Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion steals the show as The Rick Mercer Report returns tonight with the first new episode in three weeks. Her honor is 88 and can still kick Rick’s ass on- or off-the ice, in the gym or even in the (bowling) alley as she demonstrates in the fun episode.No wonder she’s ruled
Did hard times play a factor in Sunday’s Oscar bounce? Despite the lack of blockbuster contenders and a rookie host, ratings for the Academy Awards was up on both sides of the border. Good news (finally), broadcasters. Seems people are doing what they do when times are tough–staying home and watching television.In Canada, The 81st
Oscar put on the right show for the right times Sunday night. Gone was the cynicism and edge that has fallen flat in recent years. Instead, led by straight ahead host Hugh Jackman, these were the singing, dancing, Yes We Can Academy Awards, less of an Oscar show and more of a good old fashioned
With few blockbusters in the mix, little drama about the outcome and an untested, non comic host (Hugh Jackman), Sunday’s Academy Award telecast is shaping up to be the lowest rated ever.Who thinks so? Advertisers, for one. As reported in Mediaweek, two ad giants, L’Oreal Paris and troubled automaker General Motors, have pulled out of
Rogers confirmed yesterday what had been speculated for weeks: that its City TV stations have picked up NBC’s radical, five nights a week primetime broadcasts of the up coming Jay Leno Show.Leno stripped at 10 p.m. is a cheap fix for a Canadian schedule that could use a boost at that hour. Aside from the
How low can she go? Being Erica was down to 478,000 viewers last night, a new low for the second week in a row. That switch to Wednesday was supposed to give Erica a boost behind the more compatible female skewing reality series The Week The Women Went (720,000 last night). Instead, Erica continues to
Miss those analog signals much? This week’s big signal scamarama is the hot topic on my weekly radio chat with CHML’s Scott Thompson. Yup, the U.S. gov’t has auctioned off the old analog TV signals they forced stations to give up for $19 billion dollars. Nineteen BILLION!!! That’s almost enough to float a Chrysler bail
How much is ten minutes with U.S. president Barack Obama worth? Last night it was worth 1,082,000 viewers to The CBC National News.CBC anchor Peter Mansbridge‘s experience and story sense showed as he tackled that toughest of assignments–ten minutes with a red hot media superstar on their turf. Add all those White House security clearances