CHML’s Scott Thompson had a bunch of questions about last Sunday’s 54th Annual Grammy Awards. Did the show get a big ratings boost from the sudden death of Whitney Houston. Ya think?We talk about Paul McCartney getting grief for his over sized white tux as well as that horrible new Valentine song. Then there was
Bit late posting this but a heads up for west coast viewers at least. Cougar Town returns at 8:30 p.m. PT after a nine month hiatus. ABC cut back the order (from 22 to 15) and left this series on the shelf until something else failed, not the best sign for a series entering its
s The guys I play hockey with every Tuesday say they’re already hooked on CBC’s new Monday night comedy Mr. D. The sixth episode of the series airs tonight at 8 p.m.The comedy stars Gerry Dee as a private school teacher with less than stellar skills. Dee came by them honestly, working ten years as
Pinsent and Pinsent last summer at the CFC TIFF BBQ When I ran into Gordon Pinsent at the Toronto International Film Festival/Canadian Film Centre BBQ last September, he was still sporting the ‘stache from playing Stephen Leacock in tonight’s CBC movie Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town. Pinsent is a marvel at 81 and prattled
My mom called and left a message–something about there being a photo of me in today’s Toronto Sun.This seemed unlikely. The Mayan calendar doesn’t end for another 10 months.Still, I found a copy at my local convenience store (still just 50 cents!) and there I am in the middle of a full page ad on
CHML’s Scott Thompson asks about the Super Bowl. Scott did the whole crazy NBC enchilada, tuning in around noon as the Peacock network showcased Jimmy Fallon, Top Chef and everything else on their schedule. “The only thing missing was a monologue by Jay Leno,” says Thompson.Why not, I say, what else are you gonna watch,
Hold onto your chess pieces, fans. Sources close to the short-lived Canadian drama Endgame say the series may be coming back.Endgame, starring Shawn Doyle (right) as a Russian chess grand master-turned Vancouver detective, has been out of production for about a year. Low ratings were cited for the cancellation by Showcase. The sets have long
The Super Bowl audience keeps getting bigger each year in Canada. CTV scored 7,280,000 overnight, estimated viewers for Sunday’s big game, well up from the 6,537,000 counted in the overnights the year before. The combined CTV/RDS audience in Canada was tallied at 8.15 million, up from 7.3 million in 2011 and 6.9 million in 2010.CTV