Wednesday, October 3, 2007

American TV shows sweep Top 10 in Canada


"Once again, Canada television shows failed to crack the top 20 primetime list despite hundreds of millions of dollars being spent annually by the Canadian television fund."

From Digitalhome.ca


The first week of the fall television season in Canada is now complete and BBM Nielsen Media Research reports that, for the key adult 18-49 demographic that advertisers cherish, every primetime show in the top ten was produced in the United States and rebroadcast in Canada.

Once again, Canada television shows failed to crack the top 20 primetime list despite hundreds of millions of dollars being spent annually by the Canadian television fund.

The top five primetime shows in Canada among viewers 18-49 for the week of September 24th were House, Grey's Anatomy, Survivor: China, Heroes and CSI.

Nationally, House was seen by 1.93 million adults 18-49 while Grey’s Anatomy delivered 1.42 million and Survivor: China garnered 1.34 million viewers. Among all viewers aged 2+, the top show in the first week of the new fall season was Grey’s Anatomy on CTV delivered 2.6 million viewers while Survivor: China came second with 2.45 million viewers.

The following is a list of the Top 10 Primetime shows in Canada for the week of September among Adults 18-49 according to BBM Nielsen Media Research

  1. House (Global) - 1.93 million
  2. Grey's Anatomy (CTV) - 1.42 million
  3. Survivor: China (Global) - 1.34 million
  4. Heroes (Global) - 1.14 million
  5. CSI (CTV) - 1.11 million
  6. CSI Miami (CTV) - 1.1 million
  7. Desperate Housewives (CTV) - 1.01 million
  8. CSI New York (CTV) - 963,000
  9. Prison Break (Global) - 920,000
  10. Family Guy (Global) - 827,000


Canadian primetime television shows failed to crack the top twenty among Adults 18-49.




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