Winnipeg Fall 2012 radio ratings

BBM has revised its bi-annual Winnipeg radio ratings from earlier this morning. The Fall 2012, September 3 - October 28, numbers are market shares (in percentage):

BBM defines "share" as "Within the central market area, the estimated total hours tuned to that station expressed as a percentage of total hours tuned to all radio."
Other BBM notes: Timeblock: Monday-Sunday 5am-1am. Demographics: A12+.

Grey Cup, year-by-year

Note: The viewership number for 2004 is a conservative estimate based on a CBC document listing the audience size as “at least 4 million.”

Grey Cup Most Watched on English language TV

From TSN's press release:

Preliminary overnight data from BBM Canada confirms that the 100th GREY CUP delivered an average audience of 5.5 million viewers on TSN, making it the most-watched CFL championship game ever recorded on English-language television.*

Meanwhile, an average audience of 5.8 million watched the 100th GREY CUP on TSN and RDS, marking a 28% increase in viewers compared to last year and earning an incredible national 16.1 rating. Audiences jumped even higher for younger viewers, with a 38% increase among A18-34.

Numbers on the 99th Grey Cup

The 100th Grey Cup is being played today in Toronto featuring the Toronto Argonauts and is expecting a large TV audience in Canada's biggest television market. Last year, the match took place in Vancouver with 4.6 million viewers staring at television screens across the country. Here are some other figures from last year Grey Cup final, as per TSN's press release:

Weekly Top 30 TV Shows: November 12 - 18

BBM released its latest weekly list of Top 30 TV programs watched by Canadians. This is their rankings for the period of November 12 to 18:

Santa Parade viewers rise, AMAs down by 10%

Sunday was a big night for TV as it was filled with specials including CFL Eastern and Western Finals, the American Music Awards, and the Toronto Santa Claus Parade. Here are the ratings of those programs and of the regular programs via Bill Brioux:

Show	Network	Audience	Start
Disney – The Game Plan	CBC	559,000	05:00 PM
Heartland	CBC	527,000	07:00 PM
The Phantoms	CBC	446,000	08:00 PM
The National	CBC	506,000	10:00 PM
CFL – East Final: TOR vs MTL	TSN	1,432,000	01:00 PM
CFL – West Final: CGY vs BC	TSN	1,855,000	04:30 PM
NFL – Baltimore vs Pittsburgh	TSN	556,000	07:00 PM
Toronto Santa Claus Parade	CTV	1,081,000	04:30 PM
American Music Awards	CTV	1,711,000	08:00 PM
The Simpsons	Global	919,000	08:00 PM
Family Guy	Global	698,000	09:00 PM
Good Wife	Global	742,000	10:00 PM

Wednesday primetime in TV guide format

Wednesday, November 14 primetime shows and their viewership levels via Bill Brioux:

Highest rated program was CSI on CTV with 1.939 million viewers.

Highest rated Canadian show was Dragons' Den on CBC with 1.311 million viewers.

While CTV shows beat most of its competition, The X-Factor does lose to Survivor on Global.

Top 30 TV Shows: November 5 - 11

BBM released its latest weekly list of Top 30 TV programs watched by Canadians. Here are their rankings for the period of November 5 to 11:

Notes: The “+/-” is calculated as the difference in the Average Minute Audience between current week and the previous week. The “% ∆” is calculated as the percentage change in the Average Minute Audience between the two weeks. 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.

Notes from BBM Canada: "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...The chart also indicates the broadcast outlet on which the program aired and the program’s start and end time (shown in Eastern Time)." Demographic: All Persons 2+.

Primetime TV on Monday November 12

This past Monday's primetime TV show ratings on the major networks, courtesy of Bill Brioux:

Weekly Top 30 TV Shows: Oct 29 - Nov 4

BBM released its latest weekly list of Top 30 TV programs watched by Canadians. This is their rankings for the period of October 29 to November 4:

Rank	Prev	Program	Network	Day	Start	End	AMA	% ∆
1	1	BIG BANG THEORY	CTV	Thursday	20:00	20:31	4,222,000	-3.10%
2	2	TWO AND A HALF MEN	CTV	Thursday	20:31	21:00	2,813,000	-1.75%
3	3	AMAZING RACE 21	CTV	Sunday	20:00	21:00	2,650,000	-2.79%
4	4	NCIS	Global	Tuesday	20:00	21:00	2,570,000	6.29%
5	6	SURVIVOR:PHILIPPINES	Global	Wednesday	20:00	21:00	2,238,000	-5.09%
6	7	CRIMINAL MINDS	CTV	Wednesday	21:00	22:00	2,234,000	-3.21%
7	5	NCIS: LOS ANGELES	Global	Tuesday	21:00	22:00	2,231,000	-7.00%
8	9	DANCING/STARS 15 PRF	CTV	Monday	20:00	22:01	2,069,000	4.13%
9	28	CASTLE	CTV	Monday	22:01	23:00	1,907,000	68.91%
10	10	C.S.I.	CTV	Wednesday	22:00	23:00	1,847,000	-3.45%
11	13	CTV EVENING NEWS	CTV	Weekdays	18:00	19:00	1,782,000	10.75%
12	11	ARROW	CTV	Wednesday	20:00	21:00	1,685,000	-5.07%
13	14	BLUE BLOODS	CTV	Friday	22:00	23:00	1,643,000	2.43%
14	19	ONCE UPON A TIME	CTV	Sunday	19:00	20:00	1,569,000	7.98%
15	27	C.S.I. NEW YORK	CTV	Friday	20:00	21:00	1,461,000	26.82%
16	12	FLASHPOINT	CTV	Thursday	22:00	23:00	1,456,000	-12.29%
17	17	ELEMENTARY	Global	Thursday	22:01	23:00	1,453,000	-3.84%
18	21	BIG BANG THEORY	CTV	Weekdays	19:30	20:00	1,411,000	-.35%
19	20	DANCING/STARS 15 RES	CTV	Tuesday	20:00	21:01	1,397,000	-2.78%
20	16	THE MENTALIST	CTV	Sunday	22:00	23:00	1,382,000	-11.41%
21	15	VEGAS	Global	Tuesday	22:00	23:00	1,363,000	-14.22%
22	22	CTV EVENING NEWS WKD	CTV	Weekend	18:00	19:00	1,350,000	1.20%
23	-	DRAGONS' DEN	CBC	Wednesday	20:00	21:00	1,341,000	N/A
24	-	BIG BANG THEORY	CTV	Saturday	20:00	20:30	1,322,000	N/A
25	29	CTV NATIONAL NEWS	CTV	Daily	23:00	23:30	1,238,000	11.23%
26	23	THE VOICE	CTV	Tuesday	20:00	22:01	1,190,000	-7.89%
27	26	GRIMM	CTV	Friday	21:00	22:00	1,178,000	2.17%
28	-	LAW AND ORDER:SVU	CTV	Thursday	21:00	22:00	1,145,000	N/A
29	-	GLOBAL NATIONAL	Global	Weekdays	18:30	19:00	1,096,000	N/A
30	25	MODERN FAMILY	Citytv	Wednesday	21:00	21:30	1,066,000	-8.73%

Notes: The “+/-” is calculated as the difference in the Average Minute Audience between current week and the previous week. The “% ∆” is calculated as the percentage change in the Average Minute Audience between the two weeks. 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.

Notes from BBM Canada: "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...The chart also indicates the broadcast outlet on which the program aired and the program’s start and end time (shown in Eastern Time)." Demographic: All Persons 2+.

Watching political satire on U.S. election night

Thanks to Bill Brioux's tweet on the ratings of The Daily Show & Colbert Report on U.S. election night, this table was possible:

Show	Network	Viewership	Time (EST)	Live
The Daily Show	Comedy	269,000	11:00 PM	Yes
The Daily Show	CTV	374,000	12:05 AM	No
The Daily Show	Total	643,000
Colbert Report	Comedy	226,000	11:30 PM	Yes
Colbert Report	CTV	170,000	12:36 AM	No
Colbert Report	Total	396,000

Last night, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert presented their shows live on Comedy Central in the States and on the Comedy Network in Canada. It would be nice to see how these numbers compare to non-election figures, but I had no luck in finding them (nor do I have access to them.)

One thing that stood out is Colbert's audience (170,000) is less than half of Stewart's (374,000) on the same network, CTV. Without any previous data to compare, it's difficult to say why this is the case. One possible reason for this is some viewers may have switched from the fake news to the real news as they waited for Romney to concede, which he did at 12:55 a.m. with 12 minutes left in Colbert's show.

Popular TV shows sorted by genre

Using the same TV audience data from BBM Canada for the 22^nd to 28^th of October, we added the genre of each show to help us understand what types of shows are popular. Below, this graph shows the number of popular programs by genre:

Drama leads with 16 programs, while comedy and reality trail behind with six and five respectively.

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.