TV Ratings (January 14 2008 - January 20 2008)

That's right, Canadian TV viewers! American Idol (CTV, Tuesday & Wednesday 8pm) is back and proves that, even though it's entering its seventh season, it still has what it takes to appeal to Canadian viewers. The first two-hour audition episode averaged slightly over 3 million viewers, which at least in Canada undermines the W.G.A. strike. Viewership was slightly down for Wednesday's episode and continued to have a downward trend this week. This will be reflected in next week's chart. The NFL Playoffs (CTV, Sunday 6:35pm) performed well for CTV with a respectable 1,829,000 viewers. Canadian fictions were also present in last week's chart, although they were not part of the ten most-watched shows. Corner Gas (CTV, Mondays 8pm) stood comfortably at the 20th position with an average of 1,163,000 viewers, while 910,000 viewers tuned in for Little Mosque on the Prairie's episode (CBC, Wednesday 8pm), giving the show the 29th position on the weekly chart, according to BBM's measurements.

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

Top 10 Programs - English Canada (AMA - Age 2+)
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1. American Idol 7 Tues. (CTV, 3.04 million)
2. American Idol 7 Wed. (CTV, 2.75 million)
3. Amazing Race 12 (CTV, 2.04 million)
4. C.S.I. Miami (CTV, 2.04 million)
5. Law and Order (CTV, 1.94 million)
6. Law and Order: S.V.U. (CTV, 1.90 million)
7. NFL Playoffs (CTV, 1.83 million)
8. C.S.I. (CTV, 1.79 million)
9. CTV Evening News (CTV, 1.59 million)
10. NCIS (Global, 1.43 million)

Source: BBM Nielsen Media Research

Have a good TV week.