2014/2015 Canadian Television Report Card: CTV Completes One of its Best Seasons Ever

TORONTO (June 1, 2015) – With the core television season now at a close, the 2014/2015 Canadian Television Report Card confirms CTV has just wrapped one of its best seasons ever with a year of growth, especially among younger viewers. Showcasing viewers’ enthusiasm for engaging new network television, never before in Canada have five new series ranked among the Top 10 most-watched programs of the season – and all five were on CTV. The achievement comes as CTV delivered all six of the Top 6 new series in Canada – THE FLASH, GOTHAM, MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER, THE ODD COUPLE, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, and CSI: CYBER – for all key adults demos. Final data from Numeris also confirms that:

• CTV saw primetime audience growth of 7% among A25-54, and even higher growth (+10%) among younger viewers aged 18-34.
• It was CTV’s largest primetime audience in four years among A18-49, and in three years among A25-54 and total viewers.
• CTV ranked more Top 20 series among A18-34 than ever before on record.
• The average age of a CTV viewer once again dropped one year in core prime, the only network to do so.

CTV ends the season as the most-watched Canadian television network among total viewers and A25-54 for a record 14 years in a row. And not only that, CTV’s primetime audience has grown 16% among A25-54 – and 37% among total viewers – compared to 13 years ago. A look at the 2014/2015 Canadian Television Season Report Card: Canada’s Top  New Programs, 2014/2015

• CTV delivered Canada’s Top 6 new programs with all key adult demos, including Canada’s #1 new series THE FLASH.
• It’s the first time on record that five new series (all on CTV) have landed among the Top 10 for A25-54
• Duplicating MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. super-powered feat last year, the top new show of the year, THE FLASH also drew more than one million A25-54 viewers in its debut season.

Canada’s Top  New Programs, 2014/2015

New ShowRank	Top 15Rank	A25-54	New ShowRank	A18-49	New ShowRank	A18-34
#1	#4	THE FLASH	#1	THE FLASH	#1	THE FLASH
#2	#7	GOTHAM	#2	MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER	#2	GOTHAM
#3	#8	MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER	#3	GOTHAM	#3	HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
#4	#9	THE ODD COUPLE	#4	HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER	#4	MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER
#5	#10	HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER	#5	THE ODD COUPLE	#5	CSI: CYBER
#6	#14	CSI: CYBER	#6	CSI: CYBER	#6	THE ODD COUPLE

  Canada’s Top 20 Most-Watched Conventional Programs, 2014/2015

• CTV has increased its number of Top 20 series among A25-54 by three programs.
• CTV has more Top 10 and Top 20 programs than all other networks combined.
• Six out of the nine programs that moved into the Top 20 with total viewers were new CTV series.
• With the key A25-54 and A18-49 demos, CTV delivers the #1 series, #1 comedy, #1 drama, and #1 new series.
• CTV is the only network with a Canadian series – sports or entertainment – in the Top 20 for A25-54, with MASTERCHEF CANADA at #19.
• CTV is home to the Top 2 comedies with THE BIG BANG THEORY and new laugher THE ODD COUPLE among total viewers and all key adult demos.

A25-54

Rank	Network	Program	A25-54 (000)	New
1	CTV	THE BIG BANG THEORY	1736
2	CTV	MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.	1089
3	Global	SURVIVOR:SAN JUAN/WRLDS APRT	1052
4	CTV	THE FLASH	1022	New
5	CTV	CRIMINAL MINDS	968
6	CTV	GOTHAM	932	New
7	CTV	MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER	915	New
8	CTV	THE ODD COUPLE	901	New
9	CTV	HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER	868	New
9	CTV	TWO AND A HALF MEN	868
11	CTV	THE AMAZING RACE 25 & 26	862
12	CTV	ONCE UPON A TIME	861
13	CTV	CSI: CYBER	850	New
14	Global	NCIS	838
15	CTV	CASTLE	789
16	CTV	ARROW	744
17	CTV	C.S.I.	738
18	Global	NCIS: NEW ORLEANS	728	New
19	CTV	MASTERCHEF CANADA	718
20	Global	HAWAII FIVE-0	681

  Total Viewers

Rank	Network	Program	P2+ (000)	New
1	CTV	THE BIG BANG THEORY	3524
2	Global	NCIS	2563
3	Global	NCIS: NEW ORLEANS	2312	New
4	CTV	CRIMINAL MINDS	2309
5	CTV	CSI: CYBER	2252	New
6	Global	SURVIVOR:SAN JUAN/WRLDS APRT	2237
7	CTV	MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.	2117
8	CTV	HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER	2084	New
9	CTV	CASTLE	2053
10	CTV	C.S.I.	2031
11	CTV	THE FLASH	2023	New
12	CTV	THE AMAZING RACE 25 & 26	1939
13	CTV	MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER	1921	New
14	CTV	THE ODD COUPLE	1913	New
15	Global	HAWAII FIVE-O	1833
16	CTV	GOTHAM	1782	New
17	CTV	TWO AND A HALF MEN	1781
18	CTV	BLUE BLOODS	1754
19	CTV	PERSON OF INTEREST	1740
20	CTV	ONCE UPON A TIME	1727

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