Here are the national winners (for all persons 2+; all times ET), according to BBM/Nielsen, for June 2-8.
Hockey: The CBC’s Stanley Cup Finals, from 8 pm to 12:46 am on Monday and Wednesday, kept #1 with an average minute audience of 2.72 million (up from 1.979 million on the previous week’s national chart). On the same nights, the pubcaster’s post-game coverage took #12 with 1.058 million (down from 1.369 million).
News and daily shows: CTV Evening News at 6 pm hit #6 with 1.227 million (down from 1.235 million). The net’s Jeopardy/Access Hollywood at 7:30 pm took #16 with a Tuesday-Friday average of 1.006 million (up from 1 million), while CTV National News at 11 pm hit #21 with 751,000 viewers (down from 792,000). Global National at 5:30 pm took #22 with 750,000 (up from 726,000), while News Hour at 6 pm hit #25 with 710,000 (no change). Global’s The Young & The Restless at 4:30 pm took #24 with 742,000 (down from 775,000). The CBC’s National News at 10 pm hit #28 with 640,000 viewers.
Monday: CTV’s CSI: Miami at 10 pm hit #10 with 1.11 million (down from 1.111 million). Global’s House won 9 pm, taking #14 with 1.04 million (up from 909,000) against CTV’s Criminal Minds, which hit #23 with 745,000 (down from 896,000). Global’s Bones won 8 pm with 1.007 million (up from 802,000) against CTV’s Corner Gas, which took #30 with 610,000 viewers.
Tuesday: CTV’s Canadian Idol at 9 pm hit #3 with 1.574 million viewers. Global’s NCIS at 8 pm won that time slot, taking #8 with 1.17 million viewers (up from 1.028 million) against CTV’s The Moment of Truth, which took #11 with 1.105 million (up from 908,000). CTV’s Law & Order: SVU at 10 pm hit #19 with 861,000 viewers (down from 1.026 million).
Wednesday: CTV’s So You Think You Can Dance, airing 8-10 pm, hit #4 with 1.54 million (up from 1.418 million), while the net’s CSI: New York at 10 pm took #5 with 1.248 million (up from 1.231 million).
Thursday: CTV’s So You Think You Can Dance, airing 8-10 pm, hit #2 with 1.638 million viewers (up from the 1.448 million attracted by Lost the previous week). The net’s CSI at 10 pm took #13 with 1.05 million against Global’s Swingtown, which took #26 with 708,000 viewers.
Friday: CTV’s Without a Trace at 10 pm hit #27 with 706,000 viewers (up from 648,000).
Saturday: CTV’s Evening News weekend programming’s Saturday-Sunday average hit #20 with 837,000 viewers (up from 834,000).
Sunday: CTV’s Million Dollar Password at 8 pm hit #7 with 1.222 million viewers (up from 1.096 million), while Cold Case at 9 pm took #9 with 1.125 million (up from 935,000). CBC’s Sunday night movie at 8 pm hit #17 with 874,000 viewers (up from 845,000), while the pubcaster’s Sunday Night News at 10 pm kept that same average (up from 790,000). Global’s Family Guy at 9 pm took #29 with 615,000 viewers (down from 736,000).
For lists of the top 30 TV shows nationally and by region for the week, according to BBM/Nielsen, please click the links below:
