Nearly one million viewers tune in to season debuts of Rick Mercer Report and The Tudors on CBC Ratings / CBC Posted by RAD on Oct 03, 2007 - 03:07 PM THE RICK MERCER REPORT’s much-anticipated season debut featuring Conrad Black attracted 993,000 viewers at 8 p.m. last night on CBC Television. At 9 p.m. almost one million viewers (957,000) tuned in to the entire first episode of THE TUDORS, garnering more viewers than its American debut on Showtime this past April. The Emmy-winning 10-part series THE TUDORS portrays King Henry VIII, England’s most infamous royal as never before – as a young, sexy, passionate and complex man who changed the course of history. “We are very excited about our Tuesday night line-up. Canadians love Rick Mercer and the viewer response to THE TUDORS confirms it is one of the hottest shows this fall,” said Kirstine Layfield, CBC executive director of network programming. This article is from CHANNEL CANADA   http://www.channelcanada.com/ The URL for this story is:   http://www.channelcanada.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2013