Those three giant, full page ads in the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail today don’t come cheap. CBC is spending big time in order to get the word out that tonight is the premiere of their re-launched national news as well as a brand new look for CBC Newsworld, now re-branded CBC News
Another big weekend for Canadian TV as six home grown, non-news shows cracked the million mark. Among the success stories:Saturday’s Leafs/Vancouver game drew 2,306,000 Hockey Night in Canada viewers in a clash of two of Canada’s top market hockey clubs (all figures BBM Canada overnight estimates).The season finale of So You Think You Can Dance
Soupy Sales was–believe it or not–a bit before my time. Growing up in Toronto in the ’60s, I was all over local kiddie shows like Professor’s Hideaway, Schnitzel House, Uncle Bobby, Kiddo the Clown, Captain Kangaroo on CBS and especially Buffalo’s Commander Tom. I should have been watching Sales, too, who was huge in Cincinnati
Fire up the tiki torch and pass the Doritos. Survivor Samoa drew 3.2 million Thursday on Global, its biggest audience of the season. The draw, which was well hyped all week, was seeing strongman Russell Swan (right) drop half dead from exhaustion during a reward challenge and get rushed off the island by a medical
There has been a big, fat WTF!? in the press at the announcement Thursday that 27 CTV personalities will be among those involved in various torch relays leading up to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in B.C. William Houston, the distinguished ex-Globe and Mail sports writer–who, for those who miss his column, has just launched
Money talks and it’s shouting this season on Dragon’s Den. The red hot venture capital reality series (featuring Arlene Dickinson, right) drew 1,717,000 viewers Wednesday night, right up there with what Hockey Night in Canada has been drawing this PPM powered season. (All figures BBM Canada overnight estimates). It also drew close to a million
It’s been a tough fall so far for one of CBC’s longest-running shows–This Hour Has 22 Minutes. The topical comedy showcase, now in its 17th season, drew just 468,000 viewers Tuesday night. That’s a double digit drop from last season’s average (in a season where a lot of shows are getting a lift from the
Today in Toronto, CBC announced a major shake up with their news division, re-branding CBC Newsworld CBC News Network, a.k.a. CBC NN.Rejected new Newsworld names: MSNBCBCNN, DisneyNewsworld, CBC NNHL.The public broadcaster also revamped their flagship newscast, The National (anchored by Peter Mansbridge, right), giving it a new set and theme song and more focus on