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.