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.

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.

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:

Weekly Top 30 TV Shows for November 19 - 25

BBM released its latest weekly list of Top 30 TV programs viewed by Canadians. This is their rankings for the period of November 19 to 25:

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:

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+.

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+.

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.