Throughout 2023 Canadian viewers have tuned into Bell Media’s roster of entertainment specialty channels, including Discovery, CTV Comedy Channel, CTV Drama Channel, CTV Life Channel, and CTV Sci-Fi Channel, increasing Bell Media’s share of the Canadian English entertainment specialty market among A25-54 to its highest share on record, increasing 6% over 2022.
This year has also seen CTV Comedy, CTV Drama, CTV Life, and CTV Sci-Fi all rank in the Top 10 for the first time on record with total viewers, and in the A25-54 demo. Additionally, CTV Comedy and CTV Drama are the two most-watched Canadian English entertainment specialty channels, with Bell Media also claiming three channels in the Top 5, and five of the Top 10, among A25-54 (Discovery at #3, CTV Sci-Fi at #7, and CTV Life at #10).
Maintaining its #1 status for the second year in a row, Discovery is the most-watched Canadian English entertainment specialty channel among total viewers. Notable original programs supporting Discovery’s standing are HEAVY RESCUE: 401 with more than 4.5 million Canadians tuning in, making it the #3 Canadian series across all Canadian English entertainment specialty networks in the key A25-54 demo, and EAST HARBOUR HEROES ranking as the #3 Canadian Series on Discovery among A25-54, this year.
CTV Life ranks in the Top 10 for the first time among total viewers, growing 38% compared to the same period last year. CTV Sci-Fi has also seen growth, up 27% over 2022, with CTV Drama moving up two spots to sit at #10.
In the key A25-54 demo, CTV Comedy is the #1 Canadian entertainment specialty channel for the fifth consecutive year, tying the record previously held by Discovery for the longest a channel has been in the most-watched spot. With Season 2 of CTV Comedy Original ACTING GOOD underway (Mondays at 10:30 p.m. ET on CTV Comedy, CTV.ca, and the CTV app), the hit series is already CTV Comedy’s #1 series this year with A25-54. Currently on track to have its best year in A25-54, CTV Life has experienced significant growth in the demo up over 50% compared to the same period last year, with Season 3 of beloved CTV Life Original MARY MAKES IT EASY quadrupling its Season 2 audience.