I think I’m starting to see how CHML’s Scott Thompson does this. He reads my postings here and then he gets me all stirred up about stuff I wrote. Like the Canadian private network upfronts, which took place last week in Toronto. Why aren’t there more new Canadian scripted shows on Global, Roger and CTV
Scott Thompson has to ask: “Why are the Canadian networks running down to the States and spending all this money again?” It is a question that just won’t go away after a week of American show previews during another round of Canadian private network upfront presentations. I try to answer, but Scott only has me
Scott Thompson at CHML Talk Radio reports that there are TV trucks all over the streets of Hamilton. That’s because the QEW commuterville offers better tax incentives than Toronto to producers scouting Ontario locations.The sci-fi thriller Blood of Pegasus starring Nazneen Contractor and Rae Dawn Chong just wrapped there, and the sexy Showcase series Lost
Scott Thompson at Hamilton’s CHML wanted to know all about the upfronts on this week’s podcast. We talk about CBS’s bold move switching Survivor out of Thursdays to make room for the Big Bang Theory. (A move that Survivor creator Mark Burnett is not too happy about, by the way.) Scott also wonders why Jim
Once again, CHML’s Scott Thompson asks all the pertinent TV questions: Was Conan O’Brien as hurt as he looked over losing the Tonight Show gig in that interview with 60 Minutes Steve Kroft last Sunday ? (Answer: Yes–O’Brien is a stand up guy who got run over at one of the hottest corners in television.)
This week, Scott claims he’s living in Happy Town. That’s the spooky new “Twin Peaks”-like series premiering tonight on ABC and /A. Actually, Happy Town was shot on the other side of Toronto, Port Hope, Ontario. Scott lives in Steel Town, which might also made for a good TV series.We also talk about today’s announcement
Scott Thompson is back at CHML and by the sound of it had a whole lot of catching up to do on the TV front. We touch on the camera-happy Octomom, the other, weepy, Octomom who got booted off Dancing with the Stars this week, the glory days of Hamilton wrestling (yes, the Love Brothers),
Scott Thompson is off this week at Hamilton’s CHML so I spoke with Jim Carriere, who seems to have missed all the fuss about Glee. I try to bring him up to speed, and also deconstruct Conan O’Brien’s surprise move to TBS and U.S. cable. Plenty of analysis pouring in on that shocker, including this