For the first time, Being Erica has slipped below the “More People Live in Brampton” threshold. Only 419,000 watched Wednesday night across Canada, another new low for the series. (The 2006 census pegged Brampton’s population at 433,806.)Worse, only 176,000 of those viewers were in the 25-54-year-old range.The rookie CBC fantasy drama has shed more than
What’s an ION? It used to be called the PAX network, showing reruns of peace loving shows like Touched By An Angel and Highway to Heaven. Soon, the U.S. cable network will be home to two gun-toting Canadian made productions: CBC’s The Border and Global’s The Guard.It’s taken a while for The Border to land
House is the one thing keeping the House that Izzy built in business. A new episode of the Fox import drew nearly 2.5 million Monday at 8, a nice robust score for the financially troubled Canwest network. Global’s Monday take included a strong return on 24 (1,243,000) and another weak outing at 10 for Heroes
Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion steals the show as The Rick Mercer Report returns tonight with the first new episode in three weeks. Her honor is 88 and can still kick Rick’s ass on- or off-the ice, in the gym or even in the (bowling) alley as she demonstrates in the fun episode.No wonder she’s ruled
Did hard times play a factor in Sunday’s Oscar bounce? Despite the lack of blockbuster contenders and a rookie host, ratings for the Academy Awards was up on both sides of the border. Good news (finally), broadcasters. Seems people are doing what they do when times are tough–staying home and watching television.In Canada, The 81st
Oscar put on the right show for the right times Sunday night. Gone was the cynicism and edge that has fallen flat in recent years. Instead, led by straight ahead host Hugh Jackman, these were the singing, dancing, Yes We Can Academy Awards, less of an Oscar show and more of a good old fashioned
With few blockbusters in the mix, little drama about the outcome and an untested, non comic host (Hugh Jackman), Sunday’s Academy Award telecast is shaping up to be the lowest rated ever.Who thinks so? Advertisers, for one. As reported in Mediaweek, two ad giants, L’Oreal Paris and troubled automaker General Motors, have pulled out of
Rogers confirmed yesterday what had been speculated for weeks: that its City TV stations have picked up NBC’s radical, five nights a week primetime broadcasts of the up coming Jay Leno Show.Leno stripped at 10 p.m. is a cheap fix for a Canadian schedule that could use a boost at that hour. Aside from the