2014/2015 Canadian Television Report Card: CTV Completes One of its Best Seasons Ever

– CTV sees primetime audience growth in key demos with A18-34/A18-48 up double digits –

– CTV delivers six of Canada's Top 6 new programs in key demos, including Canada's #1 new series, THE FLASH –

– Unprecedented season sees five new CTV series rank in the Top 10 with A25-54 –

– As average age drops, CTV gets younger with more Top 20 series than ever before among Millennials (A18-34) –

– CTV is Canada's #1 network with total viewers and A25-54 for the 14^th year in a row –

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TORONTO, June 1, 2015 /CNW/ -With the core television season now at a close, the 2014/2015 Canadian Television Report Card confirms CTV has just wrapped one of its best seasons ever with a year of growth, especially among younger viewers. Showcasing viewers' enthusiasm for engaging new network television, never before in Canada have five new series ranked among the Top 10 most-watched programs of the season – and all five were on CTV. The achievement comes as CTV delivered all six of the Top 6 new series in Canada - THE FLASH, GOTHAM, MARVEL'S AGENT CARTER, THE ODD COUPLE, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, and CSI: CYBER - for all key adults demos. Final data from Numeris also confirms that:

• CTV saw primetime audience growth of 7% among A25-54, and even higher growth (+10%) among younger viewers aged 18-34.
• It was CTV's largest primetime audience in four years among A18-49, and in three years among A25-54 and total viewers.
• CTV ranked more Top 20 series among A18-34 than ever before on record.
• The average age of a CTV viewer once again dropped one year in core prime, the only network to do so.
  
  

CTV ends the season as the most-watched Canadian television network among total viewers and A25-54 for a record 14 years in a row. And not only that, CTV's primetime audience has grown 16% among A25-54 - and 37% among total viewers - compared to 13 years ago.

A look at the 2014/2015 Canadian Television Season Report Card:

Canada's Top  New Programs, 2014/2015

• CTV delivered Canada's Top 6 new programs with all key adult demos, including Canada's #1 new series THE FLASH.
• It's the first time on record that five new series (all on CTV) have landed among the Top 10 for A25-54
• Duplicating MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. super-powered feat last year, the top new show of the year, THE FLASH also drew more than one million A25-54 viewers in its debut season.

Canada's Top  New Programs, 2014/2015

Canada's Top 20 Most-Watched Conventional Programs, 2014/2015

• CTV has increased its number of Top 20 series among A25-54 by three programs.
• CTV has more Top 10 and Top 20 programs than all other networks combined.
• Six out of the nine programs that moved into the Top 20 with total viewers were new CTV series.
• With the key A25-54 and A18-49 demos, CTV delivers the #1 series, #1 comedy, #1 drama, and #1 new series.
• CTV is the only network with a Canadian series – sports or entertainment – in the Top 20 for A25-54, with MASTERCHEF CANADA at #19.
• CTV is home to the Top 2 comedies with THE BIG BANG THEORY and new laugher THE ODD COUPLE among total viewers and all key adult demos.

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CTV is Canada's #1 private broadcaster. Featuring a wide range of quality news, sports, information, and entertainment programming, CTV has been Canada's most-watched television network for the past 14 years in a row. CTV is a division of Bell Media, Canada's premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, digital, and Out-of-Home. Bell Media is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada's largest communications company. More information about CTV can be found on the network's website at CTV.ca.

Source: Numeris (BBM Canada), Sep 22, 2014 - May 17, 2015 (Weeks 4-37, final data) vs. equivalent weeks in previous years, Primetime 7-11p.
Audiences prior to August 31, 2009 are based on BBM Nielsen Media Research Mark II meters.
CTV electronic audience databases and Top 20 records incorporate data beginning in 1994 and 2002, respectively.

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