The country’s top four broadcasters have revealed the most-viewed Canadian series for linear television in 2024.

The Amazing Race Canada (Insight Productions) on CTV once again took the top spot with its tenth season, coming in with an average audience of 1.34 million. These figures are based on Numeris data disclosed to Playback Daily by Bell Media, CBC, Corus Entertainment and Rogers Sports & Media.

The travel competition series saw a reduced viewership from 2023, where it averaged 1.72 million viewers, or 2022 where the average was 1.6 million.

Citytv was home to the highest-rated Canadian drama with Law and Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (Lark Productions, Cameron Pictures), at an average of more than 1.1 million viewers for its debut season. Playback‘s 2024 Showrunner of the Year Tassie Cameron is behind the procedural series, which scored a two-season renewal last June. CBC’s top-rated scripted series was once again Murdoch Mysteries (Shaftesbury) with an average of 734,000 viewers, down slightly from 812,000 last year.

Global’s top Canadian series was the new Fox original Murder in a Small Town (Sepia Films) with an average audience of 637,000. Global original Big Brother Canada (Insight Productions) was second at an average of 410,300 viewers, a notable drop from 707,400 in 2023. Corus cancelled the series in June 2024.

Bell Media

1. The Amazing Race Canada (season 10), CTV – 1.34 million

2. Sullivan’s Crossing (season two), CTV – 827,000

3. Sight Unseen (season one), CTV – 686,000

Source: Numeris, Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2024, P2+, final data

Rogers Sports & Media

1. Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (season one) – 1,175,300

2. Canada’s Got Talent (season three) – 681,700

3. Hudson & Rex (season six) – 632,900

Source: Numeris. Ind. 2+, Total Canada Average Minute Audience, Live + 7 Day Consolidated Viewing, 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31, Original airings

CBC

1. Murdoch Mysteries (season 17, part two and season 18, part one) – 734,000

2. Son of a Critch (season three) – 560,000

3. Allegiance (season one) – 507,000

Source: Numeris TV Meter, Jan. 1 to Dec. 24, 2024, CBC Total, Ind.2+, M-Su 2a-2a, Total Canada, AMA, generated by Instar; original airings, confirmed audience data

Corus

1. Murder in a Small Town (season one), Global – 637,000

2. Big Brother Canada (season 12), Global – 410,300

3. Crime Beat (seasons five and six), Global – 372,000

4. Rock Solid Builds (season three), Home Network (formerly HGTV) – 331,700

Source: Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2024, confirmed to Dec 29, 3+ airings, Ind. 2+, AMA(000), Global + Corus Eng Specialty, original airings only

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