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:

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.

World Junior Hockey Championship pulling in smaller audiences

This year's World Junior Hockey Championship is over and the viewership for the round robin games this year are much lower than last year's. The games involving Canada were played live at 4:30 a.m. EST with one played at 9 am against Russia. TSN has a breakdown of the audience sizes of their live and repeat telecasts of the round robin games (largest audiences are in bold):

Wednesday, Dec. 26
• Canada vs. Germany
o Live at 4:30 a.m. ET – 372,000 viewers on TSN
o Encore at 12 noon ET – 849,000 viewers on TSN
o Encore at 7:30 p.m. ET – 178,000 viewers on TSN
o Encore at 10:30 p.m. ET – 39,000 viewers on TSN2

Friday, Dec. 28
• Canada vs. Slovakia
o Live at 4:30 a.m. ET – 286,000 viewers on TSN
o Encore at 12 noon ET – 610,000 viewers on TSN
o Encore at 7:30 p.m. ET – 496,000 viewers on TSN
o Encore at 10:50 p.m. ET – 58,000 viewers on TSN2

Sunday, Dec. 30
• Canada vs. USA
o Live at 4:30 a.m. ET – 561,000 viewers on TSN
o Encore at 12 noon ET – 904,000 viewers on TSN
o Encore at 8 p.m. ET – 191,000 viewers on TSN2

Monday, Dec. 31
• Canada vs. Russia
o Live at 9 a.m. ET – 1.6 million viewers on TSN
o Encore at 12 noon ET – 447,000 viewers on TSN
o Encore at 7:30 p.m. ET – 412,000 viewers on TSN
o Encore at 11:20 p.m. ET – 59,000 viewers on TSN2 

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:

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

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+.