– THE AMAZING RACE CANADA, THE BIG BANG THEORY, GOTHAM, and THE
FLASH are the most-watched TV series this year –
– THE AMAZING RACE CANADA,
MASTERCHEF CANADA, SAVING HOPE,
and MOTIVE among Top 5 Canadian Series of 2014 –
– Football still reigns as Canada's most popular sport as SUPER BOWL
XLVIII and THE 86TH ACADEMY AWARDS® are the
most-watched television events of the year –
– HBO Canada's GAME OF THRONES is Top Pay TV Series of 2014 –
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TORONTO, Dec. 22, 2014 /CNW/ - As 2014 comes to an
end, full-year data from Numeris provides a snapshot of what
Canadians were watching on television this calendar year. The SUPER
BOWL, along with THE 86TH ACADEMY AWARDS®,
were the most-watched television events of 2014 in Canada. Meanwhile, THE BIG BANG THEORY and THE
AMAZING RACE CANADA remained at
the top of the charts, while superhero series GOTHAM and THE FLASH,
along with HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER and MASTERCHEF CANADA, were among the Top 5 New Series of the
year. On specialty channels, football and curling, along with
Space's DOCTOR WHO and Discovery's HIGHWAY THRU HELL caught the
attention of viewers, while GAME OF THRONES continued to rule on
Pay TV.
Below is a closer look at the Top 10 TV programs Canadians
watched in 2014:
Canada's Top 10 Television
Events of 2014*
|
Event
|
Network
|
Date
|
Audience
|
|
1.
|
SUPER BOWL
XLVIII
|
CTV &
RDS
|
2/2/2014
|
7.9
million
|
|
2.
|
THE
OSCARS®
|
CTV
|
3/2/2014
|
6.4
million
|
|
3.
|
SOCHI 2014 MORNING:
MEN'S GOLD MEDAL HOCKEY GAME (CANADA VS. SWEDEN)
|
CBC
|
2/23/2014
|
5.7
million
|
|
4.
|
FIFA 2014 WORLD CUP:
FINAL (GERMANY VS. ARGENTINA)
|
CBC
|
7/13/2014
|
4.9
million
|
|
5.
|
SOCHI 2014: CLOSING
CEREMONY
|
CBC
|
2/23/2014
|
4.3
million
|
|
6.
|
SOCHI 2014 DAYTIME:
MEN'S SEMI-FINAL HOCKEY GAME (CANADA VS. U.S.A)
|
CBC
|
2/21/2014
|
4.1
million
|
|
7.
|
102nd CFL
GREY CUP (CALGARY VS. HAMILTON)
|
TSN
|
11/30/2014
|
3.8
million
|
|
8.
|
HOCKEY NIGHT IN
CANADA SPECIAL: WINTER CLASSIC (TORONTO VS. DETROIT)
|
CBC
|
1/1/2014
|
3.6
million
|
|
9.
|
SOCHI 2014
DAYTIME
|
CBC
|
2/16/2014
|
3.5
million
|
|
10.
|
SOCHI 2014
DAYTIME
|
CBC
|
2/09/2014
|
3.3
million
|
Canada's Top 10 Regularly
Scheduled Television Programs of 2014**
|
Program
|
Network
|
Audience
|
|
1.
|
THE AMAZING RACE
CANADA (Season 2)
|
CTV
|
2.8
million
|
|
2.
|
THE BIG BANG
THEORY
|
CTV
|
2.7
million
|
|
3.
|
GOTHAM
|
CTV
|
2.6
million
|
|
4.
|
THE FLASH
|
CTV
|
2.5
million
|
|
5.
|
NCIS: NEW
ORLEANS
|
Global
|
2.4
million
|
|
6.
|
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH
MURDER
|
CTV
|
2.29
million
|
|
7.
|
MASTERCHEF
|
CTV
|
2.27
million
|
|
8.
|
SURVIVOR (Cagayan /
San Juan del Sur)
|
Global
|
2.26
million
|
|
9.
|
THE AMAZING RACE
(Season 24 and 25)
|
CTV
|
2.24
million
|
|
10.
|
GREY'S
ANATOMY
|
CTV
|
2.17
million
|
Canada's Top 10 Drama
Programs of 2014
|
Program
|
Network
|
Audience
|
|
1.
|
GOTHAM
|
CTV
|
2.6
million
|
|
2.
|
THE FLASH
|
CTV
|
2.5
million
|
|
3.
|
NCIS: NEW
ORLEANS
|
Global
|
2.4
million
|
|
4.
|
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH
MURDER
|
CTV
|
2.3
million
|
|
5.
|
GREY'S
ANATOMY
|
CTV
|
2.17
million
|
|
6.
|
CRIMINAL
MINDS
|
CTV
|
2.15
million
|
|
7.
|
MARVEL AGENTS OF
S.H.I.E.L.D.
|
CTV
|
2.00
million
|
|
8.
|
UNDER THE
DOME
|
Global
|
1.98
million
|
|
9.
|
NCIS
|
Global
|
1.97
million
|
|
10.
|
CSI
|
CTV
|
1.9
million
|
Canada's Top 10 New Series
of 2014
|
Program
|
Network
|
Audience
|
|
1.
|
GOTHAM
|
CTV
|
2.6
million
|
|
2.
|
THE FLASH
|
CTV
|
2.5
million
|
|
3.
|
NCIS: NEW
ORLEANS
|
Global
|
2.4
million
|
|
4.
|
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH
MURDER
|
CTV
|
2.3
million
|
|
5.
|
MASTERCHEF
CANADA
|
CTV
|
1.78
million
|
|
6.
|
INTELLIGENCE
|
CTV
|
1.77
million
|
|
7.
|
FOREVER
|
CTV
|
1.7
million
|
|
8.
|
SCORPION
|
City
|
1.6
million
|
|
9.
|
STALKER
|
Global
|
1.50
million
|
|
10.
|
EXTANT
|
Global
|
1.47
million
|
Canada's Top 10 Comedy
Programs of 2014
|
Program
|
Network
|
Audience
|
|
1.
|
THE BIG BANG
THEORY
|
CTV
|
2.7
million
|
|
2.
|
HOW I MET YOUR
MOTHER
|
City
|
1.3
million
|
|
3.
|
THE
MILLERS
|
CTV
|
1.25
million
|
|
4.
|
THE
MCCARTHYS
|
CTV
|
1.23
million
|
|
5.
|
TWO AND A HALF
MEN
|
CTV
|
1.16
million
|
|
6.
|
MIKE &
MOLLY
|
City
|
886,000
|
|
7.
|
MOM
|
City
|
859,000
|
|
8.
|
MODERN
FAMILY
|
City
|
781,000
|
|
9.
|
THE
SIMPSONS
|
Global
|
777,000
|
|
10.
|
THE
GOLDBERGS
|
CTV
|
684,000
|
Canada's Top 10 Competition
Series of 2014
|
Program
|
Network
|
Audience
|
|
1.
|
THE AMAZING RACE
CANADA (Season 2)
|
CTV
|
2.8
million
|
|
2.
|
MASTERCHEF
|
CTV
|
2.27
million
|
|
3.
|
SURVIVOR (Cagayan /
San Juan del Sur)
|
Global
|
2.26
million
|
|
4.
|
THE AMAZING RACE
(Season 24 and 25)
|
CTV
|
2.2
million
|
|
5.
|
MASTERCHEF
CANADA
|
CTV
|
1.8
million
|
|
6.
|
BIG BROTHER (Season
16)
|
Global
|
1.4
million
|
|
7.
|
AMERICA'S GOT
TALENT
|
City
|
1.2
million
|
|
8.
|
HELL'S
KITCHEN
|
City
|
1.1
million
|
|
9.
|
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN
DANCE (Season 11)
|
CTV
|
1.0
million
|
|
10.
|
AMERICAN IDOL (Season
13)
|
CTV Two
|
904,000
|
Canada's Top 10 Canadian
Series of 2014
|
Program
|
Network
|
Audience
|
|
1.
|
THE AMAZING RACE
CANADA (Season 2)
|
CTV
|
2.8
million
|
|
2.
|
MASTERCHEF
CANADA
|
CTV
|
1.8
million
|
|
3.
|
ROOKIE
BLUE
|
Global
|
1.5
million
|
|
4.
|
SAVING
HOPE
|
CTV
|
1.29
million
|
|
5.
|
MOTIVE
|
CTV
|
1.28
million
|
|
6.
|
THE
LISTENER
|
CTV
|
1.1
million
|
|
7.
|
REMEDY
|
Global
|
966,000
|
|
8.
|
MURDOCH
MYSTERIES
|
CBC
|
898,000
|
|
9.
|
MARKETPLACE
|
CBC
|
772,000
|
|
10.
|
DRAGONS'
DEN
|
CBC
|
718,000
|
Canada's Top 10 Specialty
Television Events of 2014
|
Event
|
Network
|
Date
|
Audience
|
|
1.
|
102nd CFL
GREY CUP (CALGARY VS. HAMILTON)
|
TSN
|
11/30/2014
|
3.8
million
|
|
2.
|
MLB WORLD SERIES GAME
7
|
Sportsnet
|
10/29/2014
|
1.2
million
|
|
3.
|
2014 FORD WORLD
WOMEN'S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP (Gold Medal Game)
|
TSN
|
3/23/2014
|
1.1
million
|
|
4.
|
2013 IIHF WORLD
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP (Gold Medal Game)
|
TSN
|
1/5/2014
|
1.0
million
|
|
5.
|
SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT
OF HEARTS (Final)
|
TSN
|
2/9/2014
|
908,000
|
|
6.
|
TIM HORTON'S BRIER
(Final)
|
TSN
|
3/9/2014
|
894,000
|
|
7.
|
MLB HOME RUN
DERBY
|
Sportsnet
|
7/14/2014
|
777,000
|
|
8.
|
INNERSPACE: DOCTOR
WHO COUNTDOWN SPECIAL
|
Space
|
8/23/2014
|
747,000
|
|
9.
|
2014 NHL
DRAFT
|
TSN
|
6/27/2014
|
694,000
|
|
10.
|
BIG FUN MOVIES: ICE
AGE 4
|
YTV
|
11/30/2014
|
668,000
|
Canada's Top 10 Specialty
Series of 2014
|
Program
|
Network
|
Audience
|
|
1.
|
THE WALKING
DEAD
|
AMC
|
1.3
million
|
|
2.
|
VIKINGS
|
History
|
904,000
|
|
3.
|
DOCTOR WHO
|
Space
|
756,000
|
|
4.
|
HIGHWAY THRU
HELL
|
Discovery
|
723,000
|
|
5.
|
GOLD RUSH
|
Discovery
|
669,000
|
|
6.
|
BIG BROTHER
CANADA
|
Slice
|
666,000
|
|
7.
|
LONGMIRE
|
A&E
|
631,000
|
|
8.
|
THE CURSE/OAK
ISLAND
|
History
|
600,000
|
|
9.
|
OUTLANDER
|
Showcase
|
554,000
|
|
10.
|
KLONDIKE
|
Discovery
|
551,000
|
Canada's Top 10 Pay TV
Series of 2014
|
Program
|
Network
|
|
1.
|
GAME OF
THRONES
|
HBO Canada
|
|
2.
|
TRUE BLOOD
|
HBO Canada
|
|
3.
|
TRUE
DETECTIVE
|
HBO Canada
|
|
4.
|
BOARDWALK
EMPIRE
|
HBO Canada
|
|
5.
|
GIRL MEETS
WORLD
|
Family
|
|
6.
|
THE NEXT
STEP
|
Family
|
|
7.
|
DISNEY I DIDN'T DO
IT
|
Family
|
|
8.
|
THE
LEFTOVERS
|
HBO Canada
|
|
9.
|
DISNEY LIV &
MADDIE
|
Family
|
|
10.
|
DISNEY
JESSIE
|
Family
|
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Source: Numeris (BBM Canada), 1/1/2014-11/30/2014, final data.
*Special event broadcasts including championship sports finals and
excluding individual telecasts and regularly-scheduled
programming
**Most-regular timeslot for series defined by greatest number of
telecasts
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