I’m on a screaming tight book deadline and an even more pressing CP deadline but I have one thing to say about last night in Vancouver.Shame on these hooligans creeps who left such a black mark on such a beautiful city. Billions of marketing dollars rained on this impressive Olympic town the past few years, showcasing it as
“Everybody’s striking what are we to do? Let’s just turn on the TV,” says CHML’s Scott Thompson. We talk up tonight’s seventh game of the Stanley Cup finals, which I predict will crack seven million viewers on CBC–a record. It’s a different story in the States. Numbers for the games are down a bit on
I’m gonna say 7.3 million. That’s my guesstimate as to how many Canadians will watch tonight’s seventh and deciding game of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Only thing sure about the outcome: either Vancouver or Boston will hoist the cup. My son Daniel, 18, was only a few months old when the last Canadian team won,
From Thursday’s Late Show with David Letterman: Top Ten Signs It’s Too Hot: 8. It’s so hot, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s having an affair with a maid in Winnipeg
CBC put on quite a rock show Thursday with their impressive 2011-12 season preview in Toronto. Have to admit when I arrived at the Broadcast Centre, rode the elevator to the 10th floor and was directed, along with John Doyle, up a steel staircase onto the upper deck of a three storey scaffolding, the thought crossed my
Neil Peart put on a show Thursday, making the most of Letterman’s “Drum Solo Week.” The 58-year-old Hamilton, Ont.-native is considered one of the best solo men in the biz and brought with him every drum in the tri-state area. Letterman CBS Orchestra drummer Anton Fig, Sheila E and Roy Haynes were featured earlier in the
TV shows come and go all the time. That’s the nature of the biz. Sometimes, though, it just doesn’t make sense. Why should The Kardashians be heading into a sixth season when Arrested Development barely lasted three? These are questions that will mystify social scientists well into the next century.Case in point: Endgame, an entertaining Vancouver-based drama airing
How did Dan for Mayor, Hiccups, Almost Heroes, hockey and Endgame do last week? All the prime time network numbers for the week of May 30 to June 5–including those 5.6 million viewers hockey scores on CBC–are posted over at Toronto.com. Check out the weekly Brioux Report here.