It wasn’t the ending Buffalo Bills fans had in mind (and within grasp) but that heart-stopping Bills-Kansas City Chiefs NFL Divisional Playoff game Sunday scored a big touchdown for CBS. According to the network, Bills-Chiefs was the most-watched divisional playoff game on any network in five years, averaging 42.736 million viewers. That’s up 18 per
Since it is a week of little consequence, here is a shorter than usual look at the week of Dec 27, 2021 – Jan 2, 2022 according to Numeris. By far across Canada the most-watched show of the week and one of the most-watched of the year was only seen in Quebec: Bye Bye 2021
A few years ago, my son Dan was shocked to learn that there really was a John Madden. To many under 30, Madden — who died Dec. 28 at 85 — is more likely thought of as Col. Saunders or Ronald McDonald, a corporate brand ambassador. If you are closer to 50-plus, you remember the
It used to be that a Sunday night Emmy Awards broadcast would easily top the weekly ratings in the US and Canada. Numeris’ most recent Live+7 Totals, however, show that, for the week of Sept. 13-19, CTV’s simulcast of the Emmys drew 1,249,000, landing in third spot for the week. Both the CTV Evening News
Now that the Canadian federal election is over, how influential was the leader debates heading into the final vote? The total numbers are in, and over 2.5 million Canadians watched the English Leader’s Debate on CTV, CBC and Global on Thursday, Sept. 9. That’s according to the Live+7 ratings data released Tuesday by Numeris. The
The World Junior Hockey Championships dominated ratings across English Canada the week of December 28, 2020 – January 3, 2021. Canada’s win over the Czech Republic on Sat., Jan. 2 drew 2,859,000 viewers on TSN to top the ratings for the week. The averaged total for two preliminary round games involving Canada earlier in the
U.S. Thanksgiving generally triggers a rush of holiday programming the last week of November. Viewers were clearly ready for it after a not-so-festive year. Even in Canada, Christmas movies in November rose near the top of the TV ratings. Not the very top. The Good Doctor was back in the No. 1 position on the
An uneventful week, apart from the political intrigue south of the border, led to a fairly predictable Top 10 in English Canada according to Numeris Live+7 data released Tuesday. Sitting atop the weekly list once again was The Masked Singer, thriving in Canada this fall with usual timeslot rival Survivor shut down for the rest