Here’s how shows in Canada fared in the ratings the week of Oct. 25-31 according to overnight estimates (2+): MONDAYReruns (whaat? Didn’t this season just start a few weeks ago?) impacted viewing levels for several shows this week. House, for example, dropped from its usual 2 million-plus levels to 845,000 viewers Monday.That left the night to
It has been an eye opener catching a few minutes of TV in hotel rooms in Buenos Aires and Budapest the past two weeks. Turned on the TV in Buenos Aires the first night and there was this young Argentinean—he looked to be their version of George Stroumboulopoulos but with fewer vowels–standing in Toronto’s Nathan
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY–It was easy to spot Colm Feore’s Cesarean profile the other day, even far away on horseback on a rural Hungarian field. The actor was draped in a long black cloak and sitting tall in the saddle astride a horse for a battlefield scene for the upcoming CTV/Showtime series The Borgias. Feore plays relative good guy
Exhibit A: Argentina Exhibit B: Hungary
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY–Came all the way to Hungary for a tour of ancient Rome.Francois Seguin, the production designer of the upcoming CTV/Showtime series The Borgias, gave a walking tour Friday of the impressive sets he has designed and supervised over the past six months. The Borgias, which stars Jeremy Irons as a scheming 15th century pontiff, is shot
TV Feeds My Family continues to span the globe to bring you the latest TV tales. Scott Thompson at Hamilton’s CHML wanted to know what the deal was with my frequent flyer frenzy. I bring him up to date on my recent trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Canwest–er, Shaw Media–flew a group of Canadian journalists
What were the top TV shows in Canada Oct. 18-24? Let’s take a look: Monday CTV’s two hour Dancing with the Stars (2,337,000), featuring Jennifer Grey and Derek Hough, right, won its weekly head-to-head battle with Global’s House (2,150,000). This would not happen in Argentina, where Dr. House’s cranky mug is on walls, T-shirts and billboards everywhere.
With all this Globe hopping (barely back from Buenos Aires, today I’m off to Budapest), TVFMF is way behind in the podcast posting. Here are a couple of recent radio chats. First up is last week’s yakkity-yak with CHML’s Scott Thompson. We talk about the death of “Mr. C” Tom Bosley and my recent trip to