Whither Mother Corp? Lorne Gunter, National Post Published: Friday, February 16, 2007 There are probably more Canadians who complain about CBC television than actually watch it. The public network, which was already in ratings free fall before its month-long 2005 staff lockout, has seen its viewership numbers drop even faster since. On a typical evening, under 700,000 Canadians tune into the Ceeb for any part of prime time, down from about 900,000 prelockout and over 1.5 million a decade ago. Ratings both for original CBC programming and programs bought from abroad are pathetic. In 2005, when the network's mini-series...