In the news: CBC Ratings

From Marise Strauss of Media in Canada about last week’s ratings:

Sophie, jPod do well for CBC
“Sophie, the English-language version of a hit Quebec sitcom, premiered to a sound 630,000 viewers on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m., following the mid-season debut of Mosque. The antics of the residents of Mercy, Saskatchewan drew 804,000 viewers, up from the second season debut of 750,000. (All times Eastern, all ratings 2+ unless noted.) Total viewership of jPod (pictured) trailed with 472,000 on Tuesday at 9 pm, the time slot formerly held by The Tudors. However, among viewers 24-54, the new one-hour series based on Douglas Coupland’s bestselling novel exceeded CBC’s highest rating ever for this demo. Of the 472,000 viewers who tuned in to the offbeat comedy on its Tuesday night debut, 62% (293,000) were in the highly-desired 25-54 group.” Read more.

From Denis McGrath at Dead Things on Sticks, about this week’s ratings:

CBC Hangs On
“Little Mosque did 910 000. Sophie, at 8:30, did 625 000.” Read more.
Not a Lot of Pod People
“As it ran smack into the juggernaut that was the return of American Idol, the numbers tumbled from a 472 000 start to 250 000 for Episode 2.” Read more.

In the news: Curler makes cameo on Little Mosque

From Simcoe.com:

Howard makes appearance in CBC sitcom
“He has three world championship titles in his possession and has won every curling award imaginable. With those awards in hand, Midland native Glenn Howard has decided to try his hand at acting. Although his appearance was brief, the manager of The Beer Store in Midland knocked off one line with ease during a guest appearance on the CBC-produced television series Little Mosque on the Prairie.” Read more.

From AfterElton.com:

Degrassi: The Next Generation’s Adamo Ruggiero comes out
“It was the challenge of learning to accept himself that prompted Ruggiero to publicly come out: ‘Ultimately I just thought maybe the reason why that these kind of fears are perpetuated of â€˜I can’t come out, what’s going to happen to my career?’ is because things really haven’t changed â€¦ and I feel like the more we hide the more we perpetuate it.'” Read more.

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From Bill Harris at the Toronto Sun:

Kinsella bio-doc Curveball hit and miss
“The biography/documentary special Curveball: W.P. Kinsella, which debuts tonight on Bravo, begins by interviewing various people who have made the pilgrimage to the real-life baseball diamond in Iowa where the most-memorable scenes in Field of Dreams were shot. You may never have pondered the possibility of a pilgrimage, but if you have a vague fascination with the movie, then Curveball will be of some interest to you.” Read more.

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From Lee-Anne Goodman of the Canadian Press:

Reality show gives women a break
“That dream came true last year for the women of Hardisty, a small town in central Alberta, and the CBC was there to document the fallout in “The Week the Women Went,” an enthralling new reality show premiering Monday night on the public broadcaster.” Read more.