(Photo – CTV.ca)

The weekly Canadian TV ratings are out for shows airing July 13-19/15, and leading the charge to the top is of course The Amazing Race Canada Episode 2 on CTV. In that episode, taking place in Santiago, Chile, Hamilton and Michaelia used their Express Pass to skip right to Jon, the Pit Stop and first place (see above pic), while Susan and Sarnjit were last and were eliminated.

(Picture – EW.com)

Second for the week was MasterChef Season 6 Episode 10. Sadly titled “Rice Rice Baby”, a dish with the main component of….wait for it….rice….needed to be created in 60 minutes. Tommy won the challenge (his rice dish also will get a mention in an upcoming issue of Family Circle), chooses the remaining home cooks’ elimination challenge – creating a restaurant-quality dish with peanut butter and jelly! – and saves Claudia. Or tries to, as she turns down the offer of a free pass! In the end, Hetal won the challenge, Katrina was a close second, and they’ll be co-captains in the next challenge. Shelly and Sara were in the Bottom 2, and it was Sara who draped her apron over her workstation and left the competition!

Coming in third was America’s Got Talent Season 10 Episode 8 on CityTV. This marked Week 1 of the dreaded “Judge Cuts”, where in each episode 20 acts get pared down to only 7, with those going on to Radio City Music Hall in New York. A guest judge, and for this week it was Neil Patrick Harris, can use the Golden Buzzer to send an act straight to NY, no fuss, no muss. This week’s winner of the use of the Golden buzzer was Piff the Magic Dragon! The six other acts going to the live shows are Freelusion Dance, Silvia Silvia, Chapkis Dance, Myq Kaplan, 3 Shades of Blue and Samantha Johnson. Below is Piff and his ‘assistant’. Mr. Piffles:

The fourth most-watched TV show in Canada a couple weeks ago (hey, ratings are slow to get out! They’re transported by beaver!) was Rookie Blue Season 6 Episode 9 on Global TV. I’m here to say, I have never watched an episode of this show, I have no idea if even the graphic I posted here represents anything current on the show. And it’s Canadian-made. I can tell you, thanks to the good folk who update the Rookie Blue Wikipedia page, that the episode that played that week was called “Ninety Degrees” and had to do with a heatwave that hits town.

Making the Top 5 shows of the week? CTV News at 6! Only in Canada would the supper-hour news make the top shows of the week! This stresses the importance Canadians put on getting local news delivered to them. So MAKE CTV KITCHENER NEWS HD ALREADY!!!!! Sheesh!!! 2015, people! It’s gotten to the point when I flip around and find a non-HD picture I’m able to ascertain that I’m either watching CTV News Kitchener or a Marineland commercial is playing.

So, listing the Top 5 once more with feeling:

1. Amazing Race Canada (CTV) – 2,402,000 viewers

2. Masterchef (CTV) – 1,968,000 viewers

3. America’s Got Talent (City) – 1,685,000 viewers

4. Rookie Blue (Global) – 1,466,000 viewers

5. CTV Evening News at 6 pm – 1,463,000 viewers

Next Wednesday, Canadian ratings and recaps for July 20-26/15!