Evan Soloman, Michael Ignatieff and Mark Critch in festive 22 Minutes finale Two CBC shows enjoyed strong finales this week: 22 Minutes and Being Erica. 22 Minutes has earned a shot at a 18th season with a higher season average than it achieved last year. More in doubt is Erica‘s fate. Will a late rally be enough… Read on

A Heartland Christmas draws 1.4 million Oddities always emerge as the year winds down and schedules enter full holiday shut down mode. CBC’s special celebrating 400 years of Coronation Street drew fewer viewers than the series regularly draws. Blimey! A special, two-hour Heartland Christmas episode was a winner, lassoing over 1.4 million viewers. A look at… Read on

Dating Racers Thomas Wolfard and Jill Haney  Take Battle of the Blades and especially Dancing with the Stars out of the equation and the weekly Top-30 in Canada becomes a very different Race. Here’s how it all played out Nov. 29- Dec. 5 among Canadians 2+ according to overnight estimates: MONDAYThe departure of Dancing with the Stars and Blades led to… Read on

CFL on TSN panel Chris Schulz, Dave Randorf, Matt Dunigan and Jock Climie Has TSN become Canada’s second most-watched network? It comes close overall as the sports channel broke a few tackles to claim the No. 1 show of the week, the 98th Annual Grey Cup. The CFL championship averaged close to 5 million viewers on TSN… Read on

Big Bangs, Dancers, Amazing Racers, Blades and CFL brawn were the big scorers this third week of November. Below are the overnight, 2+ estimates across Canada for the week of Nov. 15-21: Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas: You betcha MONDAY As Dancing with the Stars nears the end (the winner will be declared tonight on… Read on

CFL  on TSN panel Randorf, Schultz, Climie and Dunigan Hockey and football were both big stories this weekend (see Saturday and Sunday ratings) but neither could catch CTV’s The Big Bang Theory as Canada’s most-watched show. Here’s a look at the overnight 2+ prime time estimates across Canada for the week of Nov. 8 to… Read on

The Big Bang Theory still tops in Canada Plenty o’ reruns heading into the November sweeps impacted the weekly hits and misses. Here’s a day-by-day run down of how shows fared across Canada this past week according to overnight 2+ estimates: MONDAY A two hour Dancing with the Stars waltzed off with the top show… Read on

Here’s how shows in Canada fared in the ratings the week of Oct. 25-31 according to overnight estimates (2+): MONDAYReruns (whaat? Didn’t this season just start a few weeks ago?) impacted viewing levels for several shows this week. House, for example, dropped from its usual 2 million-plus levels to 845,000 viewers Monday.That left the night to… Read on