That First-New-Show-Of-The-Season curse seems to have Shattered in its grip. The Global drama, starring Callum Keith Rennie (right) as a cop with a multiple personality disorder, fell to an overnight, estimated 375,000 viewers across Canada Wednesday night, down from a weak opening of 428,000 Sept. 1.This is against rerun competition. The series is off Global’s schedule next
Jimmy Johnson says Survivor saved his life. The two-time Super Bowl-winning head coach spoke to critics Thursday on a CBS conference call and explained how a routine, pre-show medical turned up evidence of heart disease.Johnson, 67, is the oldest of 16 new participants in the 21st edition of Survivor, which premieres Wednesday (not Thursday), Sept.
You gotta feel for Tom Clark. He was the guy who stayed, and stayed and stayed, hoping some day Lloyd would stop drinking the blood of young virgins, unplug his constantly changing hair hypnotiser and return to pyramid duty.But Lloyd did not. He outlasted Keith Morrison, Pamela Wallin and now Mr. Clark. All worthy successors
David Bianculli over at TV Worth Watching has asked a number of his critic pals (including yours truly) to kick in with our first impressions on the new season. Everything from this week’s premiere of Hellcats to the launch of Law & Order: Los Angeles Sept. 29. Think of the old TV Guide fall preview
Looks like the Jonas Brothers can still rock the ratings. Their Toronto and Muskoka-lensed TV-movie, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, opened large, as they say, drawing 8 million total viewers last Friday night on U.S. cable’s The Disney Channel. The network says it is the year’s No. 1 cable movie and top rated movie
CORE’s Osher & Kent: the Steed & Emma Peel of sales Want to see what $28.5 million will buy in New York City? Check out Selling New York, a high end new real estate reality series launching Wednesday at 9 p.m. on HGTV Canada. Backed by Toronto-based JV Productions, the series allows viewers inside some of Manhattan’s most
Been a busy week slogging through Fall Preview copy for Starweek (for the Sept. 18 issue) so a little slow throwing this podcast up with CHML’s Scott Thompson. Scott wanted to talk about Michael Douglas’ appearance this week on David Letterman. I tell Scott it was like “sitting in on two old chums talking.” Scott points
Global’s new crazy police drama Shattered, starring Callum Keith Rennie (right), didn’t shatter any ratings records Wednesday night. The first new show of the 2010-11 network season opened to a BBOE (Below Brampton Overnight Estimate) 428,000 viewers Canada wide. Global did much better at 8 with nearly two million tuning in to summer reality hit Big Brother. A rerun of NCIS drew