The puck dropped on the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs and once
again hockey dominated the Canadian TV Top-10. Vancouver's poor start, however, has to be a concern for CBC, which will miss those west coast ratings should Canucks do the unthinkable and bow out early.
The Amazing
Race and Survivor were one-two for the week despite all that hockey competition. The Toronto
Blue Jays were back, too, and proved to be a big draw all week on Sportnet
Here’s how all it all played out across Canada in prime time
among adults 2+ the week of April 9 to 15 according to overnight estimates:
MONDAY
A new Bones was a
bonus for Global with 1,774,000 counted in the overnight estimates. A new House drew 1,728,000. Hawaii
Dancing with the Stars
on CTV Two (1,311,000) beat The Voice
on CTV (1,097,000) although Voice won
again in the 25-54 demo. A rerun of Castle
followed on CTV with 1,262,000 viewers.
Smash is no smash
on CTV Two (438,000).
Canada’s Got Talent
but City is not getting viewers. Moved again this week to 9 p.m. , the talent search series drew 271,000 for a
30-minute Semi-Final. How I met Your
Mother opened City’s night at 8 (753,000) followed by 2 Broke Girls (857,000). Rules
of Engagement did 94,000 and the premiere of the Showtime drama Shameless did 159,000 at 10.
Between hockey games it is wall-to-wall reruns on CBC this
spring. This week, reheated Little Mosque
did 286,000 and 311,000 back-to-back. Love
Lies Bleeding kicked in another 236,000.
The Blue Jays batted clean up for Sportsnet in their home
opener, drawing a hefty 1,325,000. 923,000 of those came from Sportsnet Ontario .
History got a lift from an American Restoration marathon (peaking at 441,000) and Cajun Pawn Stars (357,000, 411,000). Top Chef Canada rose to 374,000 on Food.
Bering Sea Gold (318,000) was the big draw at
Discovery. Score pinned 316,000 with WWE
Raw. Midsomer Murders killed on
TVO (305,000).
TUESDAY
Glee was back at
Global with 1,793,000 returning for the Fox song party. NCIS: Los
Angeles
CTV found 1,804,000 viewers with Missing. A results episode of The
Voice did 1,049,000. Unforgettable
ended CTV’s night with 1,383,000.
CTV Two went with a rerun of Flashpoint (155,000) followed by a Dancing with the Stars results show (1,309,000). Goodbye Sherri
Shepherd. CTV Two’s night ended with Fashion
Star (299,000).
‘Twas the night before the hockey playoffs, so CBC threw
together a HNiC “Stanley Cup Countdown” special (245,000). At 9 they aired a Just Four Laughs comedy special
featuring Russell peters (738,000).
City had its normal Tuesday night schedule of Last Man
Standing (327,000) followed by Cougar Town (354,000), New Girl (which soared to 720,000). Raising Hope (also way up at 542,000) and Body of Proof (684,000).
The Blue Jays continue to swing a big bat at Sportsnet,
pulling 959,000 against the Red Sox. The NHL Draft Lottery drew 602,000
desperate Leafs fans on TSN. Pawn Stars
fetched 318,000 and 363,000 on History.
WEDNESDAY
Survivor One World stayed
on top of the overnights with 2,274,000 viewers. Rookie Blue, which returns with new episodes in late May, was rerun
to 467,000. Part 4 of Global’s new Titanic
miniseries sunk to 344,000 viewers.
CBC had two NHL playoff games.
Detroit/Nashville drew 993,000 and then Canucks/LA soared to 2,041,000.
A two hour American Idol drew 1,791,000 CTV viewers. A new CSI followed with a remarkable 1,992,000
tuning in at 10.
CTV Two started their night off
with Betty White’s Off Their Rockers
(309,000). The terrible new NBC comedy Best Friends Forever managed 196,000.
CTV Two took a big jump with Criminal
Minds (1,268,000) followed by Law
& Order SVU (536,000).
City stuck with The
Middle (281,000), Suburgatory (304,000)
and Modern Family (728,000). At 9:30 came the premiere of ABC’s cheeky new
comedy Don’t Trust the B—in Apartment 23
TSN had a big hockey score with their Philly/Pittsburgh tilt
(1,490,000). A Jays game drew 430,000 on Sportsnet. New to History was Full Metal Jousting, which poked
169,000. The Real Housewives of Vancouver
entertained 163,000 on Slice.
King crowned
80,000 on Showcase.
THURSDAY
The Big Bang Theory was marked down to 2,191,000 for
a rerun. Two and a Half Men followed with 1,280,000. Grey’s Anatomy
was next with 1,868,000, with Criminal Minds pulling 1,026,000.
American Idol (1,014,000) was up a bit on CTV Two. Hot
in Cleveland
Global had The Exes (239,000)
followed by The Office (225,000). Kiefer Sutherland’s new series Touch
reached out to 998,000. Awake woke up 579,000.
An NHL playoff Round One game
featuring Ottawa and NYR drew
1,565,000 on CBC.
City saw 188,000 tune in to Community.
30 Rock rolled to 235,000. Raising Hope slid to 108,000, followed
by 2 Broke Girls (415,000). The premiere of the new drama Scandal did
334,000.
TSN scored with two NHL playoff
games (592,000 for San Jose/St. Louis, 674,000 for Chicago/Phoenix. House of
Bryan built to 300,000 on HGTV.
FRIDAY
CBC got two more hockey wins from
Detroit/Nashville (692,000) and especially LA/Vancouver (2,048,000).
CTV stuck with Undercover Boss at 8 (1,188,000)
followed by Grimm at 9 (949,000) and
then switched to CSI: Miami (1,070,000).
Global get an early start with
the Aboriginal Achievement Awards at 7:30
(147,000) followed by Harry’s Law
(820,000) and Ringer (378,000).
CTV Two welcomed back Shark Tank (490,000) followed by a two
hour Lionel Ritchie music special (453,000).
City had another Gord Martineau
news special (50,000) followed by Fringe
(295,000) and Mantracker (123,000).
Philly/Pittsburgh drew 1,442,000
to TSN. Jays batted 665,000 on Sportsnet.
Moving to Fridays did nothing for
King (49,000).
SATURDAY
Two NHL playoff games on CBC saw
Washington/Boston net 1,038,000 and Senators/Rangers score 2,146,000.
Buried Saturday at 8 and airing six
days after its NBC broadcast, a two hour Celebrity
Apprentice was found by 272,000 Global viewers.
Blue Jays batted another 796,000
for an afternoon game on Sportsnet National. A new Saturday Night Live did 546,000 at 11:30
p.m.
SUNDAY
Once
Upon a Time reran to 711,000 at 7 on CTV. The Amazing Race roared back at 8 with 2,296,000 overnight,
estimated viewers. CSI: Miami
Vancouver/LA was a late draw on
CBC, scoring 2,199,000.
Global started with The Simpsons (690,000) followed by Bob’s Burgers (445,000) then took off
with The Good Wife (1,067,000), which
must be getting a boost from Matthew Perry. The premiere of the new Rookie Blue clone NYC 22 did surprisingly well at 10, arresting 1,427,000.
TSN scored again with Philly/Pitts
(1,299,000) and Jersey/Florida (1,137,000).
Canada’s
Got Talent was up to 612,000 on City. CTV Two had nothing.
Jays batted 611,000 on Sportsnet. Titanic
at 100 floated to 436,000 on History. Justified
drew 124,000 on Showcase.
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