TV Ratings (January 28 2008 - February 3 2008)

NFL Super Bowl (CTV, Sunday 6pm) was the most-watched in its history in both Canada and the U.S. In its 4-hour broadcast, the game averaged 4,234,000 viewers across Canada and peaked at over 5,000,000 if the combined CTV and RDS airings are counted. The return of Lost (CTV, Thursday 9pm) performed well with audiences across the country and earned the show the sixth position of the chart, behind American Idol and House. Some Canadian programs appeared in the top 30 last week. Corner Gas (CTV, Monday 8pm) came in 16th position. CBC's Rick Mercer Report (Tuesday 8pm), Little Mosque (Wednesday, 8pm) and new reality show The Week the Women Went (Monday, 8pm) made their appearance in the lower third of the chart with viewerships between the 800,000 and 900,000. The public broadcaster's decision to swap MVP (Tuesday, 9pm) and jPod (Friday, 9pm) gave some results. The story about the hockey wives was down by 100,000 from its premiere ratings, but up from the previous week, with close to 250,000 viewers. jPod had premiered with close to 500,000 and then plummeted to the mid to low 200,000's. While it did not make it back to its premiere numbers, it did appeal to about 350,000, a bit of a recovery from the past week. The episodes are now available for watching online at jPod's official website.

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

Top 10 Programs - English Canada (AMA - Age 2+)
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1. NFL Super Bowl (CTV, 4.23 million)
2. American Idol 7 Tue. (CTV, 2.82 million)
3. American Idol 7 Wed. (CTV, 2.81 million)
4. NFL Super Bowl Post (CTV, 2.55 million)
5. House (Global, 2.31 million)
6. Lost (CTV, 1.86 million)
7. Law and Order (CTV, 1.83 million)
8. CTV Evening News (CTV, 1.63 million)
9. The Moment of Truth (CTV, 1.59 million)
10. Law and Order: S.V.U. (CTV, 1.55 million)

Source: BBM Nielsen Media Research

Have a good TV week.