What Canadians Watched On TV In 2015

 As 2015 comes to a close, 12-month data from Numeris highlights what Canadians have been watching on television over the past calendar year (CTV said in a press release), and once again, live television events are the most-watched, led by sports championships and awards broadcasts.

Among sports tournament broadcasts, we love American and Canadian football, junior and pro hockey, baseball and soccer – but curling and golf too. For regularly scheduled programming, while we wholeheartedly embrace competition series, we prefer dramas over comedies. On specialty, Justin Bieber roasts, red carpet pre-shows, and all things zombie rank high, along with fantasy and historical dramas (and yet more competition series). Meanwhile, the television program Canadians watch the most is an original production showcasing our country.

Below is a closer look at the most-watched TV broadcasts and programs Canadians watched in 2015:

Canada’s Most-Watched Entertainment Television Events

Rank

Broadcast

Network

Date

Audience

1

THE 87th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS®

CTV

2/22/2015

5.53 million

2

THE 72ND ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS®

CTV

1/11/2015

3.30 million

3

THE 57TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS®

City

2/08/2015

2.87 million

4

THE SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE 40TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL

Global

2/15/2015

2.68 million

5

AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS®

CTV

11/22/2015

2.17 million

6

ADELE LIVE IN LONDON

CTV

11/25/2015

2.14 million

7

67th EMMY® AWARDS

CTV

9/20/2015

1.85 million

8

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS

Global

1/07/2015

1.45 million

9

THE 2015 JUNO AWARDS (CAN)

CTV

3/15/2015

1.43 million

10

THE 2015 BILLBOARD AWARDS

CTV

5/17/2015

1.27 million

 

Canada’s Most-Watched Sports Tournament Broadcasts

League/Tournament

Broadcast

Network

Date

Audience

NFL

SUPER BOWL XLIX

CTV

2/1/2015

8.26 million

IIHF World Junior Championship

Gold Medal, Canada vs. Russia

TSN

1/5/2015

5.95 million

MLB

ALCS Game 6, Toronto vs. Kansas City

Sportsnet

10/23/2015

5.08 million

CFL

103rd GREY CUP

TSN

11/29/2015

4.06 million

NHL

Playoffs Round 1, Montreal vs. Ottawa

CBC

4/26/2015

3.77 million

FIFA Women’s World Cup

Quarterfinal, England vs. Canada

CTV

6/27/2015

2.97 million

Pan Am Games

Opening Ceremonies

CBC

7/10/2015

1.66 million

IIHF World Championship

Gold Medal, Canada vs. Russia

TSN

5/17/2015

1.35 million

Curling – Brier

Final

TSN

3/8/2015

1.25 million

Golf – Masters

Final

Global

4/12/2015

1.19 million

 

Canada’s Most-Watched Regularly Scheduled Television Programs

Rank

Program

Network

Audience

1

THE AMAZING RACE CANADA (CAN)

CTV

2.54 million

2

THE BIG BANG THEORY

CTV

2.48 million

3

SURVIVOR

Global

2.22 million

4

QUANTICO (NEW)

CTV

2.17 million

5

NCIS

Global

2.01 million

6

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.

CTV

1.93 million

7

CSI: CYBER (NEW)

CTV

1.924 million

8

NCIS: NEW ORLEANS (NEW)

Global

1.923 million

9

MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER (NEW)

CTV

1.921 million

10

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CTV

1.88 million

 

Canada’s Most-Watched Dramas

Rank

Program

Network

Audience

1

QUANTICO (NEW)

CTV

2.17 million

2

NCIS

Global

2.01 million

3

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.

CTV

1.93 million

4

CSI: CYBER (NEW)

CTV

1.924 million

5

NCIS: NEW ORLEANS (NEW)

Global

1.923 million

6

MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER (NEW)

CTV

1.921 million

7

BLINDSPOT  (NEW)

CTV

1.817 million

8

THE FLASH

CTV

1.816 million

9

HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER

CTV

1.77 million

10

CODE BLACK (NEW)

CTV

1.74 million

 

Canada’s Most-Watched Comedies

Rank

Program

Network

Audience

1

THE BIG BANG THEORY

CTV

2.48 million

2

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CTV

1.88 million

3

THE ODD COUPLE (NEW)

CTV

1.65 million

4

THE GOLDBERGS

CTV

832,000

4

MIKE & MOLLY

City

832,000

6

2 BROKE GIRLS

City

826,000

7

MODERN FAMILY

City

710,000

8

THE MCCARTHYS

CTV

700,000

8

LIFE IN PIECES (NEW)

City

700,000

10

THE RICK MERCER REPORT (CAN)

CBC

654,000

Photo: Amazing Race Canada/CTV

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