Here are the national winners (for all persons 2+; all times ET), according to BBM/Nielsen, for July 7-13, 2008.
News and daily shows: CTV Evening News at 6 pm hit #4 with an average minute audience of 1.091 million viewers (up from 1.089 million on the previous week’s chart). Global’s The Young & The Restless at 4:30 pm took #17 with 805,000 (up from 793,000). CTV’s Jeopardy/Access Hollywood at 7:30 pm hit #21 with 761,000 (up from 641,000). Global National at 5:30 pm took #24 with 688,000 (down from 709,000), while News Hour at 6 pm hit #26 with 665,000 (down from 718,000). CTV National News at 11 pm took #25 with 675,000 (down from 731,000). CBC’s National News at 10 pm hit #30 with 540,000 (down from 630,000).
Monday: CTV’s Canadian Idol, airing 8-9:30 pm, hit #2 with 1.308 million (up from its previous Monday-Tuesday average of 793,000). Global’s House at 9 pm took #6 with 1.02 million (down from 1.087 million), while Bones at 8 pm hit #11 with 916,000 (up from 901,000). CTV’s CSI: Miami at 10 pm took #16 with 817,000 (down from 1.034 million).
Tuesday: CTV’s Canadian Idol at 8 pm hit #9 with 957,000 viewers, while Law & Order: SVU at 10 pm took #10 with 930,000 (up from 823,000) and Criminal Minds at 9 pm climbed to #14 with 825,000 (up from 620,000). Global’s Big Brother at 9 pm hit #13 with 863,000 viewers, while the net’s Wipeout at 8 pm fell to #18 with 801,000 (down from 1.013 million).
Wednesday: CTV’s So You Think You Can Dance, airing 8-10 pm, hit #1 with 1.41 million viewers (up from 1.25 million), while the net’s CSI: New York at 10 pm took #5 with 1.078 million (down from 1.313 million). Global’s Big Brother at 8 pm hit #22 with 753,000 viewers.
Thursday: CTV’s So You Think You Can Dance at 9 pm hit #3 with 1.263 million viewers (down from 1.327 million), while Law & Order: CI at 10 pm took #7 with 998,000 (down from 1.158 million). The net’s CSI at 8 pm hit #15 with 825,000 (down from 1.008 million).
Friday: CTV’s Flashpoint at 10 pm hit #12 with 908,000 viewers (down from 1.108 million). The net’s CSI at 9 pm took #28 with 617,000 (up from 526,000), while Ghost Whisperer at 8 pm hit #29 with 588,000 (up from 530,000).
Saturday: CTV’s weekend evening news programming average for Saturday-Sunday at 6 pm put it at #20 on the national chart with 774,000 viewers (down from 772,000).
Sunday: Global’s Big Brother hit #8 with 976,000 viewers (down from 949,000). The CBC’s Sunday night movie took #19 with 791,000. Global’s Family Guy at 9 pm hit #23 with 701,000 (up from 665,000). The Ceeb’s Maria performances took #27 with 655,000 (up from 571,000).
For lists of the top 30 TV shows nationally and by region for the week, according to BBM/Nielsen, please click the links below:
