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Little Mosque on the Prairie, Ratings, Rick Mercer Report

In the news: CBC’s new shows attractive to advertisers

From Andrew Ryan of the Globe and Mail:

  • The Border, Sophie and jPod back CBC’s bet on home-grown TV
    “As expected, the flashy law-enforcement drama The Border was the most popular: The show’s debut two Mondays back drew an impressive 710,000 total viewers. The following night, jPod attracted 472,000 total viewers. The numbers went up again that Wednesday when the single-gal sitcom Sophie found its way to 630,000 viewers. Friday yielded the only disappointment – the desperate-hockey-wives comedy-soap MVP, with a first-night audience of only 383,000 total viewers.” Read more.

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Feeling confident, Sophie (Natalie Brown) brings her newborn to a restaurant to eat by herself, only to run into the two people she really doesn’t want to see. SOPHIE telecasts on CBC Television, Wednesday, January 22 at 8:30 p.m.

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In the news: Canadian series have strike advantage

From Marke Andrews of the Vancouver Sun:

  • Canadian productions get boost from U.S. strike
    “The U.S. writers strike has given Canadian producers a higher profile south of the border, because Canadians are still making drama and comedy. In addition to The Guard and Insight’s projects, Canadian series jPod, The Border, Sophie and MVP are filling CBC TV’s primetime schedule.” Read more.

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The Guard on Global

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Little Mosque on the Prairie, Ratings

In the news: CBC Ratings

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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.
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