Little Mosque on the Prairie's Ratings Plummet

[Ricki Bobbi]

Straight from the Toronto Star. (Link)

The show received middling reviews from critics but was the subject of international media attention before its premiere.

The show had 2.1 million viewers for the first episode and 1.2 million for the second. The second week's numbers are still good, but it makes you wonder how long the show will last. Will it gain any sort of a following?

What will the audience settle at? Half a million?

After sitting through that second episode .... ugh. Uninteresting and just plain bad.

Something tells me they will air they episodes they've already purchased then the show will slowly go away.

[HoratioCaine]

Yeah, they're already playing the Boob card. (The latest commercial features a gratutious shot of the daughter's rack and then the pop saying "Have you're bosoms gotten bigger?")

That's usually a death knell for a show such as this, grasping at straws.

[jefferiah]

If the ratings are dropping that means its found a home on CBC and will not die at all.

[Canadian Blue]

I think most people would stick to watching a somewhat funny and accurate depiction of a small town on the prairies [Corner Gas] than something based only on stereotypes coming from Toronto.

[Remiel]

Accurate depictions? And here I thought we were talking about television.

[Canadian Blue]

No, the show was just beyond complete stupidity, and not even in a funny way.

[jbg]

No, the show was just beyond complete stupidity, and not even in a funny way.

Can anyone send me a VHS of it? Or DVD copy?

[jdobbin]

Can anyone send me a VHS of it? Or DVD copy?

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_quer...e&search=Search

[Cameron]

Garbage in, Garbage out. I hope it gets cut.

[Ricki Bobbi]

It will eventually.

They might as well run the episodes they have already paid for....

After that buh bye Liittle Mosque of Putridity

[jdobbin]

Any Canadian show to get in the top 15 is considered a hit.

1. CSI (CTV)

2. American Idol-Wed (CTV)

3. American Idol-Tue (CTV)

4. Golden Globe Awards (CTV)

5. CSI New York (CTV)

6. Grey's Anatomy (CTV)

7. Desp. Housewives (CTV)

8. Law and Order SVU (CTV)

9. CTV Evening News (CTV)

10. 24 (Global)

11. NFL Football (Global)

12. HNIC-Game 1 (CBC)

13. NFL Football (Global)

14. Little Mosque on the Prairie (CBC)

15. Jeopardy/Access Hollywood (CTV)

January 15-21, National, 2+, Average Minute Audience

© BBM NMR

[Ricki Bobbi]

Any Canadian show to get in the top 15 is considered a hit.

1. CSI (CTV)

2. American Idol-Wed (CTV)

3. American Idol-Tue (CTV)

4. Golden Globe Awards (CTV)

5. CSI New York (CTV)

6. Grey's Anatomy (CTV)

7. Desp. Housewives (CTV)

8. Law and Order SVU (CTV)

9. CTV Evening News (CTV)

10. 24 (Global)

11. NFL Football (Global)

12. HNIC-Game 1 (CBC)

13. NFL Football (Global)

14. Little Mosque on the Prairie (CBC)

15. Jeopardy/Access Hollywood (CTV)

January 15-21, National, 2+, Average Minute Audience

© BBM NMR

Again with the changing standards. Any reason you picked Top 15 out of the air?

Could it be that the show was 14th?

If the trend keeps up you will have to move your line to top 30 next week, top 45 the week after. And so on, and so on, and so on...

[kimmy]

You lack perspective, Ricki. 1.2 million viewers is still a lot. Comparison: the big US hits Shark and House drew around 850,000 Canadian viewers apiece for Global last week, and finished near the bottom of the "top 30". Top 15 is good, even top 30 is pretty good.

If the Mosque drops another 40% this week 720,000 would still make it among the top "entertainment" programmes on CBC (behind only Rick Mercer, I'd suspect.)

If they drop another 40% after that... 432,000 is not successful by normal network standards, but how many people do you suppose watch Jozi-H or ... well, I'm at a loss to actually think of the names of any of CBC's entertainment offerings, but the point is that CBC has kept shows on the air a lot longer, with a lot less viewers.

I think we all realized that there were a lot of people who tuned in to Mosque initially to find out what all the publicity was about, and I don't think anybody expected most of these people to stick around. It'll be interesting to see what Mosque's audience settles at.

-k

[jdobbin]

I think we all realized that there were a lot of people who tuned in to Mosque initially to find out what all the publicity was about, and I don't think anybody expected most of these people to stick around. It'll be interesting to see what Mosque's audience settles at.

People can follow the top 15 ratings on this Canadians website.

It doesn't break it down to how many people actually watched it though. There is a forum where those numbers do get discussed.

http://www.channelcanada.com/

[M.Dancer]

I think we all realized that there were a lot of people who tuned in to Mosque initially to find out what all the publicity was about, and I don't think anybody expected most of these people to stick around. It'll be interesting to see what Mosque's audience settles at.

People can follow the top 15 ratings on this Canadians website.

It doesn't break it down to how many people actually watched it though. There is a forum where those numbers do get discussed.

http://www.channelcanada.com/

You can get the numbers from ad week, but you have to be careful and undrerstand what ity is they are actually measuring.

That being said, show stinks.

[jdobbin]

You can get the numbers from ad week, but you have to be careful and undrerstand what ity is they are actually measuring.

That being said, show stinks.

Do you have a website for them? I haven't checked them out. Generally, if I want to find out what is coming on Canadian stations, I check out the website I listed.

As for the merits of the show, I saw one episode. I don't watch situation comedies in general though. I've never seen a Simpsons, Friends, Cosby or any other situation comedy in perhaps about 20 years. They are on too early in the evenings for me. I generally have other things to do.

[kimmy]

I went straight to the horse's mouth: http://www.bbm.ca/en/top_programs.html

They have weekly PDF reports listing viewership.

-k

[Ricki Bobbi]

I went straight to the horse's mouth: http://www.bbm.ca/en/top_programs.html

They have weekly PDF reports listing viewership.

-k

Good link. Definitely worth keeping an eye on for the upcoming numbers.

I'll bet by week five they aren't even getting 300,000 viewers.

[M.Dancer]

You can get the numbers from ad week, but you have to be careful and undrerstand what ity is they are actually measuring.

That being said, show stinks.

Do you have a website for them? I haven't checked them out. Generally, if I want to find out what is coming on Canadian stations, I check out the website I listed.

As for the merits of the show, I saw one episode. I don't watch situation comedies in general though. I've never seen a Simpsons, Friends, Cosby or any other situation comedy in perhaps about 20 years. They are on too early in the evenings for me. I generally have other things to do.

Sorry, I meant ad news

www.adnews.com/

[jdobbin]

Sorry, I meant ad news

www.adnews.com/

Thanks. Looks like a subscription site though. Oh well. Kimmy's site should satisfy those looking got the top 20 shows.

[M.Dancer]

Sorry, I meant ad news

www.adnews.com/

Thanks. Looks like a subscription site though. Oh well. Kimmy's site should satisfy those looking got the top 20 shows.

Yeah it's a good site for thiose of us who work in the trade. They also have a daily e-mail sevice. It isn't like the other two canadian trade mags, Marketing and Strategy, in that it only delivers snippets and quick glances.

Another Canadian mag that deals primarily with broadcast is Playback (same publisher as strategy). It leans more towards production than marketshare type news.

All are on line and with different degrees of access.

[Robert777]

I saw the first show of Little House. And I have to say that this is nothing more than an attempt by the good liberals (yuck) at the CBC to provide more multiculturism propagada brainwashing to the Canadian nation.

Personally, I don't trust Islam or its followers, and I doubt if there were characters such as that portrayed in the series, they would be so friendly and willing to intergrate with non-muslims.

PROUD TO BE A REFORMER, BUY A GUN AND PO A LIBERAL! :angry:

[Ricki Bobbi]

I saw the first show of Little House. And I have to say that this is nothing more than an attempt by the good liberals (yuck) at the CBC to provide more multiculturism propagada brainwashing to the Canadian nation.

Personally, I don't trust Islam or its followers, and I doubt if there were characters such as that portrayed in the series, they would be so friendly and willing to intergrate with non-muslims.

PROUD TO BE A REFORMER, BUY A GUN AND PO A LIBERAL! :angry:

Wow, very interesting.....

Uhhh, there are those of us in the Conservative Party that aren't that hardcore. Like 99% of us.

[Robert777]

Buddy.....I was a REFORMER.....prefer to think I still am. Not a RED Tory.

PROUD TO BE A REFORMER, BUY A GUN AND PO A LIBERAL! :angry:

[jdobbin]

Yeah it's a good site for thiose of us who work in the trade. They also have a daily e-mail sevice. It isn't like the other two canadian trade mags, Marketing and Strategy, in that it only delivers snippets and quick glances.

Another Canadian mag that deals primarily with broadcast is Playback (same publisher as strategy). It leans more towards production than marketshare type news.

All are on line and with different degrees of access.

I look at Playback because I'm a member of the Screenwriters Guild. The problem with their TV ratings is that they are usually two weeks out of date. Otherwise, it is a great site.