It’s not like they spent a lot of money on a custom-designed set Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s new series Ford Nation has been canceled after just one episode on Sun News Network.Odd, since Rob and Doug Ford’s debut Monday night on Sun News drew 155,000 overnight, estimated viewers, a record for the struggling news channel.
Doug and Rob Ford met expectations Monday on Ford Nation When the overnight estimates come in at the end of the day Tuesday, look for the Sun News Network to have set a viewing record for Monday night’s premiere of Ford Nation. (Those numbers will be updated right here).Mind you, that’s like saying the Jays
How much has television changed in 50 years? A veteran newsman helps put it in perspective with My Days in Dallas: A Remembrance with Dan Rather. The special premieres Monday night at 8 p.m. ET, 5 p.m. PT. on AXS TV. Rather, now 82, did a conference call with reporters last week from Texas where
Kevin Newman Just Kevin Newman’s luck! The veteran Canadian newsman is launching a bold, experimental news magazine tonight called Kevin Newman Live. Look for it weeknights at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT starting Monday on CTV News Channel.Trouble is, its launching the same night as another new news venture–Ford Nation, the zany antics of brothers
Toronto mayor Rob Ford (right) Wednesday was Jimmy Kimmel’s 46th birthday. What better present–as he pointed out on Jimmy Kimmel Live Wednesday night–than Toronto mayor Rob Ford. The Ford Follies has crossed the line into one big-ass, E! Channel reality show. Canadians can never feel smug again about the Kardashians or Honey Boo-Boo or even
Our Lady of Peace had JFK’s official portrait Are you old enough to remember the Kennedy assassination?I was in Grade One at Our Lady of Peace school in Etobicoke. Because it was a Catholic school, there was a portrait of U.S. president John F. Kennedy in the hallway–near a portrait of The Queen. I think
Tom Selleck without his moustache?Last week in New York, the actor mentioned during his CBS International press session that the producers of Blue Bloods initially wanted him sans ‘stache as New York police commissioner Frak Reagan.“That idea lasted about half a day,” said Selleck, who knew the network would have a hairy fit. After all,
“It’s the gunshot that echoed around the world–but who pulled the trigger?”That’s how the folks behind tonight’s documentary on the Kennedy assassination are hyping JFK: The Smoking Gun. The documentary premieres Sunday night at 8 p.m. on Discovery as well as on Reelz in the U.S.Montreal-based Muse Entertainment–who produced the highly-rated 10-part miniseries The Kennedys–are