Money talks and it’s shouting this season on Dragon’s Den. The red hot venture capital reality series (featuring Arlene Dickinson, right) drew 1,717,000 viewers Wednesday night, right up there with what Hockey Night in Canada has been drawing this PPM powered season. (All figures BBM Canada overnight estimates). It also drew close to a million
It’s been a tough fall so far for one of CBC’s longest-running shows–This Hour Has 22 Minutes. The topical comedy showcase, now in its 17th season, drew just 468,000 viewers Tuesday night. That’s a double digit drop from last season’s average (in a season where a lot of shows are getting a lift from the
This week’s podcast starts off with the latest on the big CBC News shake up; you can listen in here.CHML’s Scott Thompson also wanted to know my thoughts about the balloon boy publicity stunt hoax; I’m sure if CBC could get Mansbridge into one of those gas bags to hype next week’s makeover, they would.
Today in Toronto, CBC announced a major shake up with their news division, re-branding CBC Newsworld CBC News Network, a.k.a. CBC NN.Rejected new Newsworld names: MSNBCBCNN, DisneyNewsworld, CBC NNHL.The public broadcaster also revamped their flagship newscast, The National (anchored by Peter Mansbridge, right), giving it a new set and theme song and more focus on
Better widen the opening to those Christmas stockings: Today is the street date for It’s Garry Shandling’s Show: The Complete Series. If you only know Shandling from The Larry Sanders Show or his recent guest appearances on shows like Real Time with Bill Maher, you should check out this brick-sized, all-in-one boxed set of Shandling’s
TV theme songs are a lost art. Just look at how Glee, a musical, took a complete pass on a theme song this season. It has the shortest, lamest title sequence ever–simply the word “Glee” quickly flashed on screen. Blink and you miss it. Guess executive producer Ryan Murphy wanted to leave more room for
What’s this? Canadians watching Canadian TV shows? It was true all weekend as these made-in-Canada favourites pulled mass audiences across the nation. The weekend CanCon leaders, excluding newscasts (all figures BBM Canada overnight estimates):1. Hockey Night in Canada Leafs/Rangers (Sat., CBC): 1,718,0002. Flashpoint (Fri., CTV): 1,642,0003. Battle of the Blades (Sun., CBC): 1,578,0004. Heartland (Sun.,
The 2009-2010 season may be remembered as the years comedy came back. Three sitcoms, The Big Bang Theory (No. 3 overall), The Office and Two and a Half Men were in the U.S. Top 10 last week among 18-49-year-olds. Eleven of the Top 20 18-49 were comedies, including old favourites Family Guy and The Simpsons