ST. JOHN’S, Nfld.–Holy crap, things happen a whole hour-and-a-half earlier out here.The view of St. John’s harbour looks mighty fine from the sixth floor of the Delta hotel but that’s about all I’ve seen of the joint so far. Even the cab driver sounded like Rick Mercer so I guess I’m in the right place.I’m
CBC made a big mistake by overselling their news makeover Monday and are they paying for it this week. All the outrage on the Internet, you’d think Mansbridge had lied about hiding a kid in a balloon.Everybody seems convinced CBC News stands for nothing now that Mansbridge won’t sit down (especially the Legion of Decency’s
What BBM giveth, PPM taketh. The Rick Mercer Report was up to 1,242,000 viewers Tuesday night while CBC’s much hyped The National slipped to 627,000 at 10 and 495,000 at 10:25. The other newscasts all held steady: CTV National News at 11 got 1,328,000. Global National at 5:30 scored 1,209,000. Other Tuesday night numbers in
CBC News’ all new The National drew 704,000 viewers Monday at 10 p.m., slipping to 573,000 at the 10:25 mark. (All numbers BBM Canada overnight estimates). A lift over the Sept/Oct news numbers absolutely but at a cost of about $1o,000 a viewer given Monday’s aggressive media blitz. CTV National News pulled 1,194,000 viewers at
There’s a move afoot in Toronto to step back to the days of all boys schools. One of the school board chiefs is all for it.Which is idiotic. All black schools, all boy schools, how far back in time are we headed? What is with this move to segregation? What are we teaching our kids?The
CBC made the leap into the age of short attention spans with the premiere of their new news look Monday night. Segments zipped by in the blink of an eye and the newscast seemed to pick up speed as it went along.“I like how it’s quicker,” says my 16-year-old son, who found the bam-bam-bam newscast
Those three giant, full page ads in the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail today don’t come cheap. CBC is spending big time in order to get the word out that tonight is the premiere of their re-launched national news as well as a brand new look for CBC Newsworld, now re-branded CBC News
Another big weekend for Canadian TV as six home grown, non-news shows cracked the million mark. Among the success stories:Saturday’s Leafs/Vancouver game drew 2,306,000 Hockey Night in Canada viewers in a clash of two of Canada’s top market hockey clubs (all figures BBM Canada overnight estimates).The season finale of So You Think You Can Dance