Here are the national winners (for all persons 2+; all times ET), according to BBM/Nielsen, for March 3-9.
News and daily shows: CTV Evening News at 6 pm hit #6 with an average minute audience of 1.547 million viewers (up from 1.469 million on the previous week’s national chart). The net’s Jeopardy/Access Hollywood at 7:30 pm took #14 with 1.207 million (up from 1.169 million). Global’s News Hour at 6 pm hit #22 with 946,000 (up from 908,000), while National at 5:30 pm took #23 with 927,000 (down from 960,000). CTV National News at 11 pm hit #26 with 882,000 viewers. Global’s The Young & The Restless at 4:30 pm took #30 with 833,000 (down from 867,000).
Monday: CTV’s Medium at 10 pm hit #17 with 1.152 million (down from 1.188 million). Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Global’s Monday night movie, airing 8-10:30 pm, took #21 with 966,000 viewers.
Tuesday: CTV’s American Idol at 8 pm stayed at #1 with 2.59 million (up from 2.353 million). The net’s Criminal Minds at 9 pm took #7 with 1.446 million viewers, while Law & Order: SVU at 10 pm rounded out a winning night at #9 with 1.439 million (up from 1.088 million). Global’s Big Brother at 9 pm hit #28 with 869,000 (up from 824,000).
Wednesday: CTV’s American Idol at 8 pm hit #2 with 2.272 million (up from 2.213 million). The net’s Law & Order at 10 pm took #5 with 1.595 million (up from 1.453 million), while The Moment of Truth at 9 pm rounded out another winning night at #10 with 1.339 million. CBC’s Little Mosque on the Prairie at 8 pm hit #27 with 881,000 viewers (down from 1.022 million). In the same time slot, Global’s Big Brother took #29 with 851,000 viewers.
Thursday: CTV’s American Idol Special at 8 pm hit #3 with 1.934 million (down from 2.033 million) against Global’s Survivor: Micronesia, which took #4 with 1.916 million (up from 1.816 million). CTV’s Lost at 9 pm hit #9 with 1.439 million (down from 1.529 million) against Global’s Celebrity Apprentice, which took #15 with 1.185 million (up from 1.042 million).
Friday: No shows made the national chart.
Saturday: CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada Game One, airing 7-10:03 pm, hit #12 with 1.255 million (up from 1.09 million). CTV’s Saturday-Sunday average for its weekend news at 6 pm took #13 with 1.215 million (down from 1.222 million). The net’s Crimetime Saturdays programming took #16 at 10 pm with 1.176 million (up from 906,000) and #19 at 8 pm with 1.028 million, while W-Five at 7 pm hit #24 with 914,000 viewers (down from 1.124 million).
Sunday: CTV’s Oprah’s Big Give at 9 pm won the night, hitting #11 with 1.282 million viewers (down from 1.719 million) against Global’s Family Guy, which took #20 with 1.02 million. At 8 pm, CTV’s Cold Case took #18 with 1.094 million (up from 835,000). The net’s Law & Order: CI at 7 pm hit #25 with 906,000 viewers.
For lists of the top 30 TV shows nationally and by region for the week, according to BBM/Nielsen, please click the links below:
