Poor ratings aren’t always what kills a TV series. Case in point: Motive, returning for a fourth and final season Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET on CTV. The Vancouver-based Howdunit pulls a steady 1.2 million viewers a week no matter when it is plunked down on CTV’s schedule. Given that it is 100% Canadian content,
Because it gives away the “who,” Motive was sold as a “how-dunit” rather than a whodunit.Now that it has been renewed for a second season, it’s an it-dunit.The season finale airs Thursday night at 10/9c on CTV.The Vancouver-based drama launched Feb. 3 (directly after CTV’s power-out delayed Super Bowl coverage), opening to 1,354,000 total viewers (Live+7).
Main Motive-ators Louis Ferreira, Kristin Lehman and Brendan Penny CTV’s new “Whydunit” drime drama Motive starts tonight around 10 p.m. ET, immediately following the Super Bowl.I though the pilot was slick if a little too by-the-numbers. It is a good thing the killer was given away in the first few minutes because the case was