Nearly 1.5 million viewers tuned in for the first episode of The Vampire Diaries Thursday night on CTV. Following Wednesday night’s 1.7+ mil Glee opener on Global, that makes two new fall hits out of the box.Vampire sucked in 1,462,000 viewers in Canada according to BBM overnight PPM estimates. That placed the show third for
There was glee again at Global yesterday as BBM Canada overnight estimates counted 1,735,000 viewers for Wednesday’s season premiere of Glee. That made it the highest rated show of the night in Canada, topping Global’s Wipeout (1,447,000), CTV’s America’s Top Model (1,078,000) and the results show for So You Think You Can Dance Canada (1,053,000).A
At least this judge won’t be accused of sleeping with any of the Idol boy toys.Fox announced late Wednesday that Ellen DeGeneres will be the fourth judge this season on American Idol.“DeGeneres will join the judges’ panel after the auditions,” the release states, “which will feature appearances by guest judges Victoria Beckham, Mary J. Blige,
The talk today on CHML’s Scott Thompson is all about my new favourite toy, The Beatles: Rock Band, which hit stores today. As reported here a few posts ago, it is gear, fab.Some chat too, about the new BBM Canada Personal People Meters that are counting heads as of this month on TV and radio.
Premieres: Tonight (Wednesday)at 9 p.m. (ET) on Fox and GlobalStars: Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Chris Coffer, Dianna Agron, Jessyln GilsigPremise: An idealistic teacher (Morrison) signs up a misfit band of high school singers in an attempt to repeat the glee club glory of his own youth. Against him is the highly
Another day, another package from Fox. It is that time of year again, when courier drivers, publicists and TV beat writers surge into high gear. Fall Preview 2009-10 has arrived.Fox celebrates by sending swag along with their screeners. This type of ballyhoo has tailed off in recent years–even before the recession hit–but Fox finds a
A good sign for Ron James heading into his series debut: a rerun of one of his stand up comedy specials scored 919,000 viewers last Friday on CBC (according to BBM Canada overnight estimates).That’s in the same slot where The Ron James Show will premiere Sept. 25.The number, tops in its timeslot, was gathered under
This past week I got to test out an advance copy of The Beatles Rock Band, Xbox version, which hits stores Wednesday (“09-09-09”). The test took place at the home of the Toronto Star’s expert game guy, Marc Saltzman. Our reviews ran in the Saturday Star; you can read them here.Saturday Star entertainment editor Adam