wearing blue and white sweaters with little leaves on them, a lot of us just don’t care. The ratings for the second round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs have been astonishingly low.How low? A