Weekly Top 30 TV Shows (January 28 - February 3), Super Bowl viewed by 6.4 million

BBM released its latest weekly list of Top 30 TV programs watched by Canadians. This is their rankings for the period of January 28 to February 3:

Monday overnight ratings, Debut of Seed sees 344,000 viewers

Overnight ratings on certain Monday shows were tweeted by Bill Brioux and the early viewership estimate for Seed was rather low for a debut:

Super Bowl XLVII second most watched ever; Motive premiere seen by 1.23 million

Super Bowl XLVII was the second most watched ever in Canada. CTV's press release:

TORONTO (February 4, 2013) – SUPER BOWL XLVII attracted an average audience of 7.33 million viewers on CTV and RDS (CTV: 6.6 million; RDS: 763,000), according to preliminary overnight data from BBM Canada – making it the most-watched program of the broadcast year.

The Baltimore Ravens’ 34-31 win over the San Francisco 49ers is the second most-watched SUPER BOWL ever behind SUPER BOWL XLVI (8.2 million viewers). Overall, more than 18.2 million viewers – or more than one in two Canadians (53.4%) – watched some or all of SUPER BOWL XLVII on CTV or RDS.

Canadians were crazy in love with Beyoncé as audience levels for SUPER BOWL XLVII on CTV and RDS peaked at nearly 9.4 million viewers during the highly-anticipated Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show.

TV Ratings for January 27 - 31

Overnight ratings of some primetime shows, which aired on Sunday through Thursday of the end of January, courtesy of Bill Brioux:

Weekly Top 30 TV Shows (January 21 - 27): CSI most watched for 2nd week

BBM released its latest weekly list of Top 30 TV programs watched by Canadians. This is their rankings for the period of January 21 to January 27:

Weekly Top 30 TV Programs, January 14-20

BBM released its latest weekly list of Top 30 TV programs watched by Canadians. This is their rankings for the period of January 14 to January 20:

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

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

Weekly Top 30 TV Shows, January 7 - 13

BBM released its latest weekly list of Top 30 TV programs watched by Canadians. This is their rankings for the period of January 7 to January 13:

Notes: The “+/-” is calculated as the difference in viewers from the the previous week to the current week. The “% ∆” is calculated as the percentage change in the number of viewers between the two weeks.

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+.


Dragons' Den and Shark Tank were virtually tied this week.

CSI gained 33% more viewers that week, while audiences of Dragons' Den and Once Upon A Time decreased by 23% and 21% respectively.

Weekly Top 30 TV Shows, December 31 - January 6

BBM released its latest weekly list of Top 30 TV programs watched by Canadians. This is their rankings for the period of December 31 to January 6:

  

Notes: Viewership is the average minute audience.

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+.

Overnights (January 11-15), Golden Globes Most Watched Ever

UPDATE: Included Tuesday's overnight ratings.

Some recent overnight ratings including the Golden Globes were tweeted by Bill Brioux and Richard Koo:

Program	Network	Day	Viewers
Marketplace	CBC	Friday	1,047,000
Golden Globes	CTV	Sunday	3,409,000
Dragons' Den	CBC	Sunday	1,256,000
Republic of Doyle	CBC	Sunday	720,000
Heartland	CBC	Sunday	943,000
The Simpsons	Global	Sunday	1,004,000
Murdoch Mysteries	CBC	Monday	969,000
Mr. D	CBC	Monday	579,000
The Ron James Show	CBC	Monday	490,000
Rick Mercer Report	CBC	Tuesday	975,000
This Hour Has 22 Minutes	CBC	Tuesday	822,000
Cracked	CBC	Tuesday	552,000
NCIS	Global	Tuesday	2,450,000
NCIS LA	Global	Tuesday	2,183,000

Weekly Top 30 TV Shows, December 24 - 30

BBM released its latest weekly list of Top 30 TV programs watched by Canadians. This is their rankings for the period of December 24 to 30:

Notes: Viewership is the average minute audience.

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+.

When most of us had our TV sets turned off during the holidays, these are the shows that everyone else were watching: news programs, holiday movies. No American reality shows. No American comedies.

Five out of the six most watched TV programs during the Christmas break were either CTV or Global news.

Earlier in the week, ratings for each of the World Junior Hockey round robin games were released which provides us with more insight.

Overnights: Murdoch Mysteries watched by over a million

The latest overnight TV ratings from Bill Brioux:


Sunday Night (January 6)

Program	Network	Viewership
Heartland	CBC	992,000
Dragons' Den	CBC	1,589,000
Republic of Doyle	CBC	802,000
Mob Doctor	CTV	614,000
Family Guy	Global	680,000

CBC's new season began on Sunday.


Monday Night (January 7)

Program	Network	Viewership
Murdoch Mysteries	CBC	1,184,000
Mr. D	CBC	609,000
The Ron James Show	CBC	468,000
Anger Management	CTV	972,000
College Bowl Championship	TSN	519,000

As noted by Bill, Murdoch Mysteries' overnight rating is a record high for the show.

Mr. D welcomed guest star Russell Peters on the season premiere.

Weekly Top 30 TV Shows (December 17-23); NCIS takes #1 spot

BBM released its latest weekly list of Top 30 TV programs watched by Canadians. This is their rankings for the period of December 17 to 23:

Notes: Viewership is the average minute audience.

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+.

The Voice and X-Factor finales; Holiday Specials

Last week, there was a mix of season finales and Holiday specials airing during prime time. The following ratings are courtesy of Bill Brioux:

Weekly Top 30 TV Shows for December 10 - 16

BBM released its latest weekly list of Top 30 TV programs watched by Canadians. This is their rankings for the period of December 10 to 16:

Weekly Top 30 TV shows for December 3 to 9

BBM released its latest weekly list of Top 30 TV programs watched by Canadians. This is their rankings for the period of December 3 to 9:

Flashpoint finale attracts 2.1 million viewers

The Fall TV season is wrapping up as Thursday marked the end of the hit Canadian series Flashpoint. The series finale of the popular police drama was seen by 2.1 million viewers according to a CTV press release: 

Toronto, ON (December 14, 2012) – CTV’s trailblazing hit Original Drama FLASHPOINT came to a conclusion with its biggest audience ever last night: a series-high 2.1 million viewers. Closing out the final season with an average audience of 1.8 million viewers, last night’s emotional and historic finale propelled the Canadian series to a final 10 p.m. timeslot win in total viewers and all key demos over its simulcast American competition, and making it the most-watched broadcast of a Canadian series in 18 months.* Overall, 12.5 million Canadians watched FLASHPOINT in its fifth and final season.

Sunday's overnights; Amazing Race finale viewers lower than premiere

Sunday's overnight ratings via Bill Brioux:

Weekly Top 30 TV shows for November 26 to December 2

BBM released its latest weekly list of Top 30 TV programs viewed by Canadians. This is their rankings for the period of November 26 to December 2:

TV Ratings for November 26-29

This week's TV ratings (Monday, November 26 through Thursday, November 29) via Bill Brioux: