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Ratings: The Border, The Week the Women Went, Degrassi, Heartland

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

Viewers Run Back to The Border
“That “Yes!” you just heard came from CBC where The Border rocketed back up to 716,000 viewers Monday night. The Week The Women Went had another solid outing Monday, drawing 802,000 viewers. … CTV’s Degrassi: The Next Generation continues to underwhelm at 455,000 Monday. CBC, meanwhile, continues to get bonus numbers from the under the radar family offering Heartland, which quietly scored another 625,000 viewers Sunday night.” Read more.

From Marise Strauss in Media in Canada:

Strong numbers for Week; + other sked movers & shakers
“The Week the Women Went – the reality series that examines how the men and children in a small Alberta town cope when their wives, girlfriends and mothers temporarily leave home – is based on the BBC series of the same name. It has grown its audience in the Monday 8 pm time slot from 548,000 for episode three to 929,000 for episode five, which aired opposite the winter finale of Global’s Prison Break (1.3 million) on Feb. 18.” Read more.

From BBM Canada:

Feb. 4-10 — Corner Gas at #10 (1.4 million), Rick Mercer Report at #27 (970,000)
Feb. 11-17 — Corner Gas at #7 (1.476 million)

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

Global Shortage — ratings for Little Mosque (900,000), Sophie(538,000)
MVP DOA; Viewers Went With Women — ratings for The Border (548,000), The Week The Women Went (929,000), Degrassi (426,000), Corner Gas (1.286 million), MVP (278,000), The Guard (504,000), Rick Mercer Report (856,000), This Hour Has 22 Minutes (748,000), Heartland (509,000)

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From Rob Salem of the Toronto Star:

Hot Box, TV worth talking about
“A recent survey says that awareness is at an all-time high for the new, more viewer-friendly CBC prime-time lineup. One in three people polled late last month by The Canadian Press and Harris-Decima had actually heard of The Border, jPod, MVP and Sophie. Mind you, that’s heard of â€“ not actually watched. Indeed, the most seen of all the new shows, The Border, came in at only 10 per cent. And that’s also heard of as opposed to liked. While jPod got the most positive reviews of the bunch, it also got the most negative responses. Could this be more quintessentially Canadian? … 9 p.m. Let’s try to up those viewership numbers (see above) for The Border on CBC, shall we?” Read more.

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From Bruce DeMara of the Toronto Star:

Episode of The Border turns actors into activists
” In a world where children are routinely pressed into service as soldiers and forced to commit atrocities, two actors guest-starring on tonight’s episode of The Border come at the issue from perspectives an ocean apart. Bayo Akinfemi, 38, who came to Canada as a refugee from Nigeria, said the issue of child soldiers is one all Canadians need to understand better. Isaiah Grant, a life-long Hamilton native, said playing a part in The Border opened his eyes to the ongoing genocide in Sudan and the role thousands of child soldiers play in the conflict.” Read more.