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
Tonight at 9 p.m. on The Office (NBC and Global), Michael Scott makes his final, awkward goodbye.A year ago, Steve Carell announced he was walking away from this gig as his seven year contract expires. There’s a ton of speculation as to who will replace him as the new district manager at the Scranton, Ohio,
Hard to imagine a new network getting more pre-launch publicity than Sun News Network. The so-called “Fox News North” generated plenty of press in the months leading up to its April 18 start. Not just in the main stream press, or across Sun News owner Quebecor’s Sun Media chain, but the launch got plenty of
Doctor Who takes Space to a scary high Looking for numbers? The latest weekly look at the complete primetime picture can be found over at Toronto.com’s “Remote Control” section, jump to it here. Among the leaders across Canada the week of April 18 to 24 are two Stanley Cup round one playoff games involving the victorious Canucks (whew!)
The Easter weekend plus a flurry of print assignments has derailed the TVFMF machine the past several days. As Regis Philbin says, “I’m only one man!” Another busy week ahead, but postings will resume today. Thanks for you patience and for checking back.
If you’re here reading this you’ve probably at least heard his name. Ernie Kovacs died nearly 50 years ago, in January of 1962, victim of a car crash ten days shy of his 43rd birthday. You’ve probably seen pictures of his face with those dark eyebrows, moustache and constantly lit cigar, looking like some sort of Hungarian