Canadians Actually Watch Canadian TV
Denis McGrath, a Canadian TV writer, says last night’s ratings for four Canadian comedies, 18 to Life and Little Mosque on the Prairie on CBC, and Hiccups and Dan for Mayor on CTV proves that, *gasp*, Canadians actually watch Canadian TV:
Almost two million five hundred thousand Canadians chose to watch Canadian-produced comedies on the TV last night, in the eight o clock hour. If you look at that in terms of Canada’s population, that’s about 10% of the people who speak English as a first language. 1 in 10…
Six months from now we’re going to have license hearings at the CRTC and the same old people are going to traipse up there and talk about how Canadians don’t want to watch Canadian shows.
It sounds to me like that’s just not the case.
Both Dan for Mayor and Hiccups drew 1.9 million viewers, which is big in Canada, 18 to Life and Little Mosque drew 558,000 and 404,000.
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Did you see ‘Dan For Mayor’? Because I did and it was pitiful.
Not even worthy of being mentioned in the same sentence as 18 and Mosque.
Now watch reality set in next week when it doesn’t have the phenomenal lead-in of the Olympics.
Those numbers are in the Dragons range, and there’s no way a CTV comedy is in that league.
Bill Brioux is the most interesting and informative TV critic in Canada.
He can be followed at
http://tvfeedsmyfamily.blogspot.com/.
I do disagree with Mr. Brioux on one particular thing recently: his hopes that James McGowan will find his next, post-Border gig on 24.
I am not happy over the news of The Border getting the chop in mid-cliffhanger. Shades of Intelligence and This is Wonderland…
can anyone tell me if/why the season for being erica was shortened after last year and why if we all are watching these canadian shows?
stumpted
Meir, as far as I know the season for Being Erica was shortened because of widespread cost cutting at the corp. As a result they ordered fewer episodes.