CTV scored a touchdown with Sunday`s Super Bowl XLV, scoring an overnight, estimated audience of 6,537,000 viewers. That`s up from last year`s record overnight tally of 6,025,000, also on CTV.The pre-and post- Super Bowl spots were also huge for CTV, with 4,377,000 and 4,517,000 tuning in to each (although the post show trophy presentation, which CTV barely
Did you watch the Super Bowl on CTV Sunday night? The Canadian network blocked the much-hyped U.S. commercials and punted away the second the Vince Lombardi trophy was placed in the hands of the owner of the Green Bay Packers. CTV was probably fed up running Fox promos for that Glee after show carried in
Smooch stars Martin (left) and Shipka The Hallmark Channel is famous at press tour for bringing critics face to face with some of the stars of the past. Those of us who grew up watching Ernest Borgnine as the skipper of McHale’s Navy or the great Dick Van Dyke can’t get enough of these Hallmark moments. We
“Jay is horrible, right?” Once again, Howard Stern proves he’s the human hand grenade. The self-proclaimed King of all Media shook things up on Late Show with David Letterman Thursday night, getting in plenty of shots against Jay Leno, a big fat plug for Bill Carter’s book The War for Late Night (Stern said it
This week with on 900 CHML, Scott Thompson wanted to know if more people sit inside and watch TV during winter snow storms. Generally that’s true. Most series ratings peak around January and February. There are plenty of reasons why the Super Bowl broadcasts dominate the U.S. list of all time highest rated TV shows,
Shows built around one main character can sometimes get old fast. A lot depends on the actor or actress. Hugh Laurie remains endlessly fascinating on House, but the premise of playing a modern day Sherlock Holmes allows him plenty to chew on. (It doesn’t hurt that he’s a terrific actor.)I keep rooting for Carla Gugino
He’s got a right to sing the blues Reruns, presidential speeches, All Star games and dull award shows were all part of an in-between week, the usual lull before the February sweeps. In the mix, American Idol showed surprising resiliency in Season 10. Here’s how the shows performed Jan. 24 to 30 in Canada, among 2+
VANCOUVER, B.C.–Man they get their money’s worth out of Shawn Doyle on Endgame. The Newfoundland native is in every scene as Russian chess brainiac Arkady Balagan, who goes all Howard Hughes when his fiance is murdered. Holed up in a Vancouver hotel, barefoot and unkempt, he gets drawn into a world of crime fighting, his 20-moves