Here are the national winners (for all persons 2+; all times ET), according to BBM/Nielsen, for May 5-11.
News and daily shows: CTV Evening News at 6 pm hit #18 with an average minute audience of 1.322 million (down from 1.323 million on the previous week’s national chart). CTV’s Jeopardy/Access Hollywood at 7:30 pm hit #27 with 877,000 viewers on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday (down from 1.04 million). CTV National News at 11 took #29 with 862,000 viewers (down from 937,000).
Monday: Global’s House at 9 pm won the night, staying at #5 with 2.098 million (up from 2.073 million). CTV’s CSI: Miami at 10 pm hit #10 with 1.829 million (up from 1.759 million). The net’s Dancing with the Stars, airing 8-9:32 pm, took #15 with 1.61 million (down from 1.699 million). Global’s Bones at 8 pm took #20 with 1.241 million (down from 1.461 million).
Tuesday: CTV’s American Idol at 8 pm stayed at #1 with 2.47 million (down from 2.726 million). The net’s Law & Order: SVU at 10 pm hit #8 with 1.898 million (down from 2.136 million), while Dancing with the Stars took #9 with 1.898 million in the 9 pm time slot (down from 2.034 million). Global’s NCIS at 8 pm hit #16 with 1.421 million (up from 1.378 million), while Shark at 9 pm took #28 with 862,000 viewers.
Wednesday: CTV’s American Idol at 9 pm stayed at #2 with 2.391 million (down from 2.493 million). The net’s CSI: New York at 10 pm hit #4 with 2.168 million (up from 1.96 million), while Criminal Minds at 8 pm took #13 with 1.728 million (up from 1.412 million).
Thursday: CTV’s Grey’s Anatomy at 9 pm stayed at #3 with 2.193 million (down from 2.284 million). Global’s Survivor: Micronesia at 8 pm hit #6 with 1.982 million (up from 1.875 million). CTV’s CSI at 8 pm took #14 with 1.717 million (down from 1.877 million), while Lost at 10 pm hit #17 with 1.35 million (up from 1.322 million). The net’s ER at 7 pm took #25 with 986,000 (up from 876,000).
Friday: CTV’s Ghost Whisperer at 8 pm hit #21 with 1.134 million viewers (down from 1.218 million). Global’s Numbe3rs at 10 pm took #26 with 943,000 viewers (down from 1.151 million).
Saturday: The CBC’s NHL Playoffs Round Three took #19 with 1.309 million for its Friday, Saturday and Sunday airings (down from hockey’s previous high of 1.395 million), while the postgame took #24 with 1.028 million on the same nights. CTV’s weekend evening news at 6 pm took #30 with a Saturday-Sunday average of 845,000 viewers (down from 870,000).
Sunday: Global’s Survivor: Micronesia, airing 8-10 pm, hit #7 with 1.965 million viewers, while the Survivor reunion special at 10 pm took #11 with 1.781 million. CTV’s Desperate Housewives at 9 pm hit #12 with 1.751 million (down from 1.884 million). The net’s CSI at 8 pm took #22 with 1.069 million (down from Cold Case‘s 1.6 million average the previous week), while Law & Order: SVU at 10 pm hit #23 with 1.064 million (up from Dexter‘s 819,000 the previous week).
For lists of the top 30 TV shows nationally and by region for the week, according to BBM/Nielsen, please click the links below: