The Big Bang Theory (featuring Johnny Galecki, right) climbed to nearly 2.5 million viewers in Canada Monday, firmly establishing itself as Canada’s most-watched comedy. An overnight, estimated 2,492,000 tuned in to the Chuck Lorre sitcom, its second-biggest audience ever according to a CTV release. That also made it the top show of the night in
As was proclaimed today on the giant wrap-around ads on the front page of the Toronto Star, “the wait is over” for the return of Glee. The high energy Fox high school musical series returns tonight at precisely 9:28 p.m. ET/PT–carefully timed so that Fox can milk every last advantage out of that still-potent-but-slipping American
“A Latino and a redhead–it’s worked before. Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball.” In the clip above from Monday night’s George Lopez Show, check out Lopez’s take on Conan O’Brien coming to TBS. The bit–a goof on O’Brien’s lip-synch sketches as a way around NBC’s no talking on TV gag order–features another shot at Jay Leno.
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