American Idol

American Idol (CTV, Tuesday & Wednesday 8pm) continues to be at the top of the top ten most watched programs chart in Canada. Although we slightly smaller audiences compared to last week, the giant of reality shows is still gathering large amounts over viewers in front of the TV. Once again, no Canadian shows can be spotted in the top-ten chart other than CTV Evening News (CTV, Weekdays 6pm). However, Rick Mercer Report (CBC, Tuesday 8pm) was the 13th most watched show in Canada, when a very impressive 1,275,000 viewers tuned in despite the tough competition against American Idol. Corner Gas (CTV, Mondays 8pm) followed close with an estimated 10,000 viewers less.

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.

Last week's top-10 TV ratings chart showed no surprising results and no Canadian programming, once again. According to BBM Canada, on the fourteenth position of the weekly chart, CBC managed to stand strong with the NHL Playoffs, followed by CTV's Evening News at 6, broadcast by CTV National, getting a mark close to its average. CTV held a strong victory in the top-10 chart, obtaining nine of the ten positions. Numbers were up for the week's winner C.S.I., reaching over three million viewers.

No Canadian shows appeared in the top 10 TV programs chart last week. American Idol's Performance night is still at the top of the chart, but reached a slightly lower audience number compared to last week's peak of almost 3 million viewers. House made it to the second place, with close to 2.85 million viewers across Canada. The fact that numbers were so surprisingly close to those of American Idol's, makes it seem as if Canadians were watching Fox's broadcast of both shows rather than CTV and Global's.