The success story of the season, in the U.S. at least, has been The Mentalist. The CBS cop drama has drawn close to 20 million viewers some weeks this season and is the strongest rookie series performer in the U.S. since Lost and Desperate Housewives were instant hits in 2004.Warner Bros., the studio that produces
Lil’ Wayne did okay at The Grammys last night. But what about those Lil’ ratings?Global averaged 1,501,000 viewers over the three-and-a-half hour telecast, according to overnight “commercial” estimate from BBM Canada Nielsen Media Research.That’s a boost from their usual Sunday night numbers, and enough to win the night, especially in the younger demos. But hardly
Many years ago, the late, great NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff was quoted as saying that the weekly TV ratings numbers had become “the box score of the ‘90s.” That’s even more true this century as BBM Canada and Nielsen Media Research numbers are as parsed and dissected online and in print as Matt Sundin`s
Want to know how to work around geo-blocks in order to access TV shows when surfing the ‘net? I have a piece in today’s Toronto Star which addresses just that. You can read the full story here or, better yet, buy a newspaper!The main end-around answer for Canadian surfers looking to access U.S. sites such
Dave Waldon was a regular at press tour, sat up front during the sessions. Often wore a Cubs cap.News started to trickle in this week that he had died. Marc Berman at Mediweek made note of it online at his Programming Insider column. Other tour friends Anne Bannon and Glenn Garvin also paid tribute to
One thing you will not hear on tonight’s PBS salute to George Carlin is the seven dirty words you can’t say on television. Which is just fine, according to comic’s comic and Law & Order: SVU star Richard Belzer, who spoke with critics about George Carlin: The Mark Twain Prize last month at the TCA
More post-Super Bowl chat this week, including a salute to ol’ smoothies Al Michaels and John Madden. It’s all part of this week’s radio report with CHML’s Scott Thompson. You can listen in here.Have to say it was nice to hear Michaels and Madden so energized about a big game. At 72, coach Madden still
CBC is yanking Being Erica out of Monday nights, and not a moment too soon. The five-week-old fantasy/drama drew a respectable 644,000 Monday at 9, with 285,000 of those viewers being in the 25-54-year-old demo. That’s up against some stiff competition, including Two and a Half Men on CTV (1,800,000/1,078,000) and 24 on Global (1,259,000/634,000).