This camera–and network–has seen better days Dear Mr. Lacroix. I’m not sure this open letter will reach you before some CBC middle manager deletes all links to TV Feeds My Family–if they haven’t already. But here goes. It’s the day after, and CBC has taken another shot to the nuts. The news you had to
Colbert (right) in a 2011 appearance on Late Show with David Letterman Bill Carter has told me for at least two years that Stephen Colbert will replace David Letterman. On Thursday, CBS made it official. As Carter, the author of The War for Late Night as well as The Late Shift, would point out, Colbert
Graham Wardle and Amber Marshall get to stay in the Heartland CBC picked a Friday to quietly announce the shows it was picking up for the 2014-15 season. It was already known that Arctic Air, Cracked, George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight and The Ron James Show would not be back. Hockey Night in Canada will be back on
No, that’s not Rudy from Season One with Probst (right) Fire up the Tiki torch and pass the Doritos. My old pal Jeff Probst was in Toronto this week to promote Season 28 of Survivor. Probst is not just the host but also an executive producer on the CBS reality series, which began way back
Jeffery R. Stabb/CBS David Letterman turns 67 in about a week. He’s been a late night host since 1982, on CBS since ’93. On Thursday night’s Late Show, he’ll announce he’s had enough. He spilled the beans to the audience prior to the taping of Thursday night’s show. The photo, above, is identified on the
How I Met Your Tailor (l-r): Neil Patrick Harris, Cobie Smulders, Josh Radnor, Alyson Hannigan and Jason Segel All successful major network American sitcoms last a season or three too long. Case in point: How I Met Your Mother, which airs its hour-long series finale beginning tonight at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and City.
Cracked is kaput, confirms Natalie Brown, who has moved on to The Strain. Brown–who starred on CBC’s comedy Sophie a few years back–was recurring on Cracked. The shot-in-Toronto CBC cop series, however, is not returning next season. Arctic Air has also been grounded, joining George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight and The Ron James Show on the CBC scrap heap.