New CBC shows were slow out of the gate as the end of fall looms and the networks gear up for November sweeps.

The Ceeb’s highly touted crime series Intelligence – from Da Vinci’s Inquest creator Chris Haddock – netted a soft 443,000 viewers for its Tuesday, Oct. 10 premiere at 9 p.m. Numbers dipped to 341,000 the following week, despite positive reviews. By comparison, Da Vinci drew an average 900,000 viewers for its Oct. 7 premiere back in 1998.

The pubcaster also rolled out the copro medical drama Jozi-H – set in Johannesburg – to a dismal 195,000 viewers on Oct. 13. Airing opposite Close to Home on CTV, it performed somewhat better the following week, with 233,000 tuning in. The FLQ crisis drama October 1970 fared even worse – generating only 110,000 viewers on Oct. 12, dipping to 105,000 on Oct. 19.

While only 168,000 viewers tuned in to the office comedy Rumours, Oct. 9 on CBC, the show saw its audience increase to 225,000 the following week. Its main competition is the U.S. drama Heroes, which has averaged 1.2 million viewers season-to-date on Global.

Still with the Ceeb, its high-profile documentary series Hockey: A People’s History averaged a disappointing 396,000 viewers for its 10-episode run, which ended Oct. 15.

Meanwhile, George Stroumboulopoulos more than doubled his audience from a weak 52,000 viewers for The Hour’s Oct. 9 CBC launch, to roughly 120,000 the following week. This season marks the debut of The Hour on CBC’s main network, Monday to Thursday at 11 p.m., having crossed over from Newsworld. By comparison, CTV’s comparable late-night U.S. import talk show The Daily Show has averaged 288,000 viewers season-to-date.

Also on CTV, Corner Gas remains a popular choice in its Monday 8 p.m. timeslot. The Oct. 16 episode drew a season-high 1.5 million viewers. Gas provided a solid lead-in for the U.S. comedy The Class, which netted one million viewers.

Global’s hit series Prison Break will likely give the CTV comedies a run for their money. The fugitive drama, which was idle most of October due to the baseball playoffs, returned Oct. 23 to Global to 1.7 million viewers.

Meanwhile, CTV rolled out its new U.S. hostage drama The Nine on Oct. 10 to a soft 538,000 and 570,000 viewers for back-to-back episodes. Numbers climbed to 630,000 the following week.

The battle for Thursday night supremacy continues. Grey’s Anatomy on CTV held steady at just over two million viewers for the weeks of Oct. 12 and 19, while over at Global, Survivor still has the edge – averaging just over 2.5 million viewers.