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From a media release:

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA is Fall’s No. 1 New Program

• YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA sets Benchmark for a Canadian series
• No. 1 New Series Overall and for Younger Viewers, Women and Urban Markets
• Becomes Most-Watched Program Overall on MuchMusic

Six weeks into the Fall Television Season, a Canadian series is making history. CTV’s SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA has “popped” its way to the top, becoming this Fall’s No. 1 new television series.* Attracting 47% more viewers than 90210, it’s the first time in memory that an original, homegrown production has claimed more viewers than American imports in the Fall Season.

After three performance episodes, the Wednesday night hit for CTV is averaging 1.36 million viewers, making it not only the No. 1 new program among total viewers, but in all key demos as well. The series performs particularly well among younger viewers (No. 1 New Series among A18-34 and A18-49), women (No. 1 New Series among F18-34 and F18-49) and in urban markets (No. 1 New Series in Toronto and Vancouver).

From BBM Canada:

• Top Programs – Total Canada
  • So You Think You Can Dance Canada at #11 and #30 (1.307 million and 816,000)
  • Corner Gas at #14 (1.161 million)

From BBM Canada:

• Top Programs - Total Canada
  So You Think You Can Dance Canada at #13 (1.444 million)
  Rick Mercer Report at #19 (1.155 million)
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From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Wheels Fall Off Degrassi
  “Degrassi continues to sink into the abyss at CTV. A record low 220,000 bothered to check out Sunday’s second episode of the new season … Heartland on CBC was no hell, either, drawing 371,000.” Read more.

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Sophie: Viewers Wanted
  “Sophie was up slightly in Week Two, to 395,000 CBC viewers. … Little Mosque on the Prairie 684,000, CTV’s So You Think You Can Dance Canada 1,430,000 (a new high for the series).” Read more.

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Stocks Down, Minutes, Mercer Up
  “Election fever helped boost this season’s second episode of The Rick Mercer Report to 1,155,000 CBC viewers–a mighty leap from the week before. Ratings for the half-hour right after it–This Hour Has 22 Minutes–also shot up in Week Two, with 787,000 viewers tuning in.” Read more.

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Border Jump
  “Week Two of CBC’s The Border saw a jump up to 704,000 viewers, a great sign on a crowded Monday night.” Read more.

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Degrassi: The Lost Generation
  “Degrassi The Next Generation continues to be one of the lowest ratings shows on Canadian television, drawing just 398,000 viewers for its eighth season premiere Sunday.” Read more.

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Very Little Mosque Battered By Bones
  “Little Mosque on the Prairie’s third season debut opened to 603,000, one of its lowest ratings ever. … Sophie returned for a second season of 20 new episodes with just 352,000 viewers.” Read more.

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Global’s Big House Owns Tuesday
  “House’s Canadian haul makes Tuesdays a tough night to open against but in charged CBC’s Rick Mercer Report, still solid with 808,000 viewers. This Hour Has 22 Minutes (which opened last night with the Hockey Night in Canada theme–nice save) followed at 8:30 with 619,000 viewers. … In fourth place was the season premiere of CBC’s The Tudors (651,000).” Read more.