TV’s top 10 specials of 2011

Canadians love to watch Americans get awards, apparently. Courtesy of CTV, the top 10 TV specials of the year were dominated by awards shows, but Canadian funnyman Russell Peters squeezes in there with his Christmas special, with a very respectable 2.3 million.

 

Program

Network

Date

Audience

1

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards

CTV

2/27/2011

6,283,000

2

53rd Grammy Awards

GLOBAL

2/13/2011

3,390,000

3

68th Golden Globe Awards

CTV

1/16/2011

3,363,000

4

The 63rdEmmy Awards

CTV

9/18/2011

2,390,000

5

THE 2011 Juno Awards

CTV

3/27/2011

2,350,000

6

A Russell Peters Christmas

CTV

12/1/2011

2,322,000

7

Oscar’s Red Carpet Live

CTV

2/27/2011

2,309,000

8

Lloyd Robertson Final Newscast

CTV

9/1/2011

2,129,000

9

2011 American Music Awards

CTV

11/20/2011

2,020,000

10

Roast of Charlie Sheen

The Comedy Network

9/19/2011

1,782,000

*Charts provided by CTV, based on BBM Canada data. Please note that data was not independently verified by Playback Daily.