TV Ratings

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Not unsurprisingly, the Calgary Saskatchewan game last week had the highest attendance of the early season with 722,000 viewers. The Argos-BC game had 378,000 viewers.
Overall attendance is down 6.1% since the same point last year.



All the hype led to a massive regular season number of 722,000, the largest single-game rating for the CFL in 2019. The Canadian Day matchup (https://3downnation.com/2019/07/04/canadian-football-on-canada-day-boosts-cfl-tv-ratings/) between Toronto and Saskatchewan had an overall average of 633,700 – it was split into two parts due to a lengthy weather delay (https://3downnation.com/2019/07/01/argos-riders-game-delayed-by-lightning-around-mosaic-stadium/).

It’s the first time through 15 games any three-down tilt has cracked the 700,000 mark for average viewers during an entire uninterrupted contest. An early season shot of momentum TSN and the CFL could use because the average viewership compared to 2017 (498,312) and 2018 (524,462) are down. Total average through four weeks: 493,362. Year-over-year that’s nearly a six per cent drop.

Saskatchewan is always going to produce large TV numbers, it’s markets such as Vancouver and Toronto that need to improve.

Week 4 TV ratings:

Thursday
Hamilton at Montreal: 399,000

Friday
Winnipeg at Ottawa: 545,200

Saturday
B.C. at Toronto: 378,500

Calgary at Saskatchewan: 722,000

Total Week 4 average: 511,175
https://3downnation.com/2019/07/11/stampeders-riders-showdown-results-in-largest-single-game-tv-rating-of-the-cfl-season/

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TV ratings: Bombers, Riders yields largest CFL Finals number in recent years (https://3downnation.com/2019/11/18/tv-ratings-bombers-riders-delivers-largest-cfl-finals-number-in-recent-years/)
Justin Dunk 3downnation November 18, 2019

The Farmers’ Almanac was right: Winnipeg and Saskatchewan produced a high yield.

It was the first West Final between the prairie rivals since 1972 and the Bombers scored a 20-13 win against the Riders in a game which came down to the final play — drama helps boost audiences. Forget sports it was the highest rated English language program on television Sunday, November 17.

Division Finals Sunday TV ratings 2019:

Edmonton at Hamilton — 898,400 (not including RDS)
Winnipeg at Saskatchewan — 1,631,900 (not including RDS)
Average: 1,265,150

2018
Hamilton at Ottawa — 729,000
Winnipeg at Calgary — 1,222,030
Average: 974,650

2017
Saskatchewan at Toronto — 1,406,000
Edmonton at Calgary — 1,337,000
Average: 1,371,500

2016
Edmonton at Ottawa — 1,178,100
B.C. at Calgary– 1,049,000
Average: 1,113,550

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107th GREY CUP Presented by Shaw Audience Grows 19% to 3.9 Million Viewers on TSN and RDS (https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/107th-grey-cup-presented-by-shaw-audience-grows-19-to-3-9-million-viewers-on-tsn-and-rds/)
November 25, 2019

More than 24% of Canadians watched some or all of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
4.1 million viewers watched Keith Urban’s high-energy performance in the Freedom Mobile Halftime Show
TSN was the most-watched network in Canada on Sunday, Nov. 24

TORONTO (November 25, 2019) – One of the biggest annual events on Canadian television, Sunday night’s 107th GREY CUP presented by Shaw captivated viewers nationwide with this year’s audience growing 19% over 2018, according to overnight data from Numeris. An average audience of 3.9 million viewers tuned in to TSN (3.7 million) and RDS (252,000) to watch the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL’s iconic annual championship game.

Overall, nearly nine million unique viewers, or nearly one-in-four Canadians (24%), watched some or all of the Blue Bombers’ 33-12 victory over the Tiger-Cats. The game achieved a 31% share, meaning nearly one in three Canadians watching television on Sunday night were tuned into the game.

The audience for the 107th GREY CUP presented by Shaw peaked at 4.6 million viewers as the Blue Bombers charged to their first GREY CUP victory since 1990, ending a 29-year championship drought.

As the most-watched program of the day, the 107th GREY CUP presented by Shaw positioned TSN as the most-watched network in Canada on Sunday.

Additional audience highlights:

Livestreaming audiences for the championship game on TSN Digital platforms marked an increase of 77% compared to last year’s GREY CUP
The high-energy performance by four-time Grammy Award-winner Keith Urban during the Freedom Mobile Halftime Show attracted an average audience of 4.1 million viewers
More than 9.6 million Canadians watched some part of the expansive GREY CUP coverage on TSN and RDS throughout Sunday
An average audience of 1.8 million viewers tuned in to watch JUNO award-winning Canadian rock band The Beaches in the Sirius XM Kickoff Show
TSN’s official social media platforms garnered significant engagement throughout GREY CUP Sunday, with more than 4.3 million impressions, 2.9 million video views, and 224,000 interactions on Instagram and Twitter

Once again, the GREY CUP proved to be one of the marquee television properties for Canadian advertisers and a coveted platform for key sponsors including Nissan, Shaw, Sirius XM, Freedom Mobile, 7-Eleven, LeoVegas, Safeway, and more.

The 107th GREY CUP presented by Shaw was the culmination of a successful CFL ON TSN post-season that saw the CFL’s Western and Eastern Finals attract an average audience of 1.3 million viewers on TSN and RDS – a 29% increase from 2018 – and reach 5.4 million unique viewers. Livestreaming audiences for the 2019 CFL PLAYOFFS were up 75% over 2018.

The 2019 CFL season on TSN and RDS reached nearly 16 million Canadian viewers, or 44% of the country’s population.

Source: Numeris, Total Canada, RDS Audience based on TSN Start and End Times