Now that Hell has frozen over and The Toronto Maple Leafs made in past The Tampa Bay Lightning in Round One, will Rogers finally see an enormous surge in Stanley Cup viewership? The fifth game in the tight series, a victory for Tampa that put a temporary chill in Leaf National parade route plans, drew
When I was a young lad in the 1960s growing up in the wilds of Etobicoke, Bobby Hull was the greatest thing on skates. He passed away Monday at 84. The muscular left winger was power personified on ice, lifting you out of your seat with end-to-end rushes and a cannonating slapshot. It was an
How big a deal is the return of live hockey, basketball and baseball to Canadian sports network schedules? Looking at the first weekend ratings, it has seen Sportsnet go from worst to first. This is especially true at Sportsnet, the only home of NHL hockey through till the presentation of the Stanley Cup (or as
With two of the three Canadian teams already eliminated from the Stanley Cup competition, Rogers Media is all in on the Toronto Maple Leafs finally getting past their round 1 rivals, the Boston Bruins. The two teams face off with a seventh and deciding game Tuesday night in Boston at the TD Gardens. As in
The Toronto Maple Leafs bandwagon welcomes an overnight, estimated 2,681,000 fans Monday night on CBC as the Buds beat the Bruins 3-2 in Toronto. The Leafs have been by far the biggest draw in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, with an estimated 2,104,000 taking in their Game 2 loss Saturday on CBC’s
On Thursday, The Toronto Maple Leafs faced off against the Boston Bruins in Round 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The much feared (by Leafs fans) matchup resulted in a win for the Buds (4-1) and for Rogers Media. Their broadcast of the game on their CBC Hockey Night in Canada window played to 1,552,000
This Wednesday, CTV’s new sitcom Jann reached 586,000 viewers in overnight estimates. That’s a healthy jump from 441,000 the week before and the show’s second highest overnight outcome yet. So far, Jann has gone 768,000, 526,000, 441,000 and now 586,000. Wednesday’s episode featured Jann Arden’s old pal Rick Mercer as a guest star, plus a