So who says people aren't watching TV anymore?

While the unstoppable American Idol on CTV attracted another massive Canadian audience of 3.06 million on Wednesday, CBC's new sitcom Little Mosque On The Prairie pulled in a comparatively strong 1.2 million.

Little Mosque had garnered a surprisingly high 2.1 million for its debut last week, but nobody expected the show would maintain that number. Either way, an audience of a million or more in Canada is substantial these days.

Coincidentally, CBC's long-running comedy program Royal Canadian Air Farce will continue the network's unique tradition of making fun of its own with a short Little Mosque-themed bit tonight (8 p.m.).

The theme is that the CBC is so overwhelmed by the success of Little Mosque that all of the public network's shows are going to adopt Little Mosque stylings (everything from Don Cherry and Ron MacLean to The National).

And Air Farce also points out that Little Mosque's debut audience was "the equivalent of two years total of The Hour With George Stroumboulopoulos." Funny stuff.