TV, eh?

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Glee at Global as Rookie Series Delivers

From Bill Brioux of TV Feeds My Family:

• Being Erica Means Being on the Bubble

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Amazing Race Tops 3 Million at Finish Line

From BBM Canada:

• Top programs – Total Canada
  #18 Dragons’ Den (1.624 million)
  #28 Rick Mercer Report (1.126 million)

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Magnificent Morrison Goes Postal on Glee

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Mercer Still Rolling, TSN Riding High

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• TSN’s Grey Cup Beats Super Bowl, Oscars

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Post Sweeps Survivor Takes Quiet Night

From BBM Canada:

• Top programs – Total Canada
  #18 Dragons’ Den (1.746 million)
  #19 Battle of the Blades (1.736 million)
  #22 Flashpoint (1.589 million)
  #30 Heartland (1.210 million)

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Are Those PPMs Losing Their Lift

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• CBC News at 10 Fix: Paging Jack Bauer
  “Discovery steered another 739,000 toward Canada’s Worst Driver.” Read more.

From Brendan Kelly of Variety:

• CBC auds up in fall season
  “Ratings are up bigtime for Canuck pubcaster CBC, which is having its best fall season in five years. The Toronto-based network’s market share so far this fall is 9.3, up from 7.9 last year.” Read more.

From BBM Canada:

• Top programs – Total Canada
  #15 Dragons’ Den (2.075 million)
  #16 Battle of the Blades (1.878 million)
  #20 Flashpoint (1.771 million)
  #28 Heartland (1.278 million)

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Ice Pilots Soar, CSI: NY Kills, Glee Grows
  “Ice Pilots NWT took off Wednesday night, soaring to 459,000 History Television viewers according to BBM Canada overnight estimates.” Read more.

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Battle of the Blackout: Iced by Rogers?
  “The BBM Canada overnight estimates have an asterisk next to CBC’s Blades numbers, which currently stand at 1,754,000 viewers.” Read more.

From a media release:

Canada’s PEAK SEASON A Mountainous Hit for MTV

• Original series PEAK SEASON delivers the highest-rated series premiere ever on MTV in Canada
• Whistler-based series also hits highs in HD online at mtv.ca and on iTunes

Final data from BBM Canada reveals that MTV’s new documentary series PEAK SEASON sits atop the summit, delivering the highest-rated series premiere ever for any program – original or acquired – on MTV in Canada. The one-hour premiere, which aired October 19, ranked #1 (P12-34) in its timeslot against all Canadian and U.S. specialty channels*. Generating an average audience of 122,000 total viewers, a remarkable 89% were younger viewers aged 12-34 (109,000). Snowballing as the show went on, the audience grew an impressive 20% from Episode 1 to Episode 2.

This season to date, PEAK SEASON ranks as the third most-watched show on mtv.ca with more than 1.3 million video streams, behind only THE HILLS and THE CITY**. All episodes are available on demand in high definition at mtv.ca. Also available on iTunes, PEAK SEASON has ranked in the Top 20 of episode sales in Canada the day after their instant release.

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From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Millions Ignore Canadian TV Awards
  “Apparently there was some sort of Canadian TV awards show on Saturday night. It drew 303,000 viewers on Global according to BBM Canada overnight estimates. Word is it was held in Calgary. Another 50,000 caught it on Showcase.” Read more.

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Tribe Has Spoken: Survivor Still Potent
  Further down was CBC’s The Border, up week-to-week at least with 503,000.” Read more.

From BBM Canada:

• Top Programs – Total Canada
  #16 Dragons’ Den (1.820 million)
  #17 Flashpoint (1.816 million)
  #18 Battle of the Blades performance (1.810 million)
  #26 Heartland (1.282 million)
  #29 Battle of the Blades results (1.143 million)

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Wednesday Winners: CSI: New York, Dragons
  “The other big news–as predicted here last week–was CBC’s Dragon’s Den smashing through the 2 million barrier with 2,075,000 viewers. If this was a stock, you’d be rich by now if you bought into it just last year when it was pulling closer to 700,000.” Read more.