Save the cheerleader, save the world, pass the popcorn. Global held an advance screening of the third season premiere of Heroes last night on the big screen at the Varsity Cinemas in downtown Toronto. The joint was packed with radio and newspaper contest winners, all anxious to see a series knocked off the air for
One of the most anticipated season premieres airs tonight: House (Fox/Global, 8 p.m.). I’ve seen the first two episodes and they are typical of the series, which has a high standard of excellence and rarely offers a clunker.Dr. House’s relationship with his one and only friend, Dr. James Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard), is the B-story
I dunno, wasn’t all that excited by the Saturday Night Live opener, were you? Expected more after all the Sarah Palin/Tina Fey hype. Was good to see Fey and Amy Poehler together again, but that Olympic dude Michael Phelps should stick to the pool.The advance publicity certainly paid off in the ratings, however, as SNL
Paging David Hasselhoff: Believe it or not, there is footage posted on YouTube of somebody taking the suped-up Shelby Mustang KITT car from the new series Knight Rider for a joy ride in front of the Royal York hotel this afternoon. Check out the vis: What the hell??? As you can see, while the super
Was Wednesday Canadian Idol’s swan song? If so, it went out on a sour note.Take a look at how far this show has slipped in the last five years. A comparison of the five last finale numbers, from 2004 to 2008, shows a 50% drop from in households and a two-thirds drop in 18-49s.A great
The host kept hollering that it was the “biggest finale ever” but the numbers are in and guess what–it was the smallest.The two hour Canadian Idol finale didn’t even win its timeslot. It drew 1,377,000 viewers across Canada last night, a drop of one million viewers year-to-year. Despite headliners such as Mariah Carey, the finale
Damn this endless flood of September deadlines. Filed a story for CP today ranting about the current sorry state of elections and political manipulation on television. After I pressed send, I went upstairs, made lunch, and caught up with what I had PVR’d the night before, Wednesday night’s episode of The Late Late Show with
This will come as a shock to no one, but if I didn’t have to cover Canadian Idol this week for The Toronto Star, I probably wouldn’t have watched last night’s two hour finale. At this point, I pretty much have to be paid to do it. No disrespect to the participants or the producers