Kyle MacLachlan's mayor goes off the grid in a Portlandia clip on CBC

Viewers caught a Prince pun hiding in the scene, and a Lord of the Flies trailer from Jack Thorne arrived the same day.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

An energy scandal did it. "THE MAYOR'S GONE ROGUE | Portlandia Clip" became the most watched of CBC's ten uploads this week, passing 19,000 views. In it, Portland's mayor, played by Kyle MacLachlan, is named the city's worst energy hog and flees off the grid. The comment section turned into a spot-the-gag contest. Some caught the printer formerly known as Prints only after several viewings. Others noticed the matching beds Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein share, with initials on the headboards. And plenty of people wrote that a mayor gone into the woods must have wandered back to Twin Peaks, the show that made MacLachlan famous.

The same day brought the trailer for Lord of the Flies, a new take on William Golding's 1954 novel written by Jack Thorne, the Emmy winner behind Adolescence. A pair of short clips about Irish expressions and nervous bar orders filled out the week, along with Siaja's speed dating night in Ice Cove from North of North. From the archive came Ken Carter, the stunt driver known as the Mad Canadian, talking about his plan to jump the St. Lawrence River.

The channel picked up about a thousand subscribers. Among similar broadcasters, Foxtel had the lively week. Channel 4, Channel 5 and Law & Order all ran below their usual pace.

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The videos drawing views on CBC right now

Lord of the Flies | Official Trailer12,081 views · 2026-10-01 The panic order at a bar 🍺6,433 views · 2026-10-02 This is a great expression! 🍑4,947 views · 2026-10-02 Speed dating can really be a mixed bag! | North of North4,877 views · 2026-09-30 Stunt driver Ken Carter talks about his St. Lawrence River jump attem…2,801 views · 2026-10-02

The numbers

Here is how CBC's channel and its newest videos stand this week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Law & Order

3,044,226

Foxtel

2,914,091

Channel 4

2,070,374

Animated

752,873

E4

732,835

Channel 5

697,716

The Chi

508,778

Paramount Scares

3,542

CBC

0

subscribers

641,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

428,807,847

views per day

114,258

first-day views of each video posted this week

THE MAYOR'S GONE ROGUE | Portlandia Clip

8,129

Lord of the Flies | Official Trailer

4,186

The panic order at a bar 🍺

2,789

This is a great expression! 🍑

2,775

Speed dating can really be a mixed bag!…

652

Stunt driver Ken Carter talks about his…

1,379

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Channel 4

759,000

E4

756,000

Channel 5

664,000

CBC

641,000

Foxtel

636,000

Paramount Scares

632,000

Animated

551,000

The Chi

547,000

Law & Order

522,000

As of October 6, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.