CTV released their fall 2009 schedules today and it doesn’t take a “Mentalist” to figure out what the prime directive was:Make it look like we didn’t buy any new U.S. shows for next season.CTV, like Canwest, has bet everything that their “Save Local TV” campaign and “business model is broken” mantra will be enough to
Been a while since I’ve been on CHCH’s Live @ 5:30 with Mark Hebscher and Donna Skelly. Back today talking about cigarette smoking on TV and in films and how a lobby group in the U.S. wants all films with cigarette smoke to be branded with the dreaded “R” rating.Seems some moms and dads are
“It’s like a Backstreet Boys reunion here–only not as good.”Conan O’Brien’s Tonight Show debut was crammed with filmed bits last night, including a funny opener which found him checking off all the things he had to do–“Write Jokes, check, Brush Teeth, check–until he got to “Move to LA.” Still in Manhattan, he failed to hail
Jay Leno left The Tonight Show a high note. The headed-for-10 p.m. host scored his highest Friday overnights ever according to the NBC release. At the very end of the show, viewers saw the legacy of 17 years and 3775 shows on the air–all the children born to Tonight Show staffers during Leno`s tenure.The finale
Tonight’s the night for Conan O’Brien. Been loving the NBC promos which goof on his move to California and his “pale Irish skin burning like a vampire in the sun”: A lot has been made about Jay Leno stealing O’Brien’s thunder by sticking with NBC and returning in September with his prime time, five-nights-a-week series.
Did hockey fans return this weekend for another Detroit/Pittsburgh Stanley Cup final? CBC sure hopes so. Round 3 scores were down from previous years. CBC drew 1,463,000 last Tuesday and 1,338,000 Wednesday with its NHL playoff coverage according to BBM overnight estimates. The lack of Canadian clubs in the playoffs has left CBC way up
A busy week spent typing for dollars has prevented me from getting to this until now, and it is so not news, but Bill Scheft is one funny dude. The head monologue writer for Late Show with David Letterman was in Toronto Wednesday to promote his latest book, Everything Hurts (Simon and Schuster). He conducted
Jay Leno has packed his final week hosting The Tonight Show with plenty of laughs. Thursday night was no exception, with old reliable Billy Crystal serenading Leno with his trademark show tune shtick, always a big hit at the Oscars. Here’s a clip (if those cross border killjoys at NBC haven’t taken it down already):