It’s no mystery; Canadians love Murdoch Monday’s early season overnight ratings were an eye opener on several fronts.First, they continue to show tremendous growth for a series given up for dead just two years ago. Murdoch Mysteries returned to CBC–a network off the radar all summer–with an overnight, estimated 1.4 million viewers. This on a
Eventual X Factor champ Carly Rose hits high note, puberty The reason why few new network reality shows break through, I’m convinced, is that even the most ardent fan of the genre not named Murtz can only faithfully follow two or at the most three a week.I’ve held this view for a while, but it
Lookout! Ol’ yellow teeth is back! Monday night is the night Murdoch Mysteries finally comes to CBC. My mom gets one more chance to try and spot me as an extra–I’m Miner No. 7 in tonight’s episode, shot last year way up in Dawson City, The Yukon.City got one last airing out of Murdoch Mysteries
The folks at the Toronto Star have asked me to recap this week’s first three episodes of Season Three of The Voice. You’ll find the night one recap here among The Star’s on-line blogs. UPDATE: Here’s the Night Two recap.This is the “blind audition” part of the show, where judges Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Cee
Howard and Bernadette are over the moon You had to know a wedding finale on The Big Bang Theory was going to draw a crowd. The CBS sitcom zoomed back up over the four million mark to lead all shows in Canada this week, as it does most weeks. There were several season and even
Okay, now Philly is out. Is anyone in Canadagoing to watch a Jersey/Phoenix Stanley Cup final? This year’s NHL playoffs are shaping up to be a big step back for broadcasters CBC and TSN. Viewers are likely to shift their attentions to the many series and season finales airing on other networks over the next
Canadians love shows about nerds who buy comic books Last week in Canadian television saw its share of reruns and mid-season misfires. The Big Bang Theory was Canada’s most-watched show, with usual suspects Survivor, The Amazing Race and Hockey Night in Canada also crashing the Top-5. Canada’s Got Talent stayed strong at City, with Leaf
The Super Bowl audience keeps getting bigger each year in Canada. CTV scored 7,280,000 overnight, estimated viewers for Sunday’s big game, well up from the 6,537,000 counted in the overnights the year before. The combined CTV/RDS audience in Canada was tallied at 8.15 million, up from 7.3 million in 2011 and 6.9 million in 2010.CTV