Bill Carter has it today in the New York Times—Conan O’Brien has agreed to a deal which will see him host a late night talk show at U.S. cable network TBS. The show could be on the air as early as November.O’Brien, who left NBC’s The Tonight Show in February, had been in talks to
Had a blast on a recent trip to Los Angeles and to the set of The Big Bang Theory, which has quietly become the No. 1-rated comedy in Canada. It’s poised to overtake Two and a Half Men in the U.S. (especially if Charlie Sheen’s departure reduces that show to One and a Half Men).
I had the opportunity to sit around a table with a small group of international journalists last January and speak with David Simon and Eric Overmyer, the creators of the new HBO series Treme. This was about an hour prior to the main HBO Treme press conference for the Television Critics Association, which was being
That dumbass Coach was eliminated on Survivor last night. With both Coach and Boston Rob gone, the Villains are so weak they’re about to be awarded a Toronto sports franchise. Also eliminated this week, permanently, was an ex-Survivor producer’s wife; police got suspicious when they found a snuffed torch near the body. (Too soon? Hey,
What happens to copper when it sits too long? It turns blue. Canwest announced yesterday that their long awaited, shot-in-Toronto police drama, Copper, has a new title–Rookie Blue–and will premiere on both Global and ABC June 24th at 9 p.m. For a taste of the action, check out the early trailer for the series, above.Thirteen
Boy, it didn’t take Jimmy Kimmel long to goof on that weird new Tiger Woods Nike ad. You know, the black and white one where Tiger–the main attraction this weekend at The Masters–looks all sheepish as his late father Earl speaks from beyond the grave and asks him what he learned. See the real ad
I keep forgetting that Bones is pre-released by a day on Global. If you missed the 100th episode Wednesday night, you can still catch it Thursday night at 8 p.m. on Fox.The stars, including John Francis Daley, Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz (above with one of the Olsen twins), were at press tour in January
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson starts asking about Tiger Woods return to The Masters, John Edwards’ galpal squatting with Oprah, Forrest Whitaker guesting on Criminal Minds and a bunch of other stuff I’m clearly only half interested in. Then we get into Craig Ferguson’s new robot sidekick on The Late Late Show and I away