Fire up the Tiki torch and pass the Doritos: Survivor remains the most-watched show in Canada for an eighth week in 2022. In it’s 42nd edition, the castaway series was No. 1 among all viewers in Canada, in total, Live+7 data, every week in May and three out of four weeks in April. Over a
Upfront Week in Canada used to be like walking the midway during the peak years of the Canadian National Exhibition: crowded and sticky. Now, as we emerge from the pandemic, things are slowly shifting back into live, in-person events — or at least evolving into a new hybrid mode of virtual and live. Take Tuesday’s
How slim were the picking at this year’s Hollywood screenings for Canadian broadcast buyers? In advance of their upfront next week in Toronto, CTV announced Thursday that just three new imported US broadcast network programs would be joining their fall 2022-2023 lineup. They are all very Red, White and Blue, with the names of States
Dusty Saunders, who passed away early this week at 90, started working as a copy boy at the Rocky Mountain News 1953. He worked for the Denver newspaper, which doesn’t exist anymore, for 56 years. Almost all of that time he wrote about television. He started before that was really a beat; he had to
A quick update on yesterday’s news that Coroner is no longer part of the CBC schedule. Publicist Tanya Koivusalo reached out to tell me that there are still, “ongoing conversations happening” as to the future of the series. CBC General Manager, Entertainment, Sally Catto, released the following statement: “Serinda Swan has made the decision to
CBC could have called Wednesday’s virtual 2022-2023 presentation, This Upfront Has 27 Minutes. Hosted by Andrew Phung from Run the Burbs and Kim’s Convenience (above), the public broadcaster’s sizzle reel was heavy on clips and light on talking heads. Phung promised “thrills and chills” and then gave way to the networks’ Executive Vice President, Barbara
Summer’s here and the time is ripe for dancing in the street. Or watching all the game and competition shows that flood back onto broadcast network schedules. Or the much cooler shows coming this month on streaming services. I’ll have to wait until the end of the month, however, to see the second season return
Survivor keeps living up to its name in Canada. After 22 seasons, it has more No. 1 finishes than other other show this year, The long-running CBS castaway import topped the weekly #Numeris Top-30 in English Canada for the week of May 16-22 with over 1.7 million viewers. There should be an asterix, however. If