Marise Strauss

Survivor slips, but outplays CSI
Meanwhile, Canadian series survivor, Degrassi: The Next Generation, is averaging a soft 277,000 viewers in its Sunday 7:30 pm timeslot – down from its season seven average of 420,000.

Bombshell from CRTC
The commission is looking at shortening licence terms for the country’s over-the-air broadcasters to just one year down from seven, and drastically changing the Cancon spend ratio.

TV network profits plunge
New CRTC data shows profits declined by more than 90% last year.

Ratings slide 14% for big game
The four-hour-plus telecast clocked in at 3.6 million viewers on CTV, while RDS nabbed 691,000.

Commission may rethink license renewals
With concerns raised over the poor financial outlook for smaller TV markets, the regulator is hinting at an adjustment of renewal conditions for over-the-air broadcasters like CTV, Canwest, Rogers and TVA.

Strong numbers for Week
With 2.3 million viewers in its new night, the return of Global ratings darling House spelled trouble for CBC comedies Little Mosque on the Prairie and Sophie.

CBC has big audience aspirations as Trebek steps in for Next PM
Past eps have reached almost one million Canadians.

Prison Break sentenced to death
The fourth season of the high-profile series aired on Global will be its last.

Friday magic for Flashpoint, Howie
Flashpoint pulled in over 10 million viewers for CBS, and was the most-watched program in North America on Friday night.

Wild Roses debut beat Being Erica numbers
VP and director of broadcast investments at M2 Universal, Dennis Dinga says Canadians’ mood over the economy coupled with hockey’s primetime slot explains Erica‘s fate.

IIHF and Air Farce go out with a bang
Record-breaking ratings for two quintessential Canadian programs earn final eps ‘most-watched’ status.

Comedy blocks face off on Mondays
CBC is putting a lot of stock in its new show Being Erica.

World Juniors golden for TSN
Canada’s winning matches scored record-breaking ratings.

Dance Canada goes out with a bang
The big numbers from So You Think You Can Dance Canada got even higher Sunday.

Geminis dip on Canwest
As the media giant experiments with multiple new outlets, numbers are lower than those garnered by over-the-air networks in years past.