A few weeks ago, the future of CBC Television wasn’t in question, but people were certainly not in love with it.  After weeks and weeks of lackluster ratings for their shows, CBC was struggling to find an audience for any of its shows that didn’t take place on ice.
Well all of that changed this week, when CBC kicked off the New Year with a bang and didn’t look back.  In fact, last week, the Canadian network had its most successful season premiere week ever, with a number of new and returning CBC comedy, drama, unscripted and current affairs programs winning their time blocks – and several with audiences of more than one million viewers!  (For those who aren’t too familiar with ratings, anything over a million viewers is considered a success.)
Here are some of the highlights:
Artic Air had the largest audience for a premiere of a new drama series in 20 years, with total viewership of 1.05 million!
Mr. D. stars popular comedian Gerry Dee and it premiered to 1.23 million viewers – the largest for a comedy since the debut of  Little Mosque on the Prairie in January, 2007!
Marketplace, Dragons’ Den and Republic of Doyle all topped one million viewers too!
So what do you think, did you check out CBC for the first time in a long time. Â I know that I did. Â Mr. D. is hilarious, let’s all hope that for the sake of Canadian content, these numbers stick.
Welcome back to the game CBC.
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