Here are the national winners (for all persons 2+; all times ET), according to BBM/Nielsen, for July 21-27, 2008.
News and daily shows: CTV Evening News at 6 pm hit #6 with an average minute audience of 1.02 million viewers (down from 1.091 million on the previous week’s national chart). Global’s The Young & The Restless at 4:30 pm took #15 with 857,000 (up from 805,000). CTV’s Jeopardy/Access Hollywood at 7:30 pm hit #16 with 782,000 (up from 761,000). Global National at 5:30 pm took #21 with 727,000 (up from 688,000), while News Hour at 6 pm hit #25 with 675,000 (up from 665,000). CTV National News at 11 pm took #24 with 687,000 (up from 675,000).
Monday: CTV’s Canadian Idol at 9 pm hit #3 with 1.192 million (down from 1.308 million) against Global’s House, which took #7 with 980,000 (down from 1.02 million). CTV’s CSI: Miami at 10 pm hit #9 with 950,000 (up from 817,000). Global’s Bones won the 8 pm time slot, taking #13 with 893,000 (down from 916,000). CBC’s Maria results at 8 pm took #28 with 610,000 viewers.
Tuesday: CTV’s Canadian Idol at 8 pm hit #4 with 1.117 million (up from 957,000), while Criminal Minds at 9 pm took #10 with 934,000 (up from 825,000) against Global’s Big Brother, which took #11 with 895,000 (up from 863,000). Global’s Wipeout at 8 pm hit #14 with 886,000 (up from 801,000). CTV’s Law & Order: SVU at 10 pm took #18 with 767,000 (down from 930,000).
Wednesday: CTV’s So You Think You Can Dance, airing 8-10 pm, hit #2 with 1.282 million (up from 1.41 million). The net’s CSI: New York at 10 pm took #8 with 959,000 (down from 1.078 million). Global’s Big Brother at 8 pm hit #22 with 709,000 (down from 753,000).
Thursday: CTV’s So You Think You Can Dance at 9 pm hit #1 with 1.381 million viewers (up from 1.263 million), while Flashpoint took #5 with 1.086 million in its new 10 pm time slot. The net’s CSI at 8 pm hit #12 with 894,000 (up from 825,000).
Friday: No shows on the Top 30.
Saturday: CTV’s weekend evening news programming average for Saturday-Sunday at 6 pm put it at #17 on the national chart with 773,000 viewers (down from 774,000).
Sunday: CBC’s Maria performances at 8 pm hit #19 with 752,000 (up from 655,000), while the pubcaster’s Sunday night movie took #23 with 704,000 (down from 791,000) and news at 11 pm took #29 with 599,000. Global’s Big Brother at 8 pm hit #20 with 738,000 (down from 976,000), while American Dad at 9:30 pm took #26 with 660,000 viewers and Family Guy took #30 with 599,000 (down from 701,000). CTV’s Cold Case at 9 pm took #27 with 629,000 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:
