We’re crazy about american tv series, it is not a surprise that we have a huge representation here.

I used to watch shows from the USA & then they would just disappear from the TV screen over here.

Frustrating, as I didn’t know if they’d been cancelled in the USA, or if there were more episodes and the British networks just weren’t showing them.

Also, the wait between series could be long, long, long – I just wanted more info.

Thank the powers that be for this site (and epguides) so that if I like an American show I can have some idea of what to expect – and if all the eps aren’t broadcast over here I can make a resonably informed decision about ordering the series from Amazon (don’t get me started on Region 1 vs. Region 2 versions.)

Our TV networks broadcasted most of popular US scripted show, and a lot of people download the shows from net – like Gossip Girl or Prison Break before. Shows like Grey’s, Desperate H, House, CSI are still hugely popular on here although Lost stopped broadcasting after 3rd season I think, Heroes also. HIMYM is a number one show here

I always like to check in and see how US shows are rating, because you all dictate which shows we see. It’s even more relevant now with Australian networks airing US shows within weeks, if not days or even hours of their US broadcasts.

Massive Castle fan (which is rating well in Australia!). Here’s hoping it’s demos continue to improve over the rest of this season for abc, to ensure another season.

1. The reason that everyone has given, we have alot of US programming.
2. Unlike a lot of other nations on the list, Canada takes an active stake in alot of US shows. Smallville and Supernatural for example, are both shot in Canada, and therefore use up alot of our tax dollars. We like to keep tabs on our investments.
3. Sometimes our shows are on your networks, we like to see how they do (After learning about the dismal performance of The Listener, for example, I’m now extremely curious to see if CTV renews it.)
4. Canadians are really into watching what’s going on below us. It’s sort of a hobby. We bring popcorn.
5. Other nations would have this as well, but not to the same extent: There are a ton of Canadians on US tv, or doing stuff behind the scenes.

6. Last but not least: It’s really hard to get good information on Canadian ratings. Since US broadcasts are most often at the same time as ours (and in Canada US channels will be taken over by the Canadian channel when simulcasting occurs), we sort of substitute your rankings for our rankings, even though there is often a difference. Even when they’re at different times, generally we’re only up to a week either before or after the U.S. broadcast.

As for the US shows ATM we have a heap of US shows being fast tracked as we like to call it. Its the most we have had to date. They include Heroes, NCIS, Criminal Minds, Bones, Castle, NCIS: LA, Glee, Ghost Whisperer, Flash Forward, CSI, The Mentalist, Two and A Half Men, The Simpsons and Big Bang Theory. I may have missed a few. However this week our Ratings period ends and most of the shows go away until February.

What annoys me is the Seven Network has decided to FT Private Practice and it will continue into the summer months here but no Grey’s Anatomy. What type of network does this. Now i am a massive Grey’s fan and i have already seen every episode this season however i am also aware Grey’s and PP will have some kind of massive crossover event but it seems we will be out of sync. I dont get why our networks here think that its ok to do this.

Just last week the Nine Network showed the CSI crossover event but we are still a season behind in CSI: Miami and CSI: NY because these shows dont do well here.

Obviously i am rambling a bit but the fact is we get a fair whack of the US shows. We just dont get the drama’s like Housewives, Grey’s, House, Brothers and Sisters etc because the storylines are continual whereas most of the shows shown already dont fit that. Although if Seven had FT’d Grey’s it would have fitted in nicely because that show doesnt return now until mid January.

The US and Canada also seem to be pretty much on their own that shows can be cancelled so soon after a premier. In other countries such as France, UK etc shows are ordered and played to their 1st season finale even if the show is deemed a failure.

I’m going there for a holiday in a few more days (back to my roots) and just wanting to go prepared.

Concentrate on another show and give castle a chance.

Nice to see some others Aussies here

Heck, I barely even know what they air there anymore.

My guess is that ratings of TV shows about vampires, leeches, politicians and similar blood suckers, money suckers, power suckers, face suckers, tonsil suckers and assorted sucking types, are no big deal in the land where it all began.

There is a lot of people from out USA…. We watch usa tv series, but we aren´t inside the ratings… and this is a mistake….why? think about!!!

Rating me for SGU; Heroes; V; Desperate Housewifes..