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.

CBC and CTV on Sunday Primetime

National primetime TV ratings for CBC and CTV on Sunday October 28, 2012 via Bill Brioux:

Network	Program	Viewership	Time (EST)
CBC	Heartland	944,000	19:00
CBC	Over the Rainbow	386,000	20:00
CBC	Dragons' Den	544,000	21:00
CBC	The National Part 1	803,000	22:00
CTV	Once Upon A Time	1,453,000	19:00
CTV	The Amazing Race	2,726,000	20:00
CTV	The Mob Doctor	572,000	21:00
CTV	The Mentalist	1,560,000	22:00

CBC and CTV head-to-head shown in a bar chart: