513,000. That was Being Erica’s teetering take for Tuesday’s second season finale. Will it be enough to bring her back through that green door for a third season?Hard to imagine CBC abandoning Erica after all the hype and expectations. Just last January, when it launched, the series was the network darling, the big export, the
Caught the season finale of Being Erica Tuesday night. Some thoughts.Had bailed on Erica (played by Erin Karpluk) three or four episodes into this season–the girl and the show were both really starting to bug me. (Although I did check back in for the jump-the-shark bad hair episode, when Karpluk was forced to wear a
Okay, we’re all fed up with those “Save Local TV,” “Stop the TV Tax” ads, right? How about this fed up:See more foolishness at BrokenNews.ca.
Those new Portable People Meters had to have played a factor in rejuvenating CTV’s Amazing Race this fall. The eight-year-old CBS reality series drew nearly 3.1 million viewers for Sunday night’s finale according to BBM Canada overnight estimates.CTV sent out a release Monday suggesting this finale outperformed the 2008 fall finale by 42%! Blond lovebirds
This series premiered a few weeks ago on History Television, but I’m just getting to the video review today. Hey, what do you want, jet speed? This fun and fascinating northwest reality show is all about flying old school, baby:Check out Ice Pilots NWT, airing Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. on History Television.
Breaking news about a new site called “Broken News,” a one stop comedy shop run by my Toronto News 24 pal Juan Fanzio. First up: this clip goofing on who else, busy sportsman Tiger Woods. Fore!You can watch on a spiffier, wide format screen over at Broken News here.
If you’re looking for something old and new to watch at the same time Sunday night, check out Alice (Showcase, 8 p.m.). Brought to you by the same folks who re-imagined The Wizard of Oz as “Tin Man” two years ago, it is Alice in Wonderland turned on her head.Her brunette head, as played by
Saw this over at Denis McGrath’s Dead Things on Sticks and had to post it here. The folks at CBS’ eyelab have done it again with “Frosty the Inappropriate Snowman 2009”:The CBS interactive dudes have been creatively interactive for years. One of my first posts here two years ago was an early Frosty mash up