BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Did you know it is illegal to flag down a cab off the street in Beverly Hills? Me neither, but I finally got wise after waiting 20 minutes for a taxi in this sun-drenched marble canyon. Cab drivers can only turn their vehicles into hotels and pick up in driveways, etc. What the
CTV is still running ads declaring V as the No. 1 new show of the season. Well, in its third outing, it dropped again, down to 1,325,000 viewers (according to BBM Canada overnight estimates). That’s down about 700,000 from its premiere three weeks ago and for the second week in a row well back of
Tonight’s the night Ice Pilots NWT takes off on History Television (10 p.m. ET/PT). The 13-part reality series follows the adventures of “Buffalo” Joe McBryan, a gruff Northwest Territories coot who owns and operates Buffalo Airways. He flies passengers and supplies across the frozen landscape in old DC-3s and DC-4s and other WWII-era bush planes
Did Rogers screw with the Battle of the Blades finale to make a point about the power of cable vs. the networks? The BBM Canada overnight estimates have an asterisk next to CBC’s Blades numbers, which currently stand at 1,754,000 viewers. That is up over the usual Monday audience for the figure skating reality show,
Before skipping town, I had a chance to catch up with Canadian-born Glee standout Cory Monteith (seen here winning a 2000 Chrysler Neon). Monteith, who is in Toronto this week doing promotion for the series, spilled the beans about Finn clueing in on an upcoming episode that he’s not Quinn’s baby-daddy. “He loses his shit!”
Yahoo! I’m writing for Yahoo. First two posts went up yesterday and today covering the finale of CBC’s Battle of the Blades.I thought former Devil Claude Lemieux and partner Shae-Lynn Bourne deserved to win. The pair started well and got better every week, evolving into a real dance team by the end of the competition.
Will be ranting on TV and radio today about the network and cable extortion attempt going on this week in Ottawa. The news that “CTV threatens to pull the plug” is the latest in an elaborate scam all designed to cover decades of overspending on American content by cutthroat Canadian broadcasters. CTV wants you to
Posting this for people who think I hate Canadian television because I hate the Gemini Awards. I love Canadian television–that’s why I hate the Gemini Awards.Several years ago, the Canadian TV academy invited myself and several other TV critics to lunch. Pretty sure John Doyle was at the table, along with Andy Ryan, probably CP’s