When it comes to business start-ups in Canada, one of the acknowledge experts is Arlene Dickinson. The entrepreneur and Venture Communications CEO is a self-made multi-millionaire. South Africa born, Calgary raised, Dickinson is best known for her savvy dealings on Dragon’s Den. She’s the one with the grey streak, as opposed to former Den-mate Denis
On Monday, Week Two of CBC’s retro drama Street Legal (starring Yvonne Chapman, Steve Lund and Cara Ricketts, above) drew an overnight, estimated audience of 341,000 viewers, down slightly from 375,000 the week before. The drop was expected for several reasons: historically, most new shows lose up to 20 per cent of their audience in
Happy to be in today’s Hamilton Spectator with a feature on a native daughter, Kathleen Robertson. The former Beverly Hills, 90210 star is now part of Northern Rescue (streaming on CBC GEM in Canada and Netflix around the world). I caught up with Robertson last September on location in Parry Sound, Ontario, a picturesque town
You may only know Ricky Gervais as the pissy host of the Golden Globes, or the jerky boss from the original Office. Now, in his incredibly dark, smart new comedy After Life, Gervais challenges audiences with a next-level, complicated jerk – more mature, a bit more sensitive, and totally irresistible. After Life is the story of a
Where is the home of American Gods? Why, in and around Toronto, of course. Not talking about Toronto Maple Leafs’ American born star Austin Matthews, or the Raptors’ Kawhi Leonard. No, the subject here is American Gods, the epic fantasy fable adapted by Neil Gaiman’s best-selling novel. It returns for a second season Sunday night
CBC’s second female-driven law series premiere of the week didn’t get the verdict it was hoping for. Diggstown bowed to 338,000 estimated, overnight viewers Wednesday, slightly less than Street Legal‘s Monday estimate of 376,000. Keep in mind both numbers could jump by a third or higher once the Live+7 total data is tallied by Numeris.
Do you follow God on Twitter? On Wednesday, @TheTweetofGod tweeted: “Please remember to phrase your prayers in the form of a question.” God, and many, many others judging by the outpouring on social media, was thinking of Alex Trebek. As seen above, the 78-year-old Sudbury native chose another social media option — YouTube — to
CBC’s much ballyhooed reboot of Street Legal opened Monday to 376,000 overnight, estimated viewers. The Toronto-lensed legal drama brought Cynthia Dale (above) back as saucy solicitor Olivia Novak after a 25 year absence. The series shed a half million overnight viewers from its strong lead-in, the season finale of Murdoch Mysteries (867,000 in overnights; will