The Borgias won the Canadian specialty ratings Holy War Sunday night. The Canadian/American/Hungarian drama drew 575,000 overnight, estimated viewers to Bravo! for its 10 p.m. premiere. That was the largest audience for a TV series on Bravo! since 2004. U.S. broadcaster Showtime also had their prayers answered by the Jeremy Irons-led papal saga. The Borgias
Have you noticed that all the big noise Canadian TV premieres are suddenly all over on specialty? Wipeout Canada gets off to a flying start Sunday on TVTropolis, Top Chef Canada comes to a boil April 11 on Food Network, The Kennedys start their campaign next Sunday, April 10 on History Television and the $40M+ historical drama The Borgias launches
Do Canadians have the cajones to tackle the Big Red Balls of Wipeout? Find out Sunday night at 8 p.m. as Wipeout Canada premieres on TVTropolis. I was one of a posse of journalists who were lucky enough to be flown down to the outsourced site of this zany reality stunt show–in Beunos Aires, Argentina. What the heck,
At first, news that TV stations were shelving episodes of The Simpsons over nuclear references sounded like some sort of April Fool’s joke. Wouldn’t this be like taking forensic references out of CSI? Singing out of Glee? Coalition references out of Harper ads?Stations around the world, however, are yanking Simpsons episodes In the wake of the very
Laurel & Hardy fans have been waiting years for the comedy team’s films to be released on home DVD. Film archivists at UCLA are working toward making that dream a reality.The university, which has the boys’ original Hal Roach film negatives and other source materials in their archives, is behind a drive to restore the prints with a
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson wanted the scoop on my recent trip to Hollywood. I was there earlier this week to work the red carpet premiere of The Kennedys (bowing Sunday April 3 on Reelzchannel in the States and Sunday April 10 at 9 p.m. on History Television). I’m not a red carpet guy, it’s an elbows up
Just back off the road this week so bit late on the numbers but here’s what we’ve got: Dancing with the Stars has waltzed back into the picture with a strong opener, bested only by the usual high note from American Idol. Celebrating 40 years, The Juno Awards had its strongest outing ever Sunday backed by
Hats off to the editors, producers and friends at Air Farce for turning that Tuesday night Roger Abbott tribute around on a dime. Founding Farcer Abbott, 64, died Saturday night after a private, 14-year battle with leukemia. CBC quickly responded with a tribute timeslot, but the original plan to re-air the most recent New Years’ Eve special didn’t have