What kind of entertainment does Dracula like? Something in a jugular vein. Which brings us to the Second Season premiere of HBO’s True Blood (tonight at 9 p.m. on HBO Canada). Check out the promo below: HBO Canada Sinks Its Teeth Into a Second Season of HBO’s Hit Series True Blood This season, Sookie and
A faulty Internet connection has kept TVFMF off line this weekend (something to do with the digital conversion?). Sorry about that. Rogers is looking into it. Catch up postings to follow.
When Letterman head writer Bill Scheft was in Toronto a few weeks ago he predicted that, when the dust settled in late night and the Tonight hand off was complete, his boss would be in the driver’s seat. “Usually the show that changes the least benefits the most,” he said.That seems to be the case
That’s doctors Roger Abbott and Don Ferguson flanking Concordia University president and vice-Chancellor Judith Woodsworth at Sunday’s bestowing of the honorary degrees. The two Air Farce favourites joined Montreal Canadiens’ legend Jean Beliveau as honorees at the commencement ceremonies in Montreal.As Abbott quipped (in an earlier post), “I walked away without my BA all those
The KGB was out in force at the Rogers/City-TV launch Tuesday in Toronto. As in “Keeps Getting Better.”The corny slogan was repeated ad (and I do mean ad) nauseum at the industry event, held at the Canon Theatre on Yonge Street. Rejected was this slogan: “Keeps Getting Bigger” (your Rogers bill).Even Regis got into the
Heading down to the Rogers/City-TV Fall Launch upfront this afternoon at the Canon Theatre in Toronto. With CTV and Global keeping their hands in their pockets for once, Rogers were the big spenders down at the LA screenings this spring, buying 16 hours of imported fare. Guess their business model isn’t broken! Look for the
So I go up to P.R. boss Scott Henderson at Thursdays CTV upfront. Told him he looks terrific, has really slimmed down. Says Henderson: “Everybody’s downsizing.”It’s a great line and does sum up this fire sale of a fall preview time. CTV usually rents the glitziest venue in Toronto for this ad industry wank, throwing
I’ll never forget meeting David Carradine. It was way back in 1987, in the middle of the night.He was guest starring on the CTV police drama Night Heat, which had broken through to a summer tryout on CBS at the time and was importing a few big name stars. Carradine was in his trailer, parked