Went over that whole Canadian Idol deal again with Scott Thompson on CHML yesterday. You can listen in here. I maintain it is disingenuous for CTV to position this as the result of the slumping economy when really it is all about a slumping TV show. For those worried about what Ben Mulroney will do
CTV has announced it is “resting” Canadian Idol for a year. Also “resting”: Van Johnson, Bettie Page and Mr. Blackwell.Seen napping: Paul Newman. Looking a little sleepy lately: Ted Rogers.CTV should just be honest with the fans and admit it: Canadian Idol has been canceled. Canada is karaoked out. The talent pool, as seen by
You have to hand it to the Fox promotions department. Finding a way to tie in the gore and guck of Fringe with the holiday season is a cow-razy idea, but here you go: By the way, have you seen how those 40-year-old Christmas specials are kicking ass on CBC? Last night’s broadcast of Dr.
Just 1,042,000 watched CTV’s Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning Sunday, a new low for Kevin Sullivan’s played out Gables’ franchise. Worse, just 306,000 kindred spirits in the 25-54-year-old demo tuned in, according to overnight estimates from BBM/NMR.That placed the poorly reviewed prequel/sequel a distant third nationally behind the finale of Global’s Survivor: Gabon
Tonight’s Anne of Green Gables” A New Beginning could almost be called Anne of Green Gables: If I Did It.The “I” being writer/producer/director Kevin Sullivan, who has concocted tonight’s three hour “prequel/sequel” to his hallowed and Hallmark-y Green Gables trilogy.In the extensive press notes to the TV-movie, which included a lavish, full colour, 64-page press
Learned a lot last night at the annual Media Profile holiday party in Toronto. The semi-formal bash, held this year at The Brant House on King Street, was packed with many of the usual suspects. I got talking to a couple of CBC producers who told me some astounding stuff that I have to sit
I probably shouldn’t be using phrases like “crooks,” “weasels” and “less legitimate than the Gemini Awards” to describe The Golden Globes, but that’s what I’ve been doing this afternoon in a series of syndicated CBC radio interviews. I’m scheduled to be on with Matt Galloway at CBC Toronto’s Here and Now at 4:50.TV critics in
There is so much fallout still falling out over NBC’s surprise announcement this week that Jay Leno is moving to 10 p.m. that is is hard to know where to start. It’s good news for ABC’s Nightline, which is beating Leno and David Letterman and now won’t be ditched to make room for Jay. It