Do you believe in ratings miracles? That Canada-USA Gold Medal hockey final Sunday keeps looking bigger as the numbers come in from the United States. The afternoon tilt drew an average of 27.6 million viewers, the highest-rated U.S. hockey telecast since the “Miracle on Ice” USA upset at the 1980 Olympics. It marks only the
CTV released figures Monday declaring that eleventy trillion zillion Canadians and future Canadians and their pets/unborn babies watched, read, listened to or channeled all or part of almost all or none or every commercial minute of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.The CTV-Rogers broadcast consortium had BBM Canada come up with handy new CUME totals
As predicted, the Big Beaver Balloons at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games closing ceremonies were deflated over at The Colbert Report Monday night.“Being in Vancouver for the past two weeks really helped me get past all the lazy stereotypes of Canadians being beaver-humping moose jockeys,” said Stephen Colbert. “That’s why I was so happy
What a great problem to have–overcoming the success of Corner Gas.It’s never happened before in Canada. Monday night, as you might have learned from the zillion promos during the Olympics, two new comedies are premiering from some of the folks behind Canada’s most successful sitcom. The shows are Hiccups and Dan For Mayor, and they
Lost without Brian Williams to tell you the time? Curled up in a fetal position humming that “I Believe” ditty?There is life after The Games. A whole buncha new shows are comin’ atcha this week. Here’s one that’s a new-old show–The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. You might have heard something about NBC moving Leno
Holy crap. I take it all back about those closing ceremonies. I just saw Sunday night’s sneak peak at The Marriage Ref. It’s a thousand times more cringe inducing.Although, to be fair, it is funnier.As I watched I couldn’t help but think of Jackie Gleason’s infamous network bomberino, You’re In The Picture. That 1961 stinker
Nothing could tarnish the great Olympic party Vancouver threw the last two-plus weeks. But Sunday night’s closing ceremonies were ridiculous. Balloon beavers and moose? Kids dressed as hockey pucks? Lumberjacks? Jokes about bacon? Mountie rockettes? Who wrote this thing, Bob and Doug MacKenzie? It was such a Canadian cartoon, it was as if Mel Brooks
Shhh–while everybody was busy watching the gold medals pile up and getting ready for Sunday’s sure to be record-breaking hockey tilt, CBC quietly renewed Republic of Doyle and canceled The Border.Etan Vlessing, who always has these things first, broke the news Friday in the Hollywood Reporter.Allan Hawco’s retro-ish detective romp Republic of Doyle broke big