Rob Salem calls them “frostbacks.” They’re all the Canadians who land on U.S. network TV shows every year. There’s quite a bunch of them this fall, and I’ve rounded them up for a feature in today’s Toronto Star. You can find it here.Nina Dobrev is a good ambassador. The well-spoken Torontonian has the lead female
Scott Thompson called today to catch up on all the good stuff that went down on the recent TCA press tour. I spilled the beans on CHML, You can listen in here. The main stuff was all about Jay Leno, how he took the NBC portion of the tour by storm, looking trim and fit
Sad to report the passing of former Canwest publicity manager Dan Kenning. Kenning, who had moved on to an editing position at MediaEdge publishing, was a real spark plug over at TVTropolis, a perfect fit at the classic TV net. He was friendly and efficient, knew his stuff and had great enthusiasm for vintage shows
As Jimmy Kimmel pointed out at the ABC upfront, it’s never a good sign when a network puts on a show with the word “tank” in the title.ABC’s new reality show Shark Tank, a makeover of the CBC venture capital hit Dragon’s Den featuring two of the Canadian series’ judges (including Kevin O’Leary, right), tanked
Bill Lawrence is one of the true good guys at press tour. The still-boyish-at-40 Scrubs executive producer is always friendly and accessible after each session, as he was again on Saturday when he was promoting his new series, Cougar Town.A number of publicists spent press tour yanking talent away after 60-second scrums. Lawrence resisted three
PASADENA, Calif.–Okay, I’m not really still in Pasadena, I’m back in the Brampton bunker (hey, did it ever stop raining while I was away?). And Kiefer Sutherland did not hold a gun to my head (the folks at Fox are all about the virtual photo op).Anyway, over the next week or so, I’ll have a
PASADENA, Calif.–How much does ABC want to hire Paula Abdul? Pretty much, judging from Stephen McPherson‘s comments today at ABC’s executive session at press tour. The programming boss told critics that he was “stunned by the decision” that Abdul was no longer going to be a judge on American Idol and that he would love
PASADENA, Calif.–Those testy Canadians! Dragon’s Den duo Kevin O’Leary and Robert Herjavec were bickering like Jon & Kate at this morning’s ABC press tour session for Shark Tank. The Mark Burnett reality show premieres tomorrow night (Sunday) at 9 p.m. on ABC.Asked who was the meanest shark in the tank, the other four judges all