Five years ago, when I was still at the Toronto Sun, we did this terrific tribute to John Lennon on the 25th anniversary of his murder. Those kick-ass special entertainment sections were always very collaborative with all hands contributing copy. Bob Bishop as always did a masterful job designing the section.I got to write the opener, a
Dating Racers Thomas Wolfard and Jill Haney Take Battle of the Blades and especially Dancing with the Stars out of the equation and the weekly Top-30 in Canada becomes a very different Race. Here’s how it all played out Nov. 29- Dec. 5 among Canadians 2+ according to overnight estimates: MONDAYThe departure of Dancing with the Stars and Blades led to
It will be hard to imagine Citytv without the boomimg baritone of Mark Dailey. More than any other broadcaster in Canada, he was the voice of his city and his network. The veteran news anchor died today after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 57. Dailey began his career at City in Toronto in 1979.
MNF`s big three: Don Meredith, Howard Cosell and Frank Gifford Frank Gifford was asked recently about the current state of the TV broadcast booth. Gifford, one-third of the most famous trio of Monday Night Football announcers (the others being Howard Cosell and Don Meredith), said he wasn’t too impressed. All that boosterism bugged him, he said.
Drew Carey isn’t half the man he ised to be. The once rolly-poly comedian has shed close to 90lbs as regular viewers of The Price is Right can attest. Carey dropped so much weight by the press tour last August that many reporters walked right by him at the CBS evening event. In his tan
The stars of the Canadian series “The Border” Are Canadian TV shows really anti-American? That seemed to be a concern in the wake of the recent WikiLeaks revelations. According to a January, 2008 dispatch from the American Embassy in Ottawa, made public this week, U.S. officials perceived an anti-American bias in some CBC melodramas.This had
“What is it you want, Mary? You want the moon?” Every year around this time, TV networks haul their annual holiday offerings out of the vault. Over 80% of them are reruns from season’s past. Some, like A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) and Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966),
On this week’s podcast, Scott Thompson at Hamilton’s CHML wants to know how Rogers’ $1.3 billion bid for Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment could affect how we watch future Toronto Maple Leaf games on TV. Would this ultimately spell the end for Leaf games on CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada or Rogers Sportsnet rival TSN?Not