CBC and TSN were probably counting on long playoff runs from the mighty Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins. Now Sidney Crosby and the Sedin twins are out of the race for the Stanley Cup, and Southern teams such as Phoenix and Nashville are on to Round Two.With Detroitalso eliminated, and Ottawa do or die to
Steve Patterson, host of The Debaters: still on CBC Radio One Should The Debaters have been among the shows axed by CBC? At first glance, the public broadcaster’s decision to lose the comedic point-counter-point series, hosted by Steve Patterson, doesn’t seem debatable when you look at the numbers it was drawing—roughly 250,000 viewers per episode
Johnny Depp (front) starred in 21 Jump Street Ryan Seacrest hosts tonight’s two hour Fox 25th Anniversary Special (8 p.m. ET). Stars from older hits like In Living Color, Married…with Children, Beverly Hills 90210, Ally McBeal and That ‘70s Show will join current Fox headliners Hugh Laurie (House), Kiefer Sutherland (Touch and 24), Jennifer Lopez
Following up on an earlier post about the passing of Dick Clark: racial integration on the dance floor of American Bandstand happened a lot faster than I remembered. Bill Harris at the TorontoSun helped dig out the Sun story I wrote in 2003 about a visit to the Los Angeles set of American Dreams, a
For somebody who should have looked like they’d been run over by a news truck, Kirstine Stewart was still on her feet at Thursdays’ TV Day symposium in Toronto.There she was on the “TV Leaders” panel, the only women among the Boy’s Club of private network broadcasters. Didn’t even get introduced by the moderator.That morning,
John Brunton says he’s “had better days” after Thursday’s CBC bombshell With all the hits hockey has taken lately, one yesterday sent TV producer John Brunton reeling. CBC dropped a bombshell Thursday by announcing that Battle of the Blades would not be part of its 2012-13 season. “I’ve had better days in my career,” says
TV titans Pelley, Crull, Stewart, Dion and Robertson. Photo: CityNews So we were all sitting in the dark with a bunch of ad folk early Thursday morning when something crazy happened at the TV Day symposium in Toronto: news.Not at the industry day itself, which was organized by the folks at the Television Bureau of Canada.
This week, Scott Thompson wanted to yak about Oprah Winfrey’s recent pilgrimage to Toronto. Seems Scott’s wife was among the thousands who lined up at the Church of Winfrey Sunday at the Toronto Convention Centre. The guy with the giant teeth was also there, urging the congregation to unleash their giant teeth within.For the full