Overnights: Sunday, Monday; NFL AFC, NFC drop 16%,10%

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Overnight ratings for Sunday and Monday TV shows, courtesy of Bill Brioux:

Sunday

Program	Network	Viewers
NFL Playoffs: AFC Baltimore – New England	CTV	1,985,000
NFL Playoffs: NFC San Francisco – Atlanta	CTV	1,838,000
Dragons' Den	CBC	1,346,000
Heartland	CBC	869,000
Republic of Doyle	CBC	753,000

The AFC championship game (1.985 million) dropped by 16% from 2.361 million viewers over a year ago. Similarly for the NFC championship match (1.838 million), that conference championship experienced a similar decrease of 10%. The return of the NHL may have had a negative effect on viewership.

The audience of popular reality program Dragons' Den increased by 7% from last week, while Heartland saw viewership decrease of 8%. Republic of Doyle experienced a modest increase of 5%.

Monday

Program	Network	Viewers
The Following	CTV	1,680,000
Bones	Global	1,569,000
Big Bang Theory	CTV	1,561,000
Castle	CTV	1,490,000
Hawaii Five-O	Global	1,383,000
Murdoch Mysteries	CBC	961,000
Anger Management	CTV	912,000
The Ron James Show	CBC	548,000
Mr. D	CBC	495,000
Deception	Global	398,000

The debut episode of The Following was seen by 1.68 million Canadians on both CTV and CTV Two.

There was practically no change in audience sizes of Murdoch Mysteries from the previous week.

Viewers of the Ron James Show increased by 12% from 490,000 last week. However, the other Monday night CBC comedy, Mr. D lost 17% of their audience.