Flashpoint continues to be the success story in Canadian drama. According to overnight estimates, the Toronto-lensed sniper series pulled 1,292,000 Total CTV viewers this past Friday at 9, the highest score of the night. CTV’s Ghost Whisperer was second overall with 1,184,000 viewers at 8. CBC’s Rick Mercer repeat drew 599,000, with Marketplace kicking in
Hey, who turned out the lights? Today’s the day Uncle Sam starts pulling the plug on analog, over the air transmissions. What that means is that if you live in the States and still pull TV signals off an antenna or rabbit ears on an older TV set, you’ll be looking at a screen full
Don’t snuff out that Global tiki torch just yet. Survivor roared back for the 18th time, bringing 2,008,000 viewers last night to Global according to BBM/NMR overnight commercial estimates.The new edition, Survivor Tocantins, is the second to be broadcast in high definition and damn if those breathtaking Brazilian vistas don’t look amazing. Why Mark Burnett
Call it The Week The Women Went when Erica came on. Despite a massive promotional campaign, a new night didn’t add any bounce to Being Erica. The CBC fantasy/drama drew 531,000 last night, it’s smallest audience yet (according to BBM/NMR overnight estimates). Worse, only 194,000 of those viewers were in the 25-54-year-old demo.CBC made the
Who the heck is going to buy Canwest’s E stations, including my fave, Hamilton’s historic CHCH? News broke last week that the E’s were on the block. A few years ago, CTV and Canwest were throwing billions at TV properties. Now, well let’s just say it’s not a seller’s market.Hamilton Talk Radio’s Scott Thompson got
How did CBC do without Being Erica Monday night? The good news was that Little Mosque on the Prairie did a bit better than usual, up to 686,000 viewers according to BBM Canada Nielsen Media Research overnight “commercial” estimates. Sophie also “soared” to 268,000.The bad news was Being Erica’s replacement at 9, Just For Laughs,
The success story of the season, in the U.S. at least, has been The Mentalist. The CBS cop drama has drawn close to 20 million viewers some weeks this season and is the strongest rookie series performer in the U.S. since Lost and Desperate Housewives were instant hits in 2004.Warner Bros., the studio that produces
Lil’ Wayne did okay at The Grammys last night. But what about those Lil’ ratings?Global averaged 1,501,000 viewers over the three-and-a-half hour telecast, according to overnight “commercial” estimate from BBM Canada Nielsen Media Research.That’s a boost from their usual Sunday night numbers, and enough to win the night, especially in the younger demos. But hardly