In Canada, Once Upon A Time is the lead in (7pm) for TAR (8pm) - which resulted in TAR being the 2nd most watched show for the week after Big Bang!
From CTV...
http://bit.ly/uQh2mQToronto, ON (October 24, 2011) – Canada is spellbound for ONCE UPON A TIME. The series premiere of the new drama enchanted 1.76 million viewers in a stand-alone broadcast at 7 p.m. on CTV last night, becoming the most-watched series premiere in that timeslot on record in Canada.* The series debut won the timeslot with more viewers than Global, Citytv and CBC combined, and ended the night as Sunday’s second most-watched program overall following
THE AMAZING RACE (2.61 million viewers). ONCE UPON A TIME immediately becomes Canada’s #1 new drama for females aged both 18-34 and 18-49. The episode is available now on demand on the CTV Video Player at CTV.ca.
ONCE UPON A TIME is also the #2 debut of a new drama this fall and positions CTV with the Top 5 series premieres on Canadian television, including THE X FACTOR (2.2 million), WHITNEY (2 million), PAN AM (1.9 million) and UNFORGETTABLE (1.7 million).**
In the U.S., ONCE UPON A TIME debuted last night at 8 p.m. as television’s #1 new drama of the season with A18-49, opposite stiff competition from Fox’s World Series Game 4 and NBC’s Sunday Night Football.***
Overall, it was a magical Sunday for CTV as the network delivered the Top 4 most-watched television programs, winning each hour of primetime (7-11 p.m.) both nationally and in all metered markets in total viewers, A25-54 and A18-49.
At 7 p.m.
• ONCE UPON A TIME saw growth throughout the hour to peak with 1.98 million viewers, and had nearly 4 million unique viewers that watched some or all of the broadcast.
• The series premiere was the #1 program overall on Canadian television Sunday night among young women (F18-34).
At 8 p.m.
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THE AMAZING RACE was the top program of the day, attracting million plus audiences among A25-54 (1.18 million) and A18-49 (1.14 million)
• THE AMAZING RACE becomes the most-watched program of the week following THE BIG BANG THEORY (3.6 million, Thursday).