…goes to Jay Leno for this quip from Wednesday’s Tonight Show: “The man who invented the teleprompter has died at the age of 91. When President Obama heard the news, he was speechless.” Hubert “Hub” Schlafly, also a satellite transmission pioneer, did indeed pass away April 20. He co-invented the scrolling text device in the late ’40s according
Tonight at 9 p.m. on The Office (NBC and Global), Michael Scott makes his final, awkward goodbye.A year ago, Steve Carell announced he was walking away from this gig as his seven year contract expires. There’s a ton of speculation as to who will replace him as the new district manager at the Scranton, Ohio,
Hard to imagine a new network getting more pre-launch publicity than Sun News Network. The so-called “Fox News North” generated plenty of press in the months leading up to its April 18 start. Not just in the main stream press, or across Sun News owner Quebecor’s Sun Media chain, but the launch got plenty of
The Easter weekend plus a flurry of print assignments has derailed the TVFMF machine the past several days. As Regis Philbin says, “I’m only one man!” Another busy week ahead, but postings will resume today. Thanks for you patience and for checking back.
If you’re here reading this you’ve probably at least heard his name. Ernie Kovacs died nearly 50 years ago, in January of 1962, victim of a car crash ten days shy of his 43rd birthday. You’ve probably seen pictures of his face with those dark eyebrows, moustache and constantly lit cigar, looking like some sort of Hungarian
Scott Thompson at Hamilton’s CHML hadn’t seen it yet, but he wanted to talk about the new Sun News Network. I think one of the mistakes they made opening night was not delivering a big name guest. Brian Mulroney is Chairman of Sun Media and would have been a prize “get.” Brian Lilley spent a great
Stuart Townsend is spy with no name XIII Love interviewing the Irish. That gift of the gab makes my job that much easier.Stuart Townsend is no exception. I spoke with the Howth, County Dublin, native on the phone late last week and flipped the conversation straight into a feature for The Toronto Star. You can read
The Sun News Network wasted no time getting into the thick of the Canadian TV all-news channel race. The fledgling service launched to 37,000 overnight, estimated 2+ viewers Monday at 4:30. The first edition of Ezra Levant`s The Source dipped to 31,000 at 5ET, finished last in the news channel race opposite CBC News Network (97,000