I’m gonna say 7.3 million. That’s my guesstimate as to how many Canadians will watch tonight’s seventh and deciding game of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Only thing sure about the outcome: either Vancouver or Boston will hoist the cup. My son Daniel, 18, was only a few months old when the last Canadian team won,
From Thursday’s Late Show with David Letterman: Top Ten Signs It’s Too Hot: 8. It’s so hot, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s having an affair with a maid in Winnipeg
CBC put on quite a rock show Thursday with their impressive 2011-12 season preview in Toronto. Have to admit when I arrived at the Broadcast Centre, rode the elevator to the 10th floor and was directed, along with John Doyle, up a steel staircase onto the upper deck of a three storey scaffolding, the thought crossed my
Neil Peart put on a show Thursday, making the most of Letterman’s “Drum Solo Week.” The 58-year-old Hamilton, Ont.-native is considered one of the best solo men in the biz and brought with him every drum in the tri-state area. Letterman CBS Orchestra drummer Anton Fig, Sheila E and Roy Haynes were featured earlier in the
TV shows come and go all the time. That’s the nature of the biz. Sometimes, though, it just doesn’t make sense. Why should The Kardashians be heading into a sixth season when Arrested Development barely lasted three? These are questions that will mystify social scientists well into the next century.Case in point: Endgame, an entertaining Vancouver-based drama airing
UPDATED WITH FIXED LINK: CHML’s Scott Thompson sensed I was a little off my game on the radio today. I blame those tasty mini grilled cheese sandwiches offered at today’s CBC press launch. It was the fourth and final network bash in a little over a week and all that finger food has left me punchier
Dan For Mayor’s Fred Ewanuick How’s this summer launch strategy working for Canadian shows? Results are mixed so far. The return of two home grown CTV comedies for a second season brought few surprises, with Hiccups ( 574,000) and Dan For Mayor (547,000 Sunday at 7:30) coming back right around where they left off a
It was weird attending the CTV upfront Thursday without mom and dad in the house. It felt like Egypt after Mubarak, Libya without Ghadaffi, Two and a Half Men sans Charlie Sheen. In other words, time to PAR-TAY!Even minus power players Ivan Fecan and Susanne Boyce, CTV’s 2011 upfront felt like the biggest of this week’s