Okay , say you’re Quebecor media czar Pierre Karl Peladeau. Whoops, I just vomited in my mouth. (Half full disclosure: I was once fired by Pierre Karl Peladeau.)Your crummy little Toronto TV station has never made a dime and lost an estimated $8.8 million last year. You’ve long since lost interest in the venture as
Have been invited on CHCH’s Live @ 5:30 this afternoon to vent about this wacky new “Fox News North” venture. Seems the deep thinkers at Quebecor see an opportunity to launch a right wing specialty news service in Canada to help counter the supposed commie bias at CBC News and to help us all stop
Wolves are clawing their way into HBO’s bloody (and steamy) vampire drama True Blood. The third season began Sunday and the buzz has been building for months. Sold stories on it to Movie Entertainment magazine, Starweek and Sunday’s Toronto Star, including this profile of Joe Manganiello. He plays werewolf newcomer Alcide, assigned to protect Sookie
Changed the layout format here at TVFMF to accommodate larger vid clips. Test it out by viewing the trailer to Men With Brooms, a series coming to CBC this fall based on the Paul Gross curling feature. Me thinks this shows more potential as a TV show than as a theatrical.
Funding cuts, broken business models, end-of-the-world network scenarios be damned. Jonathan Torrens keeps making TV shows.The P.E.I. native is back with a second season of TV With TV’s Jonathan Torrens, returning Saturday night at 10:30 p.m. on TVTropolis.I’ve been writing about this guy since he was an apple-cheeked punk co-hosting CBC’s old kids for cash
The winning goal was a dud, but Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks overtime win over the Philadelphia Flyers was a winner for CBC. The Stanley Cup finale drew an overnight, estimated 4,077,000 Wednesday night. Nearly a million more watched the game on French language RDS , bringing the two network total to 5,074,000 in
Glee closed out a breakout rookie season Tuesday night with an overnight, estimated audience of 2,511,000 viewers across Canada. The series high number confirms the Fox series as the No. 1 first season show in Canada for 2010-11.Fans got to enjoy some closure in the swift-paced finale. Quinn had her baby (a girl) right in
CTV is standing behind Hiccups and Dan For Mayor but are viewers? The two freshmen comedies, officially renewed for a second season last week along with several other Canadian-produced CTV shows, sank to series lows Monday night. Hiccups drew an overnight, estimated national audience of 297,000 at 8 p.m., with Dan For Mayor getting 309,000