With lottery-lucky Toronto Maple Leafs sidelined throughout these NHL playoffs, Rogers-owned Sportsnet had just three of seven hometown Canadian teams to bank on in Round One of these Stanley Cup playoffs. Only one team, the Montreal Canadiens, advanced. (They open the second round against the Buffalo Sabres tonight at 7 p.m.) How much does Sportsnet
With Joni Mitchell’s return to Canada the big draw, Sunday night’s 2026 Juno Awards played to an overnight, estimated average minute audience of 765,000 CBC viewers. The public broadcaster’s research department pegs that as up 11 per cent over 2025. Not bad considering multi-nominated Justin Bieber was a no-show. Sunday’s two-hour-plus music industry showcase also
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
After that deep, thrilling, if ultimately heartbreaking playoff run by the Toronto Blue Jays on Sportsnet, including a seven game run in the World Series, TSN needed a big win of their own. They got at least one game’s worth Sunday as English Canadian viewers once again got into the Grey Cup. When you add
That final game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers had it all — bunts, a near brawl and a broken bat. Everything but a win for Toronto — althought it was a huge win for Rogers Sports and Media. The overnight estimate of the combined Sportsnet and Citytv audience who watched
“And it was a child who led them tonight…” Wednesday, October 29: Sportsnet National+ drove in an estimated, overnight 4,970,000 Jays fans across Canada. What they witnessed was a record-breaking, 12-strikeout performance by 22-year-old rookie pitcher Trey Yesavage. Of the audience total, 1,713,000 viewers were in the 18-49-year-old demo. Add what Rogers also collected over
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.
Having a Canadian team in an important championship final does make a huge difference, audience-wise. The first two games of the 2025 World Series show the Toronto Blue Jays/Los Angeles Dodgers final round averaging over six million viewers in Canada after a two game home split in Toronto. Imagine, Rogers Sports and Media execs must