There was a time when “Upfront Week” was covered like the Super Bowl. Now it is more about football than any new comedies, dramas or even reality shows. Today at these big budget presentations, sports leads; dramas and comedies are thrown in as extras. Upfront Week is simply now known as the second week of
Colourizing filmed images from 60, 70, 80 and even 100 years ago or more has been bringing the past closer in recent years. Everything from The Beatles in early concert footage to horse and buggy scenes in old New York or even astonishing updates of classic films such as “Metropolis” just looks more relatable and
Wednesday’s Toronto Maple Leafs win over Florida Panthers in Round 2 NHL Stanley Cup action approached the three million mark in overnight viewers. An estimated, average minute audience of 2,874,000 watched on Sportsnet National (1,555,000) and CBC (1,319,000). Add in the viewers who also streamed on digital platforms and the game certainly would have topped
The Winnipeg Jets come-from-behind overtime victory over the St. Louis Blues Sunday night drew a combined 2.2 mllion overnight, estimated broadcast and specialty viewers. The NHL’s regular-season leaders scored with 1.6 seconds left in regulation to tie the game and send it to overtime. The four-hour-plus, double overtime game was watched by an average minute
This happened a couple of weeks ago now but it was so disappointing I had to let the fumes dissipate first. I’m talking about that final episode of The Conners (which aired April 23 on ABC and CTV. Stream it on their digital platforms). Here was the only reboot I can think of to last
Before there was Kate McKinnon, or Maya Rudolph, or Kristen Wiig or even Gilda Radner there was Ruth Buzzi. A standout on the sketch comedy hit Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, Buzzi died May 1 at her home in Texas. She was 88. The Golden Globe award winner and Emmy nominee’s well-named spinster character, Gladys Ormphby,
Uh oh. After going up three games to none, The Toronto Maple Leafs lost their second in a row and were shut out Tuesday in the fifth game of their round one playoff with the Ottawa Senators. Which means … one of these Canadian teams will be eliminated. That fifth game drew an overnight, estimated
The turnout for the 2025 Federal Election was robust — especially on television. Both CBC and CTV had a big night Monday. In overnights, based on average minute audience data, CBC’s Main network drew an estimated 518,000 for it’s “Countdown” pre-show from 6:30 p.m. ET to 7 p.m.; 987,000 for two hours of “Polls Close”