TV, eh?

From BBM Canada, Canadian Idol at #1 (1.269 million) and 4 (1.110 million), Flashpoint rerun at #11 (920,000):

• Top Programs - Total Canada

From BBM Canada, Flashpoint at #4 (1.177 million), Canadian Idol at #5 and 10 (1.128 million and 952,000):

• Top Programs – Total Canada

From Marc Berman at MediaWeek:

• Last Night’s Results
  “Very distant No. 2 CBS opened the evening with Big Brother 10 at a second-place 6.19 million viewers and a 2.0/ 7 among adults 18-49 at 8 p.m. (so long, April!), followed by a repeat of CSI (Viewers: #2, 7.20 million; A18-49: #2, 1.7/ 5) and Flashpoint (Viewers: #2, 7.29 million; A18-49: #2, 1.9/ 5) from 9-11 p.m.” Read more.

From BBM Canada, Flashpoint at #3 (1.186 million), Canadian Idol at #9 and 11 (931,000 and 865,000):

• Top Programs - Total Canada

From BBM Canada, Flashpoint at #3 (1.3 million), Canadian Idol at #4 and 5 (results: 1.229 million, performance: 1.189 million):

• Top Programs – Total Canada

From Programming Insider of MediaWeek:

• Fast Nationals for Primetime / Thursday, August 14 2008
  “Flashpoint continues its modest success by increasing the audience from its CSI lead in. … Household rating/share: 4.4/7. Adults 18-49 rating/share: 1.6/4. Total viewers: 6.311 million.” Read more.

From BBM Canada, Flashpoint at #3 (1.216 million), Canadian Idol at #6 (984,000 - performance), Canadian Idol at #13 (850,000 - results), How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria at #23 (716,000):

• Top programs - Total Canada

From Marc Berman of MediaWeek:

CBS finished second overall in the metered markets with its combination of Big Brother 10 (#2: 3.5/ 6), a repeat of CSI (4.7/ 8), and recently relocated Flashpoint (#2: 4.9/ 9 - [7.2 million]), which deserves accolades for building by four percent out of the CSI encore.

From a media release:

Flashpoint Delivers Series High Audience of 1.3 Million in Fifth Week

The two-hour finale of So You Think You Can Dance provided a boost to CTV’s Flashpoint, which delivered a series-high audience of 1.3 million viewers in its fifth week. The two series were the No.1 and No.2 programs on Canadian television last night nationally and in Toronto and Vancouver.

The success story continues for Flashpoint, which has seen growth in total viewers for the past three weeks in a row. The CTV/CBS co-production was once again No.1 in its time period last night, up 7% over last week. Since its premiere on July 11, Flashpoint has grown 74% among A18-34, 63% among A18-49 and 43% among A25-54.

In his widely-read “Programming Insider” column today, MediaWeek’s Marc Berman writes that with Flashpoint’s success, “There is every reason to now believe that the broadcast networks will rely more on quality Canadian programming in the future.”

In next week’s Episode 6, premiering Thursday, August 14 at 10 p.m. on CTV/CBS, Tasha Redford (Sarah Gadon, The Border, The Eleventh Hour) - an awkward 16-year old - is a target of bullies. Distraught and pushed to the limit by her tormenters, it’s up to Jules to talk her off the edge of an eight storey advertising tower. Can Jules get Tasha to trust her before she lets go? Will Jules’ strength be enough to keep this tormented girl alive?

From the Associated Press, Flashpoint at #12 (7.68 million):

• Prime-Time Nielsen ratings