Ezra Levant hosts “The Source” Blinded by the Sun! That’s what happened to CBC Monday night. The Sun News Network got off to a scrappy start, mugging the CBC at every quarter hour. It was as if 50 years of CBC hate got its own TV special.It was all part of the fearless free speech
The countdown clock is ticking! Just 1:21:37 to go before SUN News hits the air according to the giant digital countdown clock they’ve had up over at the old SUN TV station all day. They’ve also got some generic, swelling, David Foster-y Muzak blaring while the clock ticks down to lift off. I’ve been taking chemical baths, colonics,
On the Monday chat with WIMA Ohio morning man Mike Miller, the topic was the demise of TV soaps. It was announced by ABC last week that long-running daytime dramas One Life to Live and All My Children would end in September and January. They enjoyed runs dating back to the late ’60s and early ’70s. They had to either cancel
Peter Dinklage According to message boards at fan sites, Sean Bean and Peter Dinklage were the consensus choices to play Ned Stark and Tyrion Lannister, two key roles in Game of Thrones (premiering Sunday night at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Canada). Both have fantasy cred, with Bean especially memorable in Lord of the
The federal leaders election debate got debated with Scott Thompson on this week’s CHML radio podcast. Tuesdays english language debate drew a robust viewing audience: CTV 1,371,000, CBC 1,142,000, Global 597,000. Just 72,000 watched on TVO, moderator Steve Paikin’s home base.Strong numbers, but you know, almost as many people watched the premiere of Canadian Pickers
She’s best known as Jack Bauer’s danger girl daughter on 24, or as a Maxim pinup girl, or as Leaf captain Dion Phaneuf’s main squeeze. But I still think of Elisha Cuthbert as the young teen from Popular Mechanics for Kids.She was headlining that cool little ‘tween magazine show along with some kid named Jay Baruchell
I tried the old Kennedy/Nixon radio vs. TV test with Tuesday night’s Canadian Federal Leader’s Debate. According to pundits at the time–50 years ago–Richard Nixon sounded presidential and won that first televised presidential debate if you only listened in on the radio. On TV, however, his five o’clock shadow and flop sweat did him in and
Some people think there’s too much junk on TV. Here are two guys who want to see more.Scott Cozens and Sheldon Smithens (above) are the hosts of Canadian Pickers, a new scavenger series premiering tonight at 10 p.m. on History Television. The two Calgary-based antique enthusiasts root through stuff collected by individuals all across Canada