If you haven’t seen the new CTV/NBC series The Listener, there’s another opportunity tonight at 9 p.m. NBC is running back-to-back episodes.The supernatural drama (executive producer Christina Jennings calls it a “telepathic procedural”) stars Craig Olejnik as a paramedic who can hear people’s thoughts. Ennis Esmer plays his ambulance partner, Lisa Marcos a local detective
Just one year ago, the star of Canwest’s Fall Upfront was KITT, the talking Shelby Mustang at the centre of their flashy NBC import, Knight Rider. Canwest had it freighted to T.O. and parked it right on the stage of the Elgin Theatre. It was comin’ to E!, and it was driving Canwest’s future growth.Course,
Jay Leno took the stage at Casino Rama Tuesday night like he was shot out of a cannon. The man who concluded 17 years as host of The Tonight Show Friday blitzed through an 80-minute act that rocked the sold out, 5000-seat theatre.He joked about cats, Michael Jackson, VCRs, condoms, fat kids, exploding diarrhea, his
CTV released their fall 2009 schedules today and it doesn’t take a “Mentalist” to figure out what the prime directive was:Make it look like we didn’t buy any new U.S. shows for next season.CTV, like Canwest, has bet everything that their “Save Local TV” campaign and “business model is broken” mantra will be enough to
Been a while since I’ve been on CHCH’s Live @ 5:30 with Mark Hebscher and Donna Skelly. Back today talking about cigarette smoking on TV and in films and how a lobby group in the U.S. wants all films with cigarette smoke to be branded with the dreaded “R” rating.Seems some moms and dads are
“It’s like a Backstreet Boys reunion here–only not as good.”Conan O’Brien’s Tonight Show debut was crammed with filmed bits last night, including a funny opener which found him checking off all the things he had to do–“Write Jokes, check, Brush Teeth, check–until he got to “Move to LA.” Still in Manhattan, he failed to hail
Jay Leno left The Tonight Show a high note. The headed-for-10 p.m. host scored his highest Friday overnights ever according to the NBC release. At the very end of the show, viewers saw the legacy of 17 years and 3775 shows on the air–all the children born to Tonight Show staffers during Leno`s tenure.The finale
Tonight’s the night for Conan O’Brien. Been loving the NBC promos which goof on his move to California and his “pale Irish skin burning like a vampire in the sun”: A lot has been made about Jay Leno stealing O’Brien’s thunder by sticking with NBC and returning in September with his prime time, five-nights-a-week series.