2019/2020 Canadian Television Report Card: CTV is Canada’s Most-Watched Network for 19th Straight Year

TORONTO (June 4, 2020) – With the 2019/20 core television season now at a close, Numeris data confirms that CTV is Canada’s most-watched television network in primetime for an unprecedented 19^th year in a row. Looking at television performance in Canada for the broadcast season, CTV delivered the most Top 10, Top 20, and Top 30 programs with total viewers, A18-49, and A25-54. Overall Audience Highlights

• CTV and CTV2 are the only conventional television networks in Canada to see full-day growth among total viewers for the past two years
• CTV remains the most-watched network across Daytime, Primetime, and Late Night, leading with total viewers and across the key A25-54, A18-34, and A18-49 demos
• CTV’s full-day audience has grown 3% to now lead its closest competitor by 57% with total viewers, with a 34% advantage in primetime
• In the key A25-54 demo, CTV’s advantage has grown 8% in primetime, expanding its lead over its closest competitor to 30%
• CTV reaches 18 million Canadians on average each week, more than any other network
• CTV is the most-watched network in primetime five days of the week
• Streaming audiences on CTV.ca have increased double digits over last year

2019/2020 Primetime Schedule CTV delivered the most-watched new series of the year with 9-1-1: LONE STAR, leading with total viewers and across all key demos, marking the tenth consecutive year the #1 new series among A25-54 has landed on the network. Including 9-1-1: LONE STAR, CTV has three of the Top 5 new programs for total viewers and A25-54. Among A25-54, CTV is also home to the most-watched comedy (THE CONNERS), most-watched drama (grey’s anatomy), most-watched daytime talk program (ELLEN), and the most-watched entertainment news program (ETALK). With a strong slate of CTV Original series on the schedule, CTV has the two most-watched Canadian dramas (TRANSPLANT and CARDINAL), and the most-watched new Canadian lifestyle series, I DO, REDO. CTV Program Highlights

• THE GOOD DOCTOR is the most-watched program in Canada with total viewers, and the #1 drama among A18-34. The Season 3 finale was watched by 3 million Canadians, the highest audience for the series in two years.
• GREY’S ANATOMY experienced double-digit year-over-year growth with total viewers and in the A25-54 and A18-49 demos, and is the most-streamed series across CTV.ca and the CTV app
• STATION 19 is a Top 10 series, and experienced double-digit year-over-year growth with total viewers. Season 3 ranks as the most-watched season yet with total viewers.
• THE MASKED SINGER is a Top 5 program across all key demos, seeing double-digit audience growth for Season 3 with A25-54 over Season 2 in fall 2019
• CTV Original series TRANSPLANT is the #1 new Canadian series with total viewers and in all key demos, ranking in the Top 20 with total viewers and A25-54. The medical drama is the most-watched new Canadian series since 2017 (THE INDIAN DETECTIVE) and biggest new Canadian drama since 2015 (BOOK OF NEGROES).
• THE ROOKIE is a Top 20 program overall, ranking in the Top 10 with A18-34, and is Sunday night’s most-watched program
• THIS IS US ranks in the Top 10 with A18-34 and A18-49, and is a Top 20 program overall
• Comedies on CTV continue to be strong performers, with THE CONNERS remaining the #1 comedy with A25-54 and A18-49; YOUNG SHELDON as Canada’s #1 comedy with total viewers; and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA as the #1 new comedy in Canada

Event Programming CTV remains Canada’s destination for key event programming, home to the most anticipated and buzzed-about television events of the year. SUPER BOWL LIV is the most-watched broadcast of 2020, and was the most-watched SUPER BOWL ever in Canada, attracting a record average audience of 9.6 million viewers on CTV, TSN, and RDS. Also ranking among the most-watched events of the year is THE OSCARS^®, which was watched by 4.8 million viewers, and the inspirational STRONGER TOGETHER, TOUS ENSEMBLE with 3.2 million viewers across Bell Media networks. News

• Continuing as Canada’s #1 national newscast, CTV NATIONAL NEWS is watched on average by 1.1 million Canadians, and grew its lead over its closest competition in the A25-54 demo to +75% vs. GLOBAL NATIONAL, and +115% vs. CBC’s THE NATIONAL.
• CTV NEWS AT SIX is watched by 1.6 million viewers (+7% P2+) across Canada, and ranks #1 in all diary markets it competes in. CTV Toronto’s edition of CTV NEWS AT SIX remains the city’s most-watched newscast, more than doubling the A25-54 audience of its next closest competitor.
• W5 continues as Canada’s most-watched documentary series, seeing audience growth of 12% with total viewers and in the A25-54 demo, reaching 2.2 million Canadians each week.
• CTV News continues to be Canada’s trusted source for information, with the most-watched federal election coverage (Oct. 2019)

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• ETALK remains Canada’s #1 entertainment news program for the 10th year, reaching almost 4 million viewers weekly
• THE MARILYN DENIS SHOW reaches 2 million Canadians a week, and has seen year-over-year growth with total viewers and across all key demos
• THE SOCIAL is the most-watched Canadian daily lifestyle program and has seen double-digit year-over-year growth with total viewers and in the key A18-34 and A18-49 demos, reaching 2.6 million viewers weekly
• YOUR MORNING has achieved double-digit year-over-year growth with total viewers and in the key A18-34 and A18-49 demos, reaching 2.3 million Canadians a week

Canada’s Top 20 Most-Watched Programs (CTV Series in BOLD)  Numeris data also confirmed that CTV has five or more of the Top 10 programs with total viewers, with 6/10 in A18-49, and 5/10 in A25-54.

Rank	P2+	Rank	A18-49	Rank	A25-54
1.	THE GOOD DOCTOR	1.	SURVIVOR (Global)	1.	SURVIVOR (Global)
2.	SURVIVOR (Global)	2.	GREY’S ANATOMY	2.	GREY’S ANATOMY
3.	GREY’S ANATOMY	3.	THE MASKED SINGER	3.	THE GOOD DOCTOR
4.	STATION 19	4.	THE GOOD DOCTOR	4.	THE MASKED SINGER
5.	9-1-1 (Global)	5.	9-1-1 (Global)	5.	9-1-1 (Global)
6.	9-1-1: LONE STAR	6.	STATION 19	6.	STATION 19
7.	NEW AMSTERDAM (Global)	7.	BIG BROTHER CANADA (Global)	7.	9-1-1: LONE STAR
8.	THE MASKED SINGER	8.	THIS IS US	8.	NEW AMSTERDAM (Global)
9.	FBI (Global)	9.	9-1-1: LONE STAR	9.	BIG BROTHER CANADA (Global)
10.	NCIS (Global)	10.	NEW AMSTERDAM (Global)	10.	STAR TREK: PICARD (CTV Sci-Fi Channel)
11.	THE ROOKIE	11.	THE ROOKIE	11.	THIS IS US
12.	CTV EVENING NEWS	12.	STAR TREK: PICARD (CTV Sci-Fi Channel)	12.	THE CONNERS
13.	THIS IS US	13.	PRODIGAL SON (Global)	13.	PRODIGAL SON (Global)
14.	FBI: MOST WANTED (Global)	14.	THE CONNERS	14.	THE ROOKIE
15.	TRANSPLANT	15.	CRIMINAL MINDS	15.	CRIMINAL MINDS
16.	STAR TREK: PICARD (CTV Sci-Fi Channel)	16.	FBI (Global)	16.	FBI (Global)
17.	CRIMINAL MINDS	17.	NCIS (Global)	17.	NCIS (Global)
18.	BULL (Global)	18.	YOUNG SHELDON	18.	STUMPTOWN
19.	YOUNG SHELDON	19.	STUMPTOWN	19.	YOUNG SHELDON
20.	MACGYVER (Global)	20.	MODERN FAMILY (Global)	20.	TRANSPLANT