TV Ratings (January 7 2008 - January 13 2008)

All positions in the top-ten weekly ratings chart were occupied by CTV shows in the week starting Monday, January 7th. New reality show Dance War (CTV, Monday 8pm) did not make it to the chart, and appealed to an unimpressive amount of viewers for a show of its caliber. This comes to no surprise and as a result of the rushed production of unscripted television to stand for the inexistent U.S. fiction. Although Grey's Anatomy (CTV, Thursday 9pm) performed relatively well during the airing of its last taped episode, it did not make it to the top. It was down by 200,000 viewers from the previous episode, which had aired in the first week of December. Criminal Minds (CTV, Wedneday 9pm) beat the popular surgical drama by about 110,000 viewers and became the most watched program of the week in Canada. As predicted, none of the CBC mid-season fictions was able climb their way up the chart. The Border (CBC, Monday 9pm) was 600,000 viewers away from the top position, and that was CBC's best bet. Despite its awkward Friday evening schedule, MVP (CBC, Friday 9pm) kept its viewers wanting more. All CBC offers lost part of their audiences from their premiere to the second episode. MVP was not the exception, but it averaged 350,000 (up from preliminary readings of 349,000, and down only by about 30,000 from average minute audiences last week) during last Friday's airing. The second episode of jPod (CBC, Tuesday 9pm) was unfortunately affected by the return of the unbeatable American Idol, which will certainly be present on next week's chart.

Here's the top-ten Canadian television programs chart.

Top 10 Programs - English Canada (AMA - Age 2+)
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1. Criminal Minds (CTV, 2.29 million)
2. Grey's Anatomy (CTV, 2.17 million)
3. C.S.I. (CTV, 2.12 million)
4. C.S.I. New York (CTV, 1.90 million)
5. Amazing Race 12 (CTV, 1.85 million)
6. Law and Order: S.V.U. (CTV, 1.70 million)
7. E.R. (CTV, 1.63 million)
8. CTV Evening News (CTV, 1.58 million)
9. Law and Order (CTV, 1.52 million)
10. Medium (CTV, 1.48 million)

Source: BBM Nielsen Media Research

Have a good TV week.