Congratulations to Sweden, which won the World Junior Championships Monday night in Minnesota by defeating Czechia 4 to 2 After slipping out of the medals at the last three WJH championships, Canada defeated Finland Monday to earn the bronze. A step in the right direction for our 19-and-under hockey reps, but not the gold many
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
Win or lose on the field, the Toronto Blue Jays remain the only game in town in terms of live broadcast and specialty viewership across Canada. With numbers for Friday night’s Fifth Game of the series in Seatle still to come in, here is how the first four nights rated (all data measured in average
As the finals tick down with two potential games remaining, the quest of The Edmonton Oilers to bring the Stanley Cup back to Canada after a 32-season drought is drawing a little over three million viewers in English Canada. Saturday’s Game 5 hometown loss by Edmonton to The Florida Panthers drew an overnight, estimated total
The Bell Media Upfront25 held Thursday at Meridian Hall in Toronto may be the best Canadian upfront I’ve ever attended. Bell does it old school. They rent the biggest hall, fly in the most stars and crank up the open bar for the ad community. They have the advantage of going last and thus can
After the first few days of Round One of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs, The Toronto Maple Leafs remain Canada’s top draw among NHL viewers. The opening “Battle of Ontario” game between Toronto and the Ottawa Senators averaged an overnight, estimated 2,584,000 viewers on Easter Sunday. That was split between viewers watching on Sportsnet National
It was a blowout, with the Philadelphia Eagles up over the Kansas City Chiefs 34 – 0 early in the third quarter. The Half Time show with Kendrick Lamar? Pretty much meh. The commercials? Not that great this year. Add it all up and is it any surprise that the Super Bowl audience in Canada
The big winner Sunday with their coverge of Super Bowl LVIII was CBS Sports. Nielsen data and Adobe Analytics report that the Kansas City Chiefs’ overtime victory over San Francisco 49ers drew 123.4 million average viewers across all platforms (CBS Television, Paramount+, Nickelodeon, Univision and digital properties such as NFL+). That makes it the most-watched