Soupy Sales was–believe it or not–a bit before my time. Growing up in Toronto in the ’60s, I was all over local kiddie shows like Professor’s Hideaway, Schnitzel House, Uncle Bobby, Kiddo the Clown, Captain Kangaroo on CBS and especially Buffalo’s Commander Tom. I should have been watching Sales, too, who was huge in Cincinnati
Fire up the tiki torch and pass the Doritos. Survivor Samoa drew 3.2 million Thursday on Global, its biggest audience of the season. The draw, which was well hyped all week, was seeing strongman Russell Swan (right) drop half dead from exhaustion during a reward challenge and get rushed off the island by a medical
There has been a big, fat WTF!? in the press at the announcement Thursday that 27 CTV personalities will be among those involved in various torch relays leading up to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in B.C. William Houston, the distinguished ex-Globe and Mail sports writer–who, for those who miss his column, has just launched
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