Here are the national champs (for all persons 2+; all times ET) according to BBM/Nielsen for Aug. 25 – Aug. 31, 2008.

Monday: Canadian Idol, at 9 pm, came out on top with an average minute audience of 1.269 million viewers, taking over from CBC’s The National, which was at 1.329 million the week before.

Tuesday – Friday: CTV’s evening news at 6 pm was the winner for the rest of the work week at 1.177 million viewers, replacing CBC’s The National, which was at 1.329 million the week before.

Saturday, Sunday: CTV’s evening weekend news at 6 pm won the weekend with 830,000 viewers, taking over from the Olympics last week, which had an audience of 1.249 million viewers on Saturday and 1.486 million viewers on Sunday for the closing ceremonies.

For lists of the top 30 TV shows nationally and by region for the week, according to BBM/Nielsen, please click on the links below: National
Quebec
Toronto
Calgary
Vancouver