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Charlie Sheen (middle) makes an ash of himself on Two and a Half Men Continuing the dick jokes from last night’s Two and a Half Men, knew it would be huge, but that big? CTV scored an overnight, estimated audience of 4,906,000 viewers across Canada for the ninth season premiere of Two and a Half

Can’t imagine Monday’s season premiere of Two and a Half Men picked up more than two and a half new fans.It’s no surprise that the half hour comedy is vulgar and crude. The series has always been a winking nod to Sheen’s own bad boy persona. Right from the opening funeral scene, however, there was

Yes, The 63rd annual Emmy Awards was a big winner for CTV Sunday night, drawing 2,336,000 overnight, estimated viewers. That blunted CBC’s Battle of the Blades (1,195,000) but didn’t knock the third season premiere (or competitors Tessa Bonhomme and David Pelletier, right) off the ice.More rocked was CBC’s new talent reality series Cover Me Canada, which

A few observations about Sunday night’s 63rd annual Emmy Awards: Jane Lynch was an OK host. She kept the Glee shout outs to a minimum. She did not really do a monologue, probably a smart move. Here best line was, “A lot of people are curious why I’m a lesbian. Ladies and gentlemen, the cast

Boy, CBC continues to schedule in a vacuum.The public network seems clueless when it comes to launching TV shows in the competitive buzz saw that is today’s broadcast environment. How else to explain the kamikaze scheduling of smart new comedy Michael Tuesdays & Thursdays last Wednesday opposite the season premiere of one of Global’s heavyweights,

CHICAGO–Man, them Playboy cats work late.Was up into the wee hours Friday night/Saturday morning on the impressive set of The Playboy Club. The series, which takes place in the early ’60s, stars Eddie Cibrian (Third Watch) as  the cool manager of the original Chicago Playboy key club. It premieres Monday at 10/9c on NBC and

Michael Tuesdays & Thursdays is insanely good. Smart, funny, touching at times, the CBC sitcom, which airs Wednesday nights at 9 p.m., is the best new comedy of the season.Let’s get the so-well-crafted part out of the way. Just hats off to Bob Martin for a sharp, witty pilot script (“…what the hell? I am