Three weeks into the fall television season, CTV is once again the #1 network in the country, powered by Canada’s favourite hit series. Up from last season and on top of the charts for the third consecutive season is THE BIG BANG THEORY with 4.5 million viewers, holding firm to its claim as Canada’s most-watched program, while GREY’S ANATOMY and TWO AND A HALF MEN also show significant growth over last fall season with 2.9 million viewers each. Read More

CTV won night three of premiere week last night with total viewers and all key demos with an average audience of 1.9 million viewers from 8-11 p.m. Bolstered by an all-new episode of THE X FACTOR and the season premiere of CSI, Canada’s most watched network’s average audience was 73% higher than Global (1.1 million), and more than triple the audience of Citytv (530,000) on Wednesday night. Read More

CTV X-terminated the competition last night as 1.8 million viewers tuned in for the debut of pop icon Britney Spears and pop princess Demi Lovato at 8 p.m. in the Season 2 premiere of THE X FACTOR, making it the #1 program of the day with total viewers and all key adult demos. Growing in each half-hour, THE X FACTOR continues to make its mark, up double-digit percentages with A18-34 in all markets over last season’s debut and reaching 5.7 million total viewers last night. At 8 p.m. THE X FACTOR (1.7 million) bested head-to-head competitor BIG BROTHER (1.3 million -Global/CBS) by 23%. Read More

X-tra spicy judges. X-ceptional talent. X-cellent television! Canada’s #1 new program overall and #1 new reality series last season, THE X FACTOR is back with vengeance as superstar judges Britney Spears and Demi Lovato join Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid on the series. After averaging 1.9 million viewers last year, the hit singing competition series kicks off its sophomore season bigger and better than ever before, with a show-stopping, two-day premiere event, beginning Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CTV and continuing Thursday Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CTV Two (visitCTV.ca and CTV.ca/Two to confirm local listings). Read More