Premiere Week Report Card: Final Data Confirms CTV's GOTHAM as #1 New Fall Premiere

- GOTHAM has top debut of the season among all key demos with 3.4 million viewers -
- HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER follows in second place across the board for new series -
- FOREVER completes CTV sweep of Top 3 new programs to premiere this fall among key A25-54 and A18-49 demos -
- CTV owns 4 of the Top 6 new series so far -
- CTV's THE FLASH next great fall hit -

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TORONTO, Oct. 8, 2014 /CNW/ - Final data from Numeris (BBM Canada) confirms that GOTHAM is the most-watched series premiere of the 2014/2015 TV season thus far, with a final audience of 3.4 million viewers on CTV, it was announced today. CTV delivered four of the Top 6 most-watched new programs during Premiere Week among total viewers. Along with CTV's HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER (#2) and FOREVER (#3), GOTHAM allowed CTV to complete a clean sweep of the Top 3 new series of the week for A25-54 and A18-49, performing well beyond projected audiences among those demos and total viewers.

The announcement comes as last night's series premiere of THE FLASH on CTV ranks #3 among series debuts this fall based on preliminary overnight audiences, and is sure to become one of the top-ranked new programs of the season with final data.

Additionally, both GOTHAM and CTV's HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER (3.1 million) landed among the Top 3 most-watched television programs in Canada for the week overall (along with THE BIG BANG THEORY, 3.9 million), and among the Top 4 for all key demos.

"Without a doubt this is a 'super' start to the new fall season, with GOTHAM and HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER delivering giant audiences and complementing the ongoing strength of our returning programs on CTV," said Phil King - President, CTV Programming and Sports. "We look forward to building upon this momentum as the premieres continue, including last night's THE FLASH, as well as our upcoming new comedies and our robust line up of mid-season programming."

Top New Series Premieres, Total Viewers:

Rank	Network	Program	Total Viewers
1	CTV	GOTHAM	3,375,000
2	CTV	HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER	3,080,000
3	Global	NCIS: NEW ORLEANS	2,717,000
4	CTV	FOREVER	2,315,000
5	City	SCORPION	1,790,000
6	CTV	MYSTERIES OF LAURA	1,581,000
7	Global	MADAM SECRETARY	1,374,000
8	City	BLACK-ISH	860,000
9	CBC	CANADA'S SMARTEST PERSON	606,000
10	City	UTOPIA	311,000

Top New Series Premieres, A25-54

Rank	Network	Program	A25-54
1	CTV	GOTHAM	1,651,000
2	CTV	HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER	1,167,000
3	CTV	FOREVER	921,000
4	GLOBAL	NCIS: NEW ORLEANS	860,000
5	City	SCORPION	777,000
6	GLOBAL	MADAM SECRETARY	513,000
7	CTV	MYSTERIES OF LAURA	503,000
8	City	BLACK-ISH	423,000
9	CBC	CANADA'S SMARTEST PERSON	213,000
10	City	UTOPIA	154,000

Top New Series Premieres, A18-49:

Rank	Network	Program	A18-49
1	CTV	GOTHAM	1,674,000
2	CTV	HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER	1,114,000
3	CTV	FOREVER	837,000
4	GLOBAL	NCIS: NEW ORLEANS	764,000
5	City	SCORPION	685,000
6	CTV	MYSTERIES OF LAURA	422,000
7	GLOBAL	MADAM SECRETARY	419,000
8	City	BLACK-ISH	396,000
9	CBC	CANADA'S SMARTEST PERSON	209,000
10	City	UTOPIA	144,000

About CTV
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 13 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). Final data except where noted.  Premiere Week Sept. 22, 2014 - Sept 28, 2014. New Show Premieres Sept. 7, 2014 - Sept. 28, 2014. 

SOURCE: CTV

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