Monday, November 05, 2012

Top 30 TV shows: October 22 - 28

BBM released its weekly Top 30 TV programs by national audience size for the period of October 22 - 28:

Rank Program Genre Origin Station Day Start End AMA
1 BIG BANG THEORY Comedy U.S. CTV Thursday 20:00 20:31 4,357,000
2 TWO AND A HALF MEN Comedy U.S. CTV Thursday 20:31 21:00 2,863,000
3 AMAZING RACE 21 Reality U.S. CTV Sunday 20:00 21:00 2,726,000
4 NCIS Drama U.S. Global Tuesday 20:00 21:00 2,418,000
5 NCIS: LOS ANGELES Drama U.S. Global Tuesday 21:00 22:00 2,399,000
6 SURVIVOR:PHILIPPINES Reality U.S. Global Wednesday 20:00 21:00 2,358,000
7 CRIMINAL MINDS Drama U.S. CTV Wednesday 21:00 22:00 2,308,000
8 GREY'S ANATOMY Drama U.S. CTV Thursday 21:00 22:02 2,105,000
9 DANCING/STARS 15 PRF Reality U.S. CTV Monday 20:00 21:00 1,987,000
10 C.S.I. Drama U.S. CTV Wednesday 22:00 23:00 1,913,000
11 ARROW Drama U.S. CTV Wednesday 20:00 21:00 1,775,000
12 FLASHPOINT Drama Canada CTV Thursday 22:02 23:00 1,660,000
13 CTV EVENING NEWS News Canada CTV Weekdays 18:00 19:00 1,609,000
14 BLUE BLOODS Drama U.S. CTV Friday 22:00 23:00 1,604,000
15 VEGAS Drama U.S. Global Tuesday 22:00 23:00 1,589,000
16 THE MENTALIST Drama U.S. CTV Sunday 22:00 23:00 1,560,000
17 ELEMENTARY Drama U.S. Global Thursday 22:01 23:00 1,511,000
18 BIG BANG THEORY Comedy U.S. CTV Monday 21:00 21:30 1,477,000
19 ONCE UPON A TIME Drama U.S. CTV Sunday 19:00 20:00 1,453,000
20 DANCING/STARS 15 RES Reality U.S. CTV Tuesday 20:00 21:01 1,437,000
21 BIG BANG THEORY Comedy U.S. CTV Weekdays 19:30 20:00 1,416,000
22 CTV EVENING NEWS WKD News Canada CTV Weekend 18:00 19:00 1,334,000
23 THE VOICE Reality U.S. CTV Tuesday 20:00 21:01 1,292,000
24 ANGER MANAGEMENT Comedy U.S. CTV Tuesday 21:01 21:31 1,170,000
25 MODERN FAMILY Comedy U.S. Citytv Wednesday 21:00 21:30 1,168,000
26 GRIMM Drama U.S. CTV Friday 21:00 22:00 1,153,000
27 C.S.I. NEW YORK Drama U.S. CTV Friday 20:00 21:00 1,152,000
28 CASTLE Drama U.S. CTV Monday 22:00 23:00 1,129,000
29 CTV NATIONAL NEWS News Canada CTV Daily 23:00 23:30 1,113,000
30 CHICAGO FIRE Drama U.S. Global Wednesday 22:00 23:00 1,086,000

Notes from BBM Canada: "Understanding this report …This chart shows the Top 30 TV programs for all national networks and Canadian English specialty networks for the week indicated. Programs are ranked based on their AMA(000). AMA(000) is the average minute audience in thousands. The chart also indicates the broadcast outlet on which the program aired and the program’s start and end time (shown in Eastern Time)."

Notes: BBM Canada counts all persons ages 2+ in AMA. “Origin” refers to the country of origin of the program.



Now, let's add some more numbers to the table (Calculated by us.):

Rank Prev Program Day Start AMA +/- % ∆
1 1 BIG BANG THEORY Thursday 20:00 4,357,000 -208,000 -4.56%
2 2 TWO AND A HALF MEN Thursday 20:31 2,863,000 -409,000 -12.50%
3 3 AMAZING RACE 21 Sunday 20:00 2,726,000 79,000 2.98%
4 19 NCIS Tuesday 20:00 2,418,000 1,158,000 47.89%
5 - NCIS: LOS ANGELES Tuesday 21:00 2,399,000 N/A N/A
6 4 SURVIVOR:PHILIPPINES Wednesday 20:00 2,358,000 -190,000 -7.46%
7 9 CRIMINAL MINDS Wednesday 21:00 2,308,000 598,000* 34.97%
8 5 GREY'S ANATOMY Thursday 21:00 2,105,000 -73,000 -3.35%
9 7 DANCING/STARS 15 PRF Monday 20:00 1,987,000 48,000 2.48%
10 17 C.S.I. Wednesday 22:00 1,913,000 463,000^ 31.93%
11 - ARROW Wednesday 20:00 1,775,000 N/A N/A
12 15 FLASHPOINT Thursday 22:02 1,660,000 164,000 9.88%
13 12 CTV EVENING NEWS Weekdays 18:00 1,609,000 32,000 2.03%
14 10 BLUE BLOODS Friday 22:00 1,604,000 -100,000 -5.87%
15 - VEGAS Tuesday 22:00 1,589,000 N/A N/A
16 11 THE MENTALIST Sunday 22:00 1,560,000 -52,000 -3.23%
17 16 ELEMENTARY Thursday 22:01 1,511,000 19,000 1.26%
18 - BIG BANG THEORY Monday 21:00 1,477,000 N/A N/A
19 13 ONCE UPON A TIME Sunday 19:00 1,453,000 -95,000 -6.14%
20 27 DANCING/STARS 15 RES Tuesday 20:00 1,437,000 312,000 21.71%
21 14 BIG BANG THEORY Weekdays 19:30 1,416,000 -101,000 -6.66%
22 24 CTV EVENING NEWS WKD Weekend 18:00 1,334,000 145,000 12.20%
23 21 THE VOICE Tuesday 20:00 1,292,000 54,000 4.36%
24 - ANGER MANAGEMENT Tuesday 21:01 1,170,000 N/A N/A
25 29 MODERN FAMILY Wednesday 21:00 1,168,000 98,000 9.16%
26 26 GRIMM Friday 21:00 1,153,000 23,000 2.04%
27 18 C.S.I. NEW YORK Friday 20:00 1,152,000 -283,000 -19.72%
28 6 CASTLE Monday 22:00 1,129,000 -903,000 -44.44%
29 25 CTV NATIONAL NEWS Daily 23:00 1,113,000 -24,000 -2.11%
30 23 CHICAGO FIRE Wednesday 22:00 1,086,000 -104,000 -8.74%

*Previous week, show started Tues 10pm
^Previous week, show started 8pm


We add two data categories using this week's data and the previous week's. The “+/-” is calculated as the difference in the Average Minute Audience between the two weeks and the “% ∆” is calculated as the percentage change in the Average Minute Audience between the two weeks.

A few non-data related symbols or abbreviations should be explained. The “Prev” category denotes the ranking of the program from the previous week. A (-) denotes the program not appearing in the previous week's Top 30 programs. (If it isn't clear, all rankings are from BBM Canada.)


Here are a few things of interest from the table above:

  • Anger Management managed to make its way back into the Top 30 after disappearing from the list for a couple of weeks.
  • NCIS nearly doubled its viewership from a week before. Approximately the same audience level watched LA NCIS immediately after.
  • After being moved to Wednesday at 9 pm from Tuesday at 10 pm, Criminal Minds received a 35% boost in viewership from the previous week. CTV has kept Criminal Minds in this time slot this past week too.
  • Castle suffered a significant reduction in audience size as it dropped by more than 40% from the previous week.
  • Another scheduling change at CTV had CSI being moved back to its regular time slot at 10 pm from 8 pm, which explains the 34% increase in viewership as it matches a similar viewership level from a couple of weeks back.
  • None of CTV's Big Bang Saturday night shows cracked the Top 30 list. At least one of shows from the weekly two-hour block, which began on October 13, has appeared on the Top 30 lists until this most recent week.

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