Every Monday at 5:47 p.m. I talk TV with veteran radio host Arlene Bynon on SiriusXM’s “Canada Talks” (Channel 167). There was plenty to talk about with both Fox and NBC announcing their Fall lineups for the 2014-15 season. Fox announced Gotham as their big bat-move for fall. The DC Comics drama will delve into
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson asks about the CRTC report showing who’s making money on specialty and who isn’t. Wrote about the findings here in an earlier post. The amount of money generated by specialty channels such as TSN ($400M in revenues in 2013), History, Showcase and others is pretty eye-opening. Scott, I think, is
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson wanted to talk about how Netflix has changed the TV landscape. ‘Course, Scott finds Netflix invaluable as he catches up with shows such as Breaking Bad. (Spoiler alert: he finally saw the finale.). We talk about how savvy cable networks like FX have also broken free of the old network
The H&F gang (l-r): Sweet Phil, “Humble” Howard Glassman, Eileen Ross, Fred Patterson. Four people, Five Hours worth of energy Got up early Wednesday to chat with my old pals “Humble” Howard Glassman and Fred Patterson over at Humble and Fred Radio.com. The “best radio show not on the radio” can be heard on SiriusXM
Tense times at CBC headquarters with job cuts coming Thursday The CBC is like Rob Ford these days–it can’t get arrested for trying. In this, their final year of Hockey Night in Canada–after 61 seasons–they go out with ONE Canadian team in the NHL playoffs (The Canadiens). No Leafs, Canucks, Senators, Flames, Jets or Oilers
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson wanted to know if I was happy with the ending for How I Met Your Mother. “No,” I say. “At least it’s over.” This makes Scott laugh, although his wife is a big fan of the CBS comedy. We toss theories around about why this show was on for nine
Dancing duo Karina Smirnoff and Sean Avery What’s the deal with Dancing with the Stars? That’s CHML’s Scott Thompson’s opener on this week’s Hamilton Talk Radio podcast. He’d read my report of the abuse of poor old Billy Dee Williams, turned into a Jedi joke on Monday’s Season 18 premiere. Scott wonders if this might
What with traveling to and from North Carolina and all, I didn’t get to chat with CHML’s Scott Thompson this week until Friday. We had plenty of catching up to do, including a post mortem on Rob Ford’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, another look at Ellen DeGeneres’ job hosting The Oscars and my visit