I have some news… pic.twitter.com/lTe3Rs0kOA — Lisa LaFlamme (@LisaLaFlamme_) August 15, 2022 “I was blindsided, and am still shocked, and saddened by Bell Media’s decision.” That was Lisa LaFlamme’s message, delivered on Twitter Monday, regarding her unexpected exit after 35 years at CTV — the last 11 as Chief Anchor of the CTV National News.
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
UPDATE: The Amazing Race Canada — the nation’s most-watched summer series for a half-dozen years prior to the pandemic — will return to CTV this summer. The globe trotting TV competition, hosted by Canadian Olympian Jon Montgomery, has been left at the starting gate since 2019 due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Producers vowed to
Eric McCormack enjoyed a sweet hometown homecoming this past Monday in Toronto at an “In Conversation” event hosted by the Canadian Film Centre. The 59-year-old Emmy winner was on stage with Zoomer magazine editor-in-chief Suzanne Boyd (above, right) before a well-vaccinated crowd assembled at the downtown Toronto Varsity VIP cinemas. McCormack, in town to shoot
Fire up the Tiki torch and pass the Doritos: Survivor keeps winning Canada’s weekly TV ratings race. The long-running CBS import was the most-watched show in Canada the week of May 2-8, drawing 1,544,000 viewers on Global. Furthermore, the castaway competition series has ranked No. 1, according to Numeris, five of the past six weeks.
It’s one of the oldest business practices in the book: go global, sell local. Nobody knows this better than Amazon, and they’re applying it, big time, to their streaming service Prime Video. That was made abundantly clear Wednesday in Toronto at a press event, ably hosted by Citytv’s Liem Vu, and staged as “Prime Video
Big Brother Canada returned for a 10th season the week of February 28 to March 6. Just over a million viewers watched, which is significant, but it only ranked 24th out of the Top-30 shows watched that week in English Canada — behind Ghosts and The Cleaning Lady. Looking specifically at Toronto-Hamilton, the reality show
Hey Canada –think you or somebody you know is Tough as Nails? With the fifth season of the reality competition series Tough as Nails heading into production this summer, Canadians, for the first time, have an opportunity to put their helmets on and prove that we’re stand on guard for thee ready. Co-creator/host Phil Keoghan