• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

Top 10 American shows on Canadian TV right now

D

dgendvil

Hi, I would like to know any of the top 10 American shows that they've got on Canadian TV (CBC, CTV, Global, etc.), & I hope American Idol is not #1 in the ratings. I know there are some shows in the Canadian Nielsen ratings that do better than Idol does. C'mon, you don't know Canadians don't even care watch that show because they're #1 in the World. Canadians have their universal health care, while ours doesn't. Plus the Canadian media doesn't have a lot of junk news on Idol or Paris or Britney than ours does. There a lot of American Idol haters out there just like the Red Sox continue to hate the Yankees. What's your opinion on all this?
 
I can't give you any numbers, but unfortunately both American Idol and Canadian Idol do quite well here. An oddity as far as "reality" shows go is that the Amazing Race does much better here than in the States. I don't watch prime time tv except Sunday nights (mostly because I work weeknights), but even on nights off, I'm not a big tv watcher except for the Sunday night Carto0ns and I like to watch a couple of hours of news.
 
mimo said:
An oddity as far as "reality" shows go is that the Amazing Race does much better here than in the States.
Click to expand...

Believe it or not, CTV did put together a Canadian version of that show, calling it "The great race", but it only aired on the travel network.
(which respectfully, somehow actually makes sense...)

I wish I had a top ten list of American shows airing in Canada too, but I don't.

I can only guess the top 10 looks something like this:

(no particular order)

American Idol
Survivor
NCIS
Criminal intent (all)
Law and Order, L&O CI, and SVU
Deal or No deal & other game shows. (but ofcourse, with deal being the big one)
 
According to BBM, the top American shows for the last week of April were...

1) American Idol Tuesday
2) American Idol Wednesday
3) Grey's Anatomy
4) Law & Order SVU
5) House
6) Dancing with the Stars
7) CSI NY
8) Desperate Housewives
9) CSI
10) Survivor: Micronesia

Other American shows that have recently been in the Top 10 include Medium, The Apprentice, Law & Order, Law & Order CI, Lost, and Two and a Half Men.
 
Status
This thread has been closed due to inactivity. You can create a new thread to discuss this topic.


Back
Top Bottom