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Big Brother Canada, Ratings

Big Brother Canada earns 1 million viewers

From a media release:

Big Brother Canada’s nail-biting season three premiere drew over 1 million (2+)* viewers on Global and Slice Monday’s opener reached 2.6 million** viewers over the hour, who watched with anticipation as the houseguests moved in to an empty house and were forced to instantly nominate two people for eviction, putting Risha Denner and “Sindy with an ‘S’” on the chopping block.

With Sindy winning POV, saving herself from eviction and nominating Pilar Nemar, the fate of the evictees was instantly put in Canada’s hands, and viewers flocked to BigBrotherCanada.ca to vote for this week’s eviction. Over 100,000*** fans visited the show’s robust digital platform on Monday, a 45% increase to the site’s season two premiere day traffic.

DATA HIGHLIGHTS

  • Big Brother Canada won the time period nationally in the coveted 18-49 demo, with over 500,000 viewers.*
  • Big Brother Canada won the night in Calgary and Edmonton across all demos.****
  • Exceeded last spring’s premiere on Global by 14% (2+), 22% (A18-49), and 26% (A25-54).*****

The drama continues Wednesday night at 9pm ET/PT on Global with the first eviction of the season. Big Brother Canada airs three nights a week, on Sundays at 7pm ET/PT, Mondays at 8pm ET/PT and Wednesdays at 9pm ET/PT. The Big Brother Canada Side Show airs on Slice Thursdays at 10pm ET starting March 26 in a new, one-hour format. Big Brother After Dark will also air Monday through Sunday from 3am to 6am ET on Slice starting March 26.

Source:
*Numeris (BBM Canada) PPM Overnight Data, Mar 23, 2015, Total Canada.
**Numeris (BBM Canada) PPM Overnight Data, Mar 23, 2015, Total Canada. Ind2+, CumeRch(000)
*** Adobe Analytics – Unique Visitors Mar 23, 2015 vs. March 5th, 2014
****Numeris (BBM Canada) PPM Overnight Data, Mar 23, 2015, Total Canada.***Ind2+, A18-49, A25-54, W18-49, W25-54
***** Numeris (BBM Canada) PPM Overnight Data, Mar 23, 2015 vs. Feb 24, 2014, Total Canada.

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Link: Hockey Wives’ journey more relatable than people think

From the Toronto Star:

Hockey Wives’ journey more relatable than people think, says Brijet Whitney
Unlike that other television reality series that focuses on the glamorous lives of rich, pampered women living in, say, Beverly Hills, Brijet Whitney is a “real” housewife. As the long-time spouse of retired National Hockey League player Ray Whitney, Brijet’s been there throughout a hockey career spanning more than two decades, raising three children, pulling up stakes and moving to another city with each new trade and being — as the show’s tag line goes — “the captain off the ice.” Continue reading.

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Mr. D, Rick Mercer Report, Schitt's Creek, This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Tonight: Rick Mercer Report, 22 Minutes, Schitt’s Creek, Mr. D

Rick Mercer Report, CBC
Rick goes to Calgary to spend a day with ‘the world’s best mayor’, Naheed Nenshi that includes both city hall engagements and greeting people on the street and then he’s off to singer Brett Kissel’s family farm in Flat Lake, Alberta to help with the chores and have some country fun.

22 Minutes, CBC
This week on 22 Minutes Thomas Mulcair (Mark Critch) considers political coalition; climate change investigated; and NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau.

Schitt’s Creek, CBC – “Surprise Party”
Johnny tries to arrange a surprise birthday party for Moira. Things backfire when Moira, unwittingly, takes over the planning of her own party.

Mr. D, CBC – “Teacher Conference”
Gerry meets an attractive woman at Barrel’s and drags Lisa with him to a teacher conference in Atlantic City to find her. Robert and Bobbi’s secret fling finally becomes public knowledge, while Trudy and Frank are at odds over his inappropriate phone calls in the staffroom.

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TV Eh B Cs podcast 16 – Hart Hanson Rolls the Bones

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HartHansonBorn in the USA and raised in Canada, Hart Hanson abandoned his dreams of being a guitar god, and graduated from University College, University of Toronto, with a degree in English and Political Theory. He decided to kickstart a writing career by riding his bicycle across Canada, documenting his adventures for the Toronto Sunday Sun.

Hanson wrote for a number of Canadian television programs, including The Black Stallion, Neon Rider, Northwood, The Odyssey, Outer Limits, Poltergeist, Road to Avonlea and the series Ready or Not, for which he received his first Gemini (Canadian Emmy) nomination.

Hanson wrote the pilot for Traders, which was picked up by the Global Television Network and ran for five years, winning many Geminis, including “Best Writing” for Hanson.

Hanson and his family moved to Los Angeles, where he worked on the short-lived series Cupid as a Supervising Producer, then as Co-Executive Producer on the even-shorter-lived series Snoops. He moved to Twentieth Century Fox and worked on the series Judging Amy for three seasons, rising to executive producer. He also helped launch the series Joan of Arcadia, and eventually wrote the pilot for what is now a decade-long run of Bones on FOX.

His newest series Backstrom premiered on FOX in January.

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Big Brother Canada, Featured

Review: Big Brother Canada returns with twists aplenty

It seems the only things staying the same on Big Brother Canada are the fact houseguests play, Arisa Cox hosts and there is a house for the players to stay in. Save that, everything else is up for grabs.

Full disclosure: I’ve never watched a season of Big Brother Canada, but I can tell from the get-go it will capture my interest. Taking away the houseguests’ food, personal effects and furniture and making them earn it? Genius. Forcing them to pick two players for elimination moments after arriving in the house? Brilliant.

In a case of first impressions meaning everything, no one knowing her name didn’t stop Risha from getting enough votes to put her on the block. Tall, blonde and wearing a cleavage-baring blouse put a target on that chest of hers and she was an easy pick. And since everyone knew Sindy’s name because she stressed she was “Sindy with an ‘S,'” it was equally easy for her to be chosen too. But just because they were on the block didn’t mean they were staying there. The debut Power of Veto competition saw a combined physical and mental test where Sindy used her brains to beat out poker player Brian—who blasted through the physical aspect—to win PoV and save herself from eviction.

Sindy chose Pilar to take her place on the chopping block before host Arisa Cox revealed everyone would be sleeping on the floor. And while Risha stressed she’d have to charm the houseguests into keeping her around (Hint: start with Bobby), she spent precious minutes sitting in the kitchen by herself while everyone else got to know each other. That won’t win you the $100,000.

Not that this week’s votes matter. Canada decides who is going home: go to the Big Brother Canada website to vote.

Notes and quotes

  • Why do the ladies take such high heels with them? Don’t they know there will be stairs in the Big Brother house?
  • He’s pretty annoying so far, but I’m cheering for Graig because we share the same name (though not the same spelling) and he’s labelled himself the Ginger Ninja.
  • The Big Brother set is impressive, but I got a “bike shop” feel rather than “steampunk.”

Big Brother Canada airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT, Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT and Sundays at 7 p.m. ET/PT on Global.

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