Matthew Almeida
CTV – CTV2
A Fall of Firsts and Frontrunners: CTV Delivers the Top 3 Most-Watched Programs This Fall ### CTV’s Humanity, Humour, and Heart Fall Strategy Pays Off with Viewers
– CTV is home to the #1 Series/Comedy (THE BIG BANG THEORY), #1 New Series (YOUNG SHELDON), #1 Drama (THE GOOD DOCTOR/GREY’S ANATOMY), #1 Canadian Series (THE INDIAN DETECTIVE), and #1 Sophomore Series (THIS IS US) –
– YOUNG SHELDON is the first new comedy series in the last 15 years to debut in the Top 5 fall shows –
– THE INDIAN DETECTIVE marks the biggest debut episode for a scripted Canadian series since 2011 –
– CTV has more Top 10 programs this fall than all competing networks and is 40% ahead of its closest competitor in primetime with A25-54 –
– YOUNG SHELDON is the first new comedy series in the last 15 years to debut in the Top 5 fall shows –
– THE INDIAN DETECTIVE marks the biggest debut episode for a scripted Canadian series since 2011 –
– CTV has more Top 10 programs this fall than all competing networks and is 40% ahead of its closest competitor in primetime with A25-54 –
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TORONTO (December 19, 2017) – With the Fall 2017 television season coming to a close, Numeris data confirms another incredible performance for CTV, as the network’s Fall strategy delivered a primetime lineup of heart and soul, family-friendly, co-viewing programming to its viewers. CTV has landed – for the first time on record in the fall – the Top 3 most-watched programs for total viewers (P2+) and all key demos (A18-34, A18-49, and A25-54), including THE BIG BANG THEORY, YOUNG SHELDON, and THE GOOD DOCTOR.
The achievement comes with CTV also delivering Canada’s Top 3 new programs with total viewers: YOUNG SHELDON, THE GOOD DOCTOR, and THE INDIAN DETECTIVE. Overall, CTV delivered more Top 10 programs this fall than any other network, with 40% more viewers than its closest competitor in primetime among A25-54.
CTV is home to the most-watched series and comedy (THE BIG BANG THEORY), the most-watched new series (YOUNG SHELDON), the most-watched drama (THE GOOD DOCTOR/GREY’S ANATOMY), the most-watched Canadian series (THE INDIAN DETECTIVE), and with all key demos THIS IS US is the most-watched sophomore series this fall.
Data from Numeris also confirms that:
YOUNG SHELDON:
- YOUNG SHELDON marks the biggest debut for a new comedy series in at least 10 years.
- YOUNG SHELDON is the first new comedy series in at least 15 years to debut in the Top 5 in the fall.
- For the first time since 2012, two comedy series have landed in the Top 2 spots (THE BIG BANG THEORY and YOUNG SHELDON), each averaging over 1 million viewers (A25-54).
- THE GOOD DOCTOR, starring Golden Globe nominee Freddie Highmore as Dr. Shaun Murphy, is the #1 new drama in Canada with P2+, A18-34, A18-49, and A25-54
- After a strong series debut (the second biggest debut of Fall 2017 with P2+), THE GOOD DOCTOR on CTV marks the first time in at least five years that a top new program has seen consistent weekly growth over its debut episodes, with four weeks of consecutive audience growth at the beginning of the season (P2+).
- THE GOOD DOCTOR is also up double digits vs. debut episodes with all key demos in its last three episodes this season, which averaged more than 1 million viewers (A25-54) each.
- On Nov. 20, THE GOOD DOCTOR peaked at 3 million total viewers and 1.2 million A25-54 viewers.
| Rank | Program | P2+ |
| 1 | THE BIG BANG THEORY (CTV) | 3.14 million |
| 2 | YOUNG SHELDON (CTV) | 2.82 million |
| 3 | THE GOOD DOCTOR (CTV) | 2.76 million |
| 4 | SURVIVOR (Global) | 2.13 million |
| 5 | BULL (Global) | 1.91 million |
| 6 | NCIS (Global) | 1.89 million |
| 7 | GREY’S ANATOMY (CTV) | 1.86 million |
| 8 | THE INDIAN DETECTIVE (CTV) | 1.541 million |
| 9 | DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (CTV) | 1.537 million |
| 10 | BLUE BLOODS (CTV) | 1.45 million |
| Rank | Program | A18-34 |
| 1 | THE BIG BANG THEORY (CTV) | 567,000 |
| 2 | YOUNG SHELDON (CTV) | 478,000 |
| 3 | GREY’S ANATOMY (CTV) | 395,000 |
| 4 | THE GOOD DOCTOR (CTV) | 391,000 |
| 5 | SURVIVOR (Global) | 354,000 |
| 6 | THIS IS US (CTV) | 291,000 |
| 7 | HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA (CBC) | 276,000 |
| 8 | THE FLASH (CTV) | 255,000 |
| 9 | THE WALKING DEAD (AMC) | 250,000 |
| 10 | STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (Space) | 247,000 |
| Rank | Program | A18-49 |
| 1 | THE BIG BANG THEORY (CTV) | 1.24 million |
| 2 | YOUNG SHELDON (CTV) | 1.04 million |
| 3 | THE GOOD DOCTOR (CTV) | 928,000 |
| 4 | SURVIVOR (Global) | 856,000 |
| 5 | GREY’S ANATOMY (CTV) | 796,000 |
| 6 | THE WALKING DEAD (AMC) | 614,000 |
| 7 | THIS IS US (CTV) | 607,000 |
| 8 | HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA (CBC) | 574,000 |
| 9 | WILL & GRACE (Global) | 560,000 |
| 10 | THE FLASH (CTV) | 523,000 |
| Rank | Program | A25-54 |
| 1 | THE BIG BANG THEORY (CTV) | 1.37 million |
| 2 | YOUNG SHELDON (CTV) | 1.16 million |
| 3 | THE GOOD DOCTOR (CTV) | 993,000 |
| 4 | SURVIVOR (Global) | 961,000 |
| 5 | GREY’S ANATOMY (CTV) | 808,000 |
| 6 | THIS IS US (CTV) | 641,000 |
| 7 | WILL & GRACE (Global) | 636,000 |
| 8 | THE WALKING DEAD (AMC) | 621,000 |
| 9 | HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA (CBC) | 597,000 |
| 10 | STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (Space) | 579,000 |
About CTV
CTV is Canada’s #1 private broadcaster. Featuring a wide range of quality news, sports, information, and entertainment programming, CTV has been Canada’s most-watched television network for the past 16 years in a row. CTV is a division of Bell Media, Canada’s premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, digital, and Out-of-Home. Bell Media is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. More information about CTV can be found on the network’s website at CTV.ca.
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