The doctors at the Oceanside Wellness Center have, according to BBM Nielsen and CTV, beaten the high-flying performance put on last year by a certain cheerleader and comic book geek.

The final big game broadcast for the Ceeb, at least for the next five years, did good numbers.

New winter sked stands to cash in on WGA walkout, say buyers, giving a boost to new arrivals like The Border, though Sophie and jPod will have to work a little harder.

CTV is giving itself a pat on the back for its multiple airings of the much-hyped Scotiabank Giller Prize, which aired last week on its main network and specialty Bravo! following a large promotional boost.

The Vancouver and Winnipeg channels will be added to a stable that already includes VisionTV, One and the Christian Channel.

Ratings for Deal or No Deal Canada and Are You Smarter Than A Canadian 5th Grader? are boffo. And Nintendo’s Wii is enjoying the high scores for getting into the game.

Are Canadian viewers cooling to America’s favourite pastime?

The kids’ battle with the undead will go live on CTV.ca and VOD on MTV.ca.

The tables turned as CTV’s surgeons leapt ahead of Global’s resident grouch.

And a war of words about which shows delivered what audiences is being waged between Global and CTV.

The net is confident the promotional muscle it put behind ‘da Kink in my Hair, plus having The Simpsons as a lead-in, will pay off in high ratings.

Note: This is a corrected version of the story that ran in MiC earlier today.

For the most part, last week was a good-news story for CBC.

The red planet opus beat expectations with its debut, bringing most viewers back for part two last Sunday despite season premieres on Global and CTV.

The ‘lost’ episodes of The Black Donnellys have been rescued. And there are a lot of other ad opps this month as well.