Here are the national winners (for all persons 2+; all times ET), according to BBM/Nielsen, for May 19-25.
News and daily shows: CTV Evening News at 6 pm hit #12 with an average minute audience of 1.366 million viewers (up from 1.231 million on the previous week’s national chart). The net’s Jeopardy/Access Hollywood at 7:30 pm took #20 with 982,000 (up from 973,000) for its Tuesday and Friday airings, while CTV National News at 11 pm took #22 with 923,000 (up from 874,000). Global’s The Young & The Restless at 4:30 pm hit #23 with 875,000 (up from 813,000). CTV’s Dr. Phil at 5 pm took #26 with 834,000 viewers. Global’s News Hour at 6 pm hit #27 with 799,000, while Global National at 5:30 pm took #29 with 772,000 (up from 760,000).
Monday: Global’s House at 9 pm won the night, hitting #3 with 2.688 million (up from 2.296 million). CTV’s CSI: Miami at 10 pm took #5 with 2.135 million (up from 1.85 million). Global’s Bones at 8 pm hit #9 with 1.888 million (up from 1.479 million) against CTV’s Dancing with the Stars, which took #10 with 1.814 million (up from 1.598 million). CTV’s Two and a Half Men at 9 pm hit #16 with 1.158 million. The CBC’s NHL playoffs round three, airing 8-10:38 pm, took #19 with 1.028 million viewers.
Tuesday: CTV’s American Idol at 8 pm stayed at #2 with 3.073 million (up from 2.472 million). The net’s Dancing with the Stars at 9 pm took #8 with 2.006 million (up from 1.833 million). Global’s NCIS at 8 pm hit #11 with 1.443 million (down from 1.453 million), while Shark at 10 pm took #28 with 794,000 viewers (down from 815,000).
Wednesday: CTV’s American Idol, airing 8-10:06 pm, stayed at #1 with 3.103 million viewers (up from 2.585 million). The net’s CSI: New York hit #7 with 2.05 million in the 10 pm time slot (up from 2.049 million), while Criminal Minds at 7 pm took #13 with 1.281 million (down from 1.445 million). Global’s 8 pm movie took #21 with 935,000 viewers.
Thursday: CTV’s Grey’s Anatomy at 9 pm fell to #4 with 2.608 million viewers (up from 2.331 million). The net’s So You Think You Can Dance, airing 7-9 pm, hit #15 with 1.162 million viewers. Global’s Deal or No Deal, airing 8-9:30 pm, took #17 with 1.154 million.
Friday: Global’s 8 pm movie took #21 with 935,000 viewers. The net’s Numb3rs at 10 pm hit #30 with 757,000 (down from 1.046 million).
Saturday: CBC’s Stanley Cup Finals, airing 8-10:51 pm, hit #6 with 2.11 million viewers. The postgame at 10:51 pm took #14 with 1.24 million. The Cup pre-game at 7:30 pm took #24 with 867,000. CTV’s evening news weekend programming for Saturday and Sunday took 25 with an average of 844,000 viewers (up from 762,000).
Sunday: CTV’s Law & Order: SVU was the only show to make the chart, hitting #18 with 1.124 million 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:
