From Monday’s Conan: Rod Blagojevich was found guilty of trying to sell President Obama’s Senate seat. As the verdict was read, Blagojevich’s face remained expressionless while his hair remained ridiculous.
That amazing start for Combat Hospital has to be a great sign for the folks behind Rookie Blue. The Toronto-lensed cop drama is back for a second season starting tonight at 10 p.m. ET.Both shows are cross border co-productions, airing on Global and ABC as summer series. Combat Hospital‘s launch to two million viewers across Canada
This week, Scott wants to talk about the MMVAs, which were a big hit at the Thompson household on the weekend. Something to do with his kids being weaned on all them Disney-coms, shows like Wizards of Waverly Place, where MMVA host Selena Gomez just spent six years of her young life. Combat’s top doc
Justin Bieber (above on the red carpet), Lady Gaga and host Selena Gomez (who did a pretty good job, I thought), helped boost Sunday’s MMVA take on MuchMusic to 1,009,000 overnight, estimated viewers. That’s a record take for the Video Awards, up 10% over last year.For the rest of the ratings for the week of
When you’re watching tonight’s debut of the new Global drama Combat Hospital (10 p.m. ET), try to get your head around the fact that is is shot in an old glass factory in Etobicoke.The medical series is set in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and is based on the experiences of an actual Canadian team of military medical
OMG!! The MuchMusic Video Awards air Sunday night beginning at 9 p.m. on–where else?–MuchMusic. This seems way past the bedtimes of the Bieber fans now targeted for this ‘tweenie bopper music industry salute. The Jonas Brothers hosted last year and Disney teen (and Justin Bieber sitter) Selena Gomez hosts tonight; next year it could be that 10-year-old
I’m on a screaming tight book deadline and an even more pressing CP deadline but I have one thing to say about last night in Vancouver.Shame on these hooligans creeps who left such a black mark on such a beautiful city. Billions of marketing dollars rained on this impressive Olympic town the past few years, showcasing it as
“Everybody’s striking what are we to do? Let’s just turn on the TV,” says CHML’s Scott Thompson. We talk up tonight’s seventh game of the Stanley Cup finals, which I predict will crack seven million viewers on CBC–a record. It’s a different story in the States. Numbers for the games are down a bit on