Being Erica is being stubborn about building an audience. The fourth week is usually when you settle into your season average and Erica sank to her lowest outing yet, 564,000 viewers. So far, the CBC fantasy/drama, starring Erin Karpluk, is averaging 607,000 viewers across Canada (all figures BBM/NMR overnight estimates). I’m finding that the show,
Hot on the heels of that Battlestar Galactica auction comes word of another chance to own a piece of TV history–the hot tub from Ed & Red’s Night Party.The hot tub–affectionately known by Ed affectionatos as the “wank tank”–saw plenty of action on the long-running Ed the Sock City-TV series. Bikini clad models (some not
Lock up your kitties, America. Trailer Park Boys is getting a second shot at a U.S. audience.U.S. rights to the long running Canadian comedy about a hard drinkin’ group of East Coast misfits have been acquired by the satellite television service DirecTV. The deal, reported online by Bill Carter in The New York Times Friday,
My CP piece up today is on Keir Gilchrist, the young lad from Toronto who landed a plum role on the Showtime drama United States of Tara. You can read the entire story here.Gilchrist is an impressive 16-year-old who has already survived one U.S. series experience, working on Rob Corddry’s short-lived Fox sitcom The Winner.
It`s no lie–Lie To Me did not bust out of the gate last night.The critically acclaimed crime drama, starring Tim Roth (The Usual Suspects) as a police expert who can tell if somebody is lying just by reading their facial expression, drew just 601,000 on Global last night.Mind you, it had to follow a rerun
Tonight marks the debut of CSI: AWP–as is After William Petersen.Petersen’s iconic character Gil Grissom took his leave last Thursday, with audiences flocking back to wave bye-bye. Nearly 2.6 million Canadians (out of simulcast, as CTV`s PR machine points out) and 24.25 Americans watched CSI at 8 p.m. last Thursday night, the crime drama`s biggest
What will David Letterman do without George W. Bush to kick around anymore? Here is Letterman’s goodbye to three years of comedy gold, otherwise known as “Great Moments in Presidential Speeches“:
Press tour ended days ago–already seems like weeks–but I’ve been writing like mad for people who pay and there is still so much info I wanted to shake out here.One of the things I’ve always found interesting is how other reporters and critics cover this same event, often digging out nuggets I never knew about