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CTV Wins Thursday as Grey's Anatomy Tops Survivor
Posted on Friday, September 28, 2007 - 03:07 PM
CTV continues to dominate Premiere Week on Canadian television, taking
Thursday with the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy and now laying
claim to three out of four nights this week. Topping Survivor, Grey's
Anatomy was the most-watched program on television Thursday, leading
CTV to rank five out of the Top 6 shows:
- At 9 p.m., the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy on CTV delivered
2.6 million viewers, up 48% compared to last year and including 1.42
million viewers in the key A18-49 demo. Head-to-head, Grey's almost
tripled the audience for The Office (NBC/Global, 886,000) and was No.
1 in the timeslot in both Toronto/Hamilton (654,000) and Vancouver
(383,000).
- Grey's won the night over Survivor, which dropped to 2.45 million
viewers. Head-to-head at 8 p.m., CSI was No. 1 in Toronto/Hamilton out
of simulcast on CTV (540,000), besting Survivor (427,000) in simulcast
on CBS/Global by 26%. Nationally, CSI was in a statistical dead-heat
with Survivor, attracting 2.4 million viewers, including 1.1 million
viewers A18-49 and ending as the No. 3 show of the night.
- At 10 p.m., the series debut of Big Shots on CTV attracted 1.13
million viewers, landing the show at No. 5 for the night. Big Shots
was up 45% over Shark (CBS/Global, 780,000) nationally and bested
Shark in both Toronto/Hamilton and Vancouver.
- Out of simulcast, ER drew nearly a million viewers (907,000) at 7
p.m. on CTV.
The Top 6 programs on Canadian television last night:
- Grey's Anatomy (2,592,000)
- Survivor (2,452,000)
- CSI (2,406,000)
- CTV Evening News (1,444,000)
- Big Shots (1,130,000)
- ER (907,000)
Data quoted represents total viewers (2+) for CTV Full and Global Full
(BBM Nielsen Media Research).
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Received on Mon Oct 01 2007 - 07:54:02 PDT
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