Super Bowl scores big in ratings
In a world fraught with uncertainty, it’s nice to know that some things stay the same — like the Big Mac, Lego and Jennifer Aniston’s hair. You can also count on the Super Bowl to top TV ratings, and this year was no different.
An average of 111.3 million Americans and almost 4.5 million Canadians tuned in for football’s biggest night, watching the Patriots rally to beat the Falcons and Lady Gaga perform at halftime.
The DC Universe series Powerless, starring Vanessa Hudgens, debuted strong in the No. 13 spot.
Saturday Night Live, meanwhile, popped up at No. 15, with an episode in which host Kristen Stewart dropped an F-bomb, Alec Baldwin revived his version of Donald Trump and Melissa McCarthy made her surprise debut as White House press secretary Sean Spicer.
Across Canada, Big Bang may have beat out the Super Bowl in Calgary and Edmonton, but the football fest came out on top in Vancouver, Montreal and the Greater Toronto Area.
Here are the top programs in Canada for the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 5, the most recent ratings available, courtesy of audience measurement organization Numeris:
1. NFL Super Bowl, CTV 2. NFL Super Bowl Pre-game, CTV 3. NFL Super Bowl Post-game, CTV 4. The Big Bang Theory (Thursday), CTV 5. Grey’s Anatomy, CTV 6. Criminal Minds, CTV 7. Blue Bloods, CTV 8. Lucifer, CTV 9. Hawaii Five-0, Global 10. CTV Evening News, CTV 11. The Blacklist, Global 12. MacGyver, Global 13. Powerless, CTV 14. The Flash, CTV 15. Saturday Night Live, Global 16. Cardinal, CTV 17. Hockey Night in Canada, CBC 18. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., CTV 19. CTV Evening News Weekend, CTV 20. NFL Super Bowl, TSN