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NHL Winter Classic on CBC and NBC could be permanent after January 1 ratings
The 2012 New Year’s Day Winter Classic hockey game on the CBC and NBC in primetime? NHL president Gary Bettman floated the idea after the league’s rain-delayed 2011 Winter Classic found surprising teeth on NBC, CBC and RDS last Saturday night.
Citytv’s New Year’s Eve bash wins the night
Some party: Citytv’s New Year’s Bash Live grabbed a ratings win on Friday to close 2010, beating out ET Canada’s New Year’s Eve Special on Global Television and a slew of American cross-border competition.
Ratings round-up: World Jrs., CTV News takes the week
The World Juniors’ Boxing Day tradition gets big numbers for TSN, with parent network CTV taking the second and third spots on the week.
New Year’s shootout nets 3 million
An average audience of 2.9 million (BBM, 2+) watched Canada lose to Sweden in a shootout on TSN New Year’s Eve. Coverage of the IIHF World Junior Championship game peaked at 4.5 million viewers and won the night as most-watched program.
The Big Bang Theory takes back top spot
The sitcom was number one again, followed by Criminal Minds and Two and a Half Men.
TSN rates well with Canada’s Juniors
As Canada plods ever onward in its quest to capture gold in the IIHF World Junior Championship, TSN continues to reap the ratings benefits.
World Juniors on TSN major TV franchise
Hockey rivalries are usually between teams and cities. Now Canadian TV has spawned one with TSN and the NHL Network set to face off over Christmas for local viewers of the World Junior Championships.
Discovery offers up new shows for the new year
In January, the CTV-owned channel goes to Alaska, finds out how machines work and drinks some beer.
Cineflix completes America’s Got Real Talent search
As TV viewers increasing covet their own 15 minutes of fame, talent agents at Cineflix Productions last week completed a U.S. swing in search of reality TV’s next stars.
Rogers specialty channels add mid-season shows
Hoarders, psychics and Tony Danza join the lineups in January.
History turns to Facebook for T-shirts
All they get is a T-shirt: The U.S.-based History channel has launched a Facebook app for American Pickers from Cineflex Productions.
CBC gets set to reveal InSecurity
Canada has a vast, dark intelligence network as befits a superpower, and valiant efforts to save the world just get thwarted by bungling characters and sloppy execution.
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