As “Toad” in “American Graffiti,” Charles Martin Smith took playing the school nerd to new heights. Over 50 years later, the California-born actor-director co-stars opposite Toronto actress Anwen O’Driscoll in “This Time,” director Robert Vaughn’s very modern road picture. Catch it June 19, 20; July 15 and 24; and Aug. 4 and 27 on Super
David Letterman is back with more of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, which has a very unpredictable scheduling history. Netflix seems to add new episodes at random intervals. These two new hours find the 77-year-old late night legend working too hard through a surprisingly dull chat with singer Miley Cyrus, then relax and bang
Ratings for the second game of this spring’s Stanley Cup playoffs declined by more than half a million viewers from Game One. The overnight estimates from Monday, June 10, show that 1,594,000 viewers across Canada watched the Florida Panthers defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 on Sportsnet national. Another 1,O61,000 saw the game that same night
A home team rooting interest makes a difference. Saturday’s Game One of the Stanley Cup finals between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers drew close to 3.5 million viewers in overnight estimates across English Canada. Most viewers watched the game, which Florida won 3-0, on Sportsnet (national and .com), where 1,928,000 viewers were tallied.
In the last of the Canadian television media company upfronts, Rogers delivered their message in a slick, pre-packaged video preview. It was emphasiszed over and over again that Sportsnet is now the “undisputed” No. 1 sports media brand in Canada. Blue Jays host Jamie Campbell proclaimed it. Chief Revenue Officer Al Dark repeated it, “no
It has been a wild week at Corus Entertainment. All was well last Wednesday when the Canadian media company hosted their annual Upfront to advertisers. By Friday, they had to issue a release addressing some shocking news: Warner Bros Discovery was not going to renew their long-standing specialty channel brand relationships with Corus beyond the
Hugh Dillon is a man of many talents, including acting, writing and rocking — the latter done with his band, Headstones. The acting writing and producing skills were put to the test this third season on the Paramount Plus drama Mayor of Kingstown. Dillon and his series co-creator Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone; Tulsa King) made it their
Tonight marks the final appearance of pat Sajak as host of the Wheel of Fortune. The 77-year-old entertainer is leaving after 41 seasons and over 9000 shows. That is a lot of spinning, and Sajak, who has had some helath problems in recent years, has opted to step away from one of the cushiest jobs