Super Bowl scores touchdown
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 is no different.
An average of 111.3 million Americans and almost 4.5 million Canadians tuned in for football’s biggest night, watching the New England Patriots rally against the Atlanta Falcons and Lady Gaga out-Gaga herself during the halftime show.
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.
SNL has seen its numbers soar this season, reaching heights not seen since the 1994-95 season.
Through Feb. 11, new episodes of the sketch-comedy have averaged 10.64 million U.S. viewers when a week of delayed viewing on DVRs is added in, Nielsen says.
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 Pregame, CTV
3. NFL Super Bowl Postgame, CTV
4. The Big Bang Theory (Thurs.), 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 21. The Big Bang Theory (Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri.), CTV 22. Training Day, CTV 23. Quantico, CTV 24. Mom, City 25. Chicago Med, Global 26. Gotham, CTV 27. Mary Kills People, Global
28. CTV National News, CTV 29. Grimm, CTV 30. Rick Mercer Report, CBC