Go Canucks. That has to be the cry at CBC as Canada’s team stays in the Stanley Cup playoff hunt. Vancouver games took two of the top three spots in the national prime time ratings the week of April 25 to May 1 as I report over at Toronto.com’s “Remote Control” section. The team hit a high of 3,827,000
What’s blue and orange and not red all over? Early in the night, before SUN News Network started posting results (they waited an extra half hour until 10p.m.ET!), Brian Lilley made a bold prediction: Conservatives would win 165 seats.Note to self: get Lilley to help with NHL playoff pool picks next spring.Monday’s election night coverage
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Slow news day, huh?Before everyone stops caring (too late, probably), here’s how the Royal Wedding coverage played out numbers-wise Friday across Canada. The comparisons are a bit apples and orange-y, with different start and finish times, but, bottom line, a lot of us got up early and watched. Here’s roughly how things shook out:CTV, between 6
Here’s my blow-by-blow take on The Royal Wedding as it appears online at The Toronto Star. The Star has a lavish, photo-packed Royal Wedding section Saturday, a great souvenir for fans of the royal family. I set my royal alarm clock for 3:30 a.m. to check in on the coverage Friday morning but some networks,
Had lunch two weeks ago in Toronto with Kevin Newman, the Global National News anchor who walked away from his job last summer. I’ve always respected Newman’s integrity and judgement as a newsman. He takes his responsibility seriously and clings to a standard that is uncompromising. He struck me that way when he was the
I’ve been saying all along that you’d have to pay me to get up in the middle of the night and watch the bloody royal wedding. Well, somebody is doing just that.The Toronto Star has asked me to “overnight” this William and Kate thing. The story will run in the Saturday Star.I have a royal hissy fit
…goes to Jay Leno for this quip from Wednesday’s Tonight Show: “The man who invented the teleprompter has died at the age of 91. When President Obama heard the news, he was speechless.” Hubert “Hub” Schlafly, also a satellite transmission pioneer, did indeed pass away April 20. He co-invented the scrolling text device in the late ’40s according