Stronger, faster, higher — ratings, that is. CBC/Radio Canada, the official host broadcaster of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, reported Friday that the opening ceremonies was a resounding ratings success. CBC and partners’ (TSN, Sportsnet and RDS) live broadcast of the Opening Ceremony from 2:00 p.m. to 5:38 p.m. ET was the most-watched
All those extra innings Monday night has some critics trying to calculate if Game 3 lasted longer than Ken Burns documentary series Baseball. It did not but close. Here are the box scores from Games 3 and 4 Monday and Tuesday: Monday October 27: this was the 18-inning, six-and-a-half hour marathon won by the Dodgers.
Uh oh. After going up three games to none, The Toronto Maple Leafs lost their second in a row and were shut out Tuesday in the fifth game of their round one playoff with the Ottawa Senators. Which means … one of these Canadian teams will be eliminated. That fifth game drew an overnight, estimated
The turnout for the 2025 Federal Election was robust — especially on television. Both CBC and CTV had a big night Monday. In overnights, based on average minute audience data, CBC’s Main network drew an estimated 518,000 for it’s “Countdown” pre-show from 6:30 p.m. ET to 7 p.m.; 987,000 for two hours of “Polls Close”
When it comes to viewership among the broadcast networks and news channels, CBC remains an essential service. As Donald Trump would say, “The numbers were Huuge!” For last Thursday’s English language debate, the public broadcasters drew an overnight, estimated average minute audience of 1,239,000 viewers. Keep in mind the debates were scheduled earlier than usual.
What happens when you pick up your Rogers Ignite xfinity remote and give the command, “Flavour”? Up pops two links on your screen: one for CORUS’s rebranded Flavour Channel and the other for Rogers’ newly-acquired Food Network. Sneaky, huh? And, no, it doesn’t work the other way. Utter “Food Network” and all you get is
If only this was really the world. This was the view from our living room as the Games of the 2024 Olympics wrapped in Paris. The Olympic ideal seems so far removed from the fractured state of planet Earth, politically, environmentally and on so many other levels. Hats off to France and their Olympic organizers
While it wasn’t the happy ending many Canadians had hoped for, it certainly was a tremendous draw. Sportsnet claims that an average minute audience of 7.55 million Canadians ages two and up watched Monday’s seventh and final game of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs. They saw the Florida Panthers win their first ever NHL championship,