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Ratings: Winter premiere week numbers

From Bill Brioux of TV Feeds My Family:

  • Murdoch Mysteries lifts CBC’s premiere week
    Premiere week is over. How did CBC do? The first week of January is a big one for CBC as the public broadcaster tries to take advantage of a more-or-less down week in network television to sneak on its 2013 series premieres. The network headed into the beginning of the year behind the 8 Ball with Hockey Night in Canada off its schedule due to the prolonged lockout, although the good news is the CBC’s most-watched broadcast returns Jan. 19. Add in budget cuts, the loss of popular supper hour driver Jeopardy! and other slings and arrows and its a wonder CBC managed to keep the lights on at all last fall. Read more.
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The Horses of McBride nab 1.3 million viewers

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From a media release:

A New Holiday Classic: 1.3 Million Viewers Saddle Up to CTV’s New Original Movie THE HORSES OF MCBRIDE

  • THE HORSES OF MCBRIDE is Sunday’s most-watched drama
  • Viewers can catch encore presentations on Wednesday on Bravo and Friday on CTV Two

A major holiday television event, last night’s premiere of CTV’s new, critically acclaimed, original television movie THE HORSES OF MCBRIDE drew 1.3 million viewers, making it the most-watched drama of the night with total viewers and an instant holiday classic. Growing by double digit percentages in its second hour with total viewers and the key adult demos, the movie peaked at 1.6 million during its moving conclusion when the community of McBride, B.C. rallied together to save two stranded horses in time for Christmas. Overall, the movie attracted 3.6 million unique viewers throughout the two-hour broadcast.

Inspired by real-life events, THE HORSES OF MCBRIDE stars Aidan Quinn, Kari Matchett, and MacKenzie Porter. Encore presentations of THE HORSES OF MCBRIDE air Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo and Friday, Dec. 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CTV Two. THE HORSES OF MCBRIDE is also available across CTV’s digital platforms on CTV.ca, the CTV App, and the CTV Mobile channel.

Leading up to premiere, critics were unanimous in their praise: “… perfect for the Christmas season…” said the Calgary Herald; “the movie is a pleasure to watch,” said The Globe and Mail; and the Medicine Hat News said it’s “a story that promises to warm the heart before Christmas.”

Inspired by real-life events, THE HORSES OF MCBRIDE follows cowboy-outfitter Matt Davidson (EMMY® Award-nominated Aidan Quinn, ELEMENTARY) who has decided to sell his family ranch and find work in the city. His wife Avril (Kari Matchett, 24) and son Kenny (Edward Ruttle, HELLCATS) have embraced the move, but his daughter Nicki (MacKenzie Porter, R.L. Stine’s THE HAUNTING HOUR), who dreams of being an outfitter and mountain guide like her dad, is shocked and angry. It’s late December 2008, when two starving horses are discovered high up on the Rockies, trapped in a six foot-deep prison of snow more than 30 miles from any road. After seeing the spirit in their eyes, Nicki commits to getting them off the mountain – somehow. With no other options, she picks up a shovel and starts to dig out the mile-long path in deep snow, inspiring her father, family, and an entire community to pitch in.

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Flashpoint finale hits series ratings high

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From a media release:

Canada Says Goodbye to FLASHPOINT With All-Time Series High Audience of 2.1 Million Viewers on CTV

CTV’s trailblazing hit Original Drama FLASHPOINT came to a conclusion with its biggest audience ever last night: a series-high 2.1 million viewers. Closing out the final season with an average audience of 1.8 million viewers, last night’s emotional and historic finale propelled the Canadian series to a final 10 p.m. timeslot win in total viewers and all key demos over its simulcast American competition, and making it the most-watched broadcast of a Canadian series in 18 months.* Overall, 12.5 million Canadians watched FLASHPOINT in its fifth and final season.

FLASHPOINT was the #3 program of the night, behind only THE BIG BANG THEORY (3.9 million) and TWO AND A HALF MEN (2.7 million). In Toronto, the finale achieved a 6.1 rating for the greatly anticipated final episode.

Airing just hours before the finale, the CTV Original Special FLASHPOINT: THE FINAL SALUTE won its timeslot with 772,000 viewers, growing its ETALK lead-in by 20%. Viewers can catch an encore broadcast of the poignant tribute special on Wednesday, Dec. 26 at 1 p.m. ET on CTV and at 5 p.m. ET on CTV Two.

In celebration of the finale last night, CTV hosted the ultimate FLASHPOINT series finale screening experience at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. More than 500 lucky fans watched the final two episodes on the big screen prior to the live broadcast on CTV, followed by an up-close and lively Q & A session with the cast and producers.

Online, the conversations, recaps, and post-mortems continued through the night and into the early hours of the morning as FLASHPOINT was a trending topic on Twitter. Between Part 1 of the finale, which aired last week, and last night’s final episode, #FPCTV was used on Twitter 4,500 times and mentioned almost 12,000 times on social networks.

For FLASHPOINT fans not ready to say goodbye just yet or who want to catch up, encore presentations of the two-part finale will air Sunday, Dec. 16 from 9-11 p.m. ET/PT on CTV, with Part 2 also airing Monday, Dec. 17 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CTV Two.

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