Except for a few Stanley Cup hockey games, the end of the regular TV season went out with a whimper for most broadcasters in Canada. Below is the evidence: MONDAY CBC continued to score with Montreal Canadiens numbers, pulling 3,374,000 with this third round game against the Rangers. CTV got cooking with the premiere of
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
Is there such a thing as a regular season anymore? TV has become such a 52-week business. Still, with the May sweeps winding down, time to check in on the ever-changing Canadian TV landscape. Here’s where things stood the week of May 12-18, viewers 2+, according to overnight estimates. MONDAY MAY 12 CBC’s last Stanley
The overnight, estimated tally for Monday’s Sixth and final game of the Stanley Cup playoffs was 3,401,000 viewers. The Chicago Blackhawks last minute victory over the Boston Bruins pulled the highest playoff total since the Leafs went out in the first round. Audience levels rose as the series heated up. Saturday’s 5th game drew 2,911,000,
Wallenda practices Thursday untethered and alive. Ida Mae Astute/ABC This week, Scott Thompson at CHML wanted to know if I thought Nik Wallenda will be a bit hit on TV Friday night as he walks across Niagara Falls. “Is this Harry Houdini TV come back to us?” asks Scott.My take is that this is silly
Kudos to Jim Hughson for letting the game speak for itself during the dying minutes of the Kings’ Stanley Cup triumph Monday night. With empty net goals going in and the game well out of reach, the veteran Hockey Night in Canada play-by-play man wisely kept his mouth shut and allowed the compelling pictures tell
Shatner is arrested for hamming up the season premiere of Rookie Blue Yes, we took last week off. Yes, we’re late this week. What can I say. Summer intern wanted. Canadian TV shows like Rookie Blue and The Listener are back and hockey is still being played—summer must be around the corner. New episodes of
Grey’s finale: “Help! The wreckage from Pan Am fell on me!” Has been a short, crazy busy week, so here is an abbreviated version of The Brioux Report. Hope to have things back to their normal late Tuesday/early Wednesday release next week. (Although, with the Canadian private network upfronts next Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday, that might be a