Boyce (right) with Dan for Mayor’s Ewanuick As predicted here last December, CTV programming boss Susanne Boyce will follow CEO Ivan Fecan out the door as Bell completes its housecleaning prior to the takeover of the network in March. Boyce’s departure and several other top executive moves were announced to the troops Tuesday in Toronto.
CTV scored a touchdown with Sunday`s Super Bowl XLV, scoring an overnight, estimated audience of 6,537,000 viewers. That`s up from last year`s record overnight tally of 6,025,000, also on CTV.The pre-and post- Super Bowl spots were also huge for CTV, with 4,377,000 and 4,517,000 tuning in to each (although the post show trophy presentation, which CTV barely
Did you watch the Super Bowl on CTV Sunday night? The Canadian network blocked the much-hyped U.S. commercials and punted away the second the Vince Lombardi trophy was placed in the hands of the owner of the Green Bay Packers. CTV was probably fed up running Fox promos for that Glee after show carried in
Smooch stars Martin (left) and Shipka The Hallmark Channel is famous at press tour for bringing critics face to face with some of the stars of the past. Those of us who grew up watching Ernest Borgnine as the skipper of McHale’s Navy or the great Dick Van Dyke can’t get enough of these Hallmark moments. We
“Jay is horrible, right?” Once again, Howard Stern proves he’s the human hand grenade. The self-proclaimed King of all Media shook things up on Late Show with David Letterman Thursday night, getting in plenty of shots against Jay Leno, a big fat plug for Bill Carter’s book The War for Late Night (Stern said it
Shows built around one main character can sometimes get old fast. A lot depends on the actor or actress. Hugh Laurie remains endlessly fascinating on House, but the premise of playing a modern day Sherlock Holmes allows him plenty to chew on. (It doesn’t hurt that he’s a terrific actor.)I keep rooting for Carla Gugino
VANCOUVER, B.C.–Man they get their money’s worth out of Shawn Doyle on Endgame. The Newfoundland native is in every scene as Russian chess brainiac Arkady Balagan, who goes all Howard Hughes when his fiance is murdered. Holed up in a Vancouver hotel, barefoot and unkempt, he gets drawn into a world of crime fighting, his 20-moves
Doyle (centre), Gallagher (second from right) and the Endgame cast VANCOUVER, B.C.–Patrick Gallagher knows his burgers and Buckley’s.I met the Chilliwack, B.C.-native for the first time today on the set of Endgame, a new thriller shot at Vancouver’s Bridge Studios. The Showcase series, set to debut in a March, stars Shawn Doyle as Arkady Balagan,