Heading down the road today to Syracuse, N.Y., for the annual gathering of 16mm film geeks known as Cinefest. The four-day film festival, in its 28th season, doesn’t have the glamour of the swanky film fests held each year in Toronto or Cannes. Instead of Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie, for example, the biggest name
This week’s podcast with CHML’s Scott Thompson (listen here) gets into the fallout from the CBC pickups and rejections, including the all-too-predictable, knee-jerk joke-of-the-week: ACTRA calling on the government to step in and make CBC uncancel jPod, MVP and Intelligence. Read their boneheaded release here and notice how they can’t even get the name of
Should Robert Irvine be sacked as the Food Network’s Dinner Impossible chef?That’s this week’s poll question at TV Feeds My Family. The story has been stewing for weeks, ever since The St. Petersburg Times blew the lid off his overcooked resume. Check out “TV chef spiced up past exploits,” by Ben Montgomery, here.Among other things,
A flurry of last minute voting pushed the “Yes” side ahead in the latest TV Feeds My Family poll, which asked, “Should the Heritage Minister have the power to withhold tax credits from Canadian TV and film productions based on what they determine is content ‘contrary to public policy?” Fifty-four percent said yes, the government
It’s not a rumour, it’s true–I used to work at TV Guide.Worked there for over a dozen years, in fact. That’s me, left, with a couple of guys I once played hockey with.So it’s good to be in TV Guide again, although it is a very different experience. My book, Truth and Rumors: The Reality
Why did two of the January CBC start ups succeed and two others fail?It is a very Canadian question. Six weeks from now one will ask why Fox dumped three of the four shows they are launching this month. Most prime time network shows fail–in fact, historically, only 20% succeed.So, two out of four, 50%–that’s
CBC announced it’s 2008-09 schedule today and two of its January starts–MVP and jPod–were left off the list. As expected, The Border and Sophie (starring Natalie Brown, above) are both back next season, as is the Sunday family series Heartland, which may have outperformed them all in total households. CBC is also in for a
Stopping by Newsworld’s CBC News: Today with David Gray this afternoon to talk about a book that did not receive one thin dime in tax credits or any other kind of government funding: Truth and Rumors: The Reality Behind TV’s Most Famous Myths. Order it today from Amazon.com–St. Patrick’s Day is coming! Among the rumours