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Dragons' Den, Murdoch Mysteries, Ratings

Murdoch Mysteries & Dragons’ Den the top 2 Canadian series

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From a media release:

CBC-TV IS HOME TO THE TOP TWO CANADIAN SERIES, DRAGONS’ DEN AND MURDOCH MYSTERIES, THIS WINTER

CBC is home to the two top-rated Canadian series’ this winter, with the critically-acclaimed MURDOCH MYSTERIES ending its sixth season as Canada’s number one drama and DRAGONS’ DEN continuing to hold its spot as the highest-rated Canadian unscripted program on television. Each week, over 1.2 million Canadians tune -in to the sixth season of MURDOCH MYSTERIES making it CBC’s most watched scripted program.

The winter, the crime-drama earned a top-spot as the second highest rated program, following DRAGONS’ DEN of all Canadian entertainment series. Garnering growing audience numbers and boasting enthusiastic and engaged fan-bases,

MURDOCH MYSTERIES and DRAGONS DEN return to CBC-TV in the fall 2013 and winter 2014 seasons.

MURDOCH MYSTERIES reached a program milestone on CBC-TV, as the homegrown series gained all-time highs in audience ratings. The season six premiere episode debuted to series high numbers with an audience of over 1.3 million viewers. On an average week, 2.2 million Canadians tuned in to CBC-TV to catch the drama and over the course of the season, one in five Canadians was tuned in to MURDOCH MYSTERIES.

Each week, the series held steady with strong viewer numbers, boasting increased audience growth which continued throughout the season. The ongoing success has earned the period crime-drama a seventh season on CBC next winter, with an extended 18 episode run.

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Bomb Girls, Murdoch Mysteries, Seed

Monday: Murdoch Mysteries, Bomb Girls, Seed

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Murdoch Mysteries, CBC – “The Murdoch Trap” season finale
With his colleague sentenced to hang for murder, Detective Murdoch races to exonerate them and steps into a trap set by the real killer. Guest star – Michael Seater.

Bomb Girls, Global – “Romeo Foxtrot”
When Lorna decides to take dance classes, she finds herself smitten with dancing and her dance instructor. Meanwhile, Kate and Ivan explore the terms of engagement, Vera misconstrues Gladys’ newfound interest in Marco as a budding romance, and Marco questions his allegiances after his mother is wrongfully accused of stealing at Witham Foods.

Seed, City – “The Sperm Whale”
Harry (Adam Korson) runs into the woman – and homewrecker – that he’s desired for ages and tells her that he’s married to Rose (Carrie-Lynn Neales) – the only thing that will turn her on. Meanwhile, Jonathan (Matt Baram) and Janet (Laura de Carteret) create a fake social media account to try and connect with their daughter (Abby Ross).

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Murdoch Mysteries, Seed

Canadian TV: Safe or sexy?

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From DK Latta of Huffington Post Canada:

Is Canadian TV Too Safe, Or Too Sexy?
What one chooses to focus on depends on ones agenda. There is often a desire by some to promote the idea of dull, timid Canadians…and to embrace the mystique of the edgy and fearless American. Canadian would-be hipsters quick to sneer at Canadian TV as inherently tame compared to the shiny bauble that is American TV. In this recent interview, Adam Korson, star of the new Canadian-made sitcom, Seed, takes special aim at Canadian repressed conservatism, as though that’s the main obstacle in his series’ quest for ratings — a series about a sperm donor (with animated sperm dancing across the title) and featuring single moms and same sex parents. (The fact that I don’t think the series has landed American distribution at all seems left out of the equation). Read more.

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