Last night’s sixth season finale of the Rick Mercer Report drew 1,095,000 viewers according to BBM NMR overnight estimates, beating even Jeopardy! When all the final numbers are in on the 22 week season, Mercer’s show will have averaged right around the million mark for 2008-2009, a 2% increase over last season’s average of 971,000
This week’s CHML Talk Radio talk is all about that wacky Letterman wedding, CBC budget cuts and my trip to New York to interview Denis Leary on the set of Rescue Me. Listen as chatty Scott Thompson drag it all out of me here.Speaking of radio, CTV announced today that they are making over Toronto’s
By all accounts it was a grim if orderly announcement over the noon hour today from Hubert Lacroix on the future of the CBC. Wearing a jacket but no tie (or barrel), the network president told staffers across the country via closed circuit TV that up to 800 layoffs are pending over the next few
How did Little Mosque on the Prairie and Sophie do year-to-year? With last night’s season finale numbers in (as overnight estimates, at least), here is a quick comparison.All that cliffhanger wedding promotion paid off as Little Mosque enjoyed by far its biggest audience of the season, 830,000 2+ viewers (all numbers BBM Canada). Sophie has
It’s been a stellar season for Rick Mercer and the gang over at the Rick Mercer Report. Episodes featuring Don Cherry, Hazel McCallion and Nancy Green vaulted the comedy showcase over and around the 1.2 million viewer mark, ranking it as the network’s top-rated entertainment series again this season.Tonight, Rick gets his rocks off with
UPDATED: Friday was the first day of spring, a great day to be in the “greatest city in the world,” as they say each night on Letterman, New York City. Had some time to kill while waiting to head to the set of Rescue Me (see previous post), so did the usual midtown walkabout.A favorite
Spent Friday in New York on the set of one of my favorite shows on TV, Rescue Me. The scorching, New York firehouse black comedy is produced on a sound stage in Queens, N.Y. Rescue Me has been off air for a year-and-a-half due to the writers strike and is roaring back for a sixth
SYRACUSE, N.Y.–Cinefest wraps up today with a few more surprises–although the biggest bomb was dropped last night outside the screening room.One of the regulars here, an ad sales veteran who has worked in broadcast television for years, happened to mention how hard the economy has hammered local New York TV stations. Case in point: the