Look who yanked that controversial Bill C-10 “morality clause” one week before Election Day (read the full story here). This is leadership, Mr. Harper? Anyway, congrats to the 41,822 members of the Facebook group “Keep Your censoring hands off of Canadian Film and TV! No to Bill C-10!” Democracy still works–who knew? And Canada Family
Nobody ever reports it. CTV buries it in what is otherwise another hyperventilating press release. Yet there it is: Degrassi The Next Generation continues to be one of the lowest ratings shows on Canadian television, drawing just 398,000 viewers for its eighth season premiere Sunday. In case you missed it, here’s a clip below:Eight seasons!
If your ears are ringing today, relax–you were at Sherri Woodstock last night. The lid was blown off Toronto’s Opera House on several occasions as six great bands pounded out song after song in a spirited salute to former Toronto Sun spark plug Sherri Wood, who lost her brave battle with brain cancer last March.Wood’s
More than 2.5 million Canadians watched last night’s federal leaders debate in Canada. The Fab Five Canuck leaders skunked Sarah Palin and Joe Biden in the Canadian ratings, especially in big cities like Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary, where Canada beat the States by at least a 3-1 margin.The score among the Canadian nets: CTV 1.03
This week’s federal leaders debate was a sweet gift to Air Farce Live. The Canadian comedy showcase returns for a 16th and final season tonight at 8 p.m. on CBC.Just ten more regular season episodes and then a New Year’s Eve special are planned as the Farce goes from us. CBC ordered the half season
Would you watch the Canadian debate or the U.S. debate? That was the big question facing Canadians last night. The assumption was that Sarah Palin’s car wreck south of the border would prove irresistible to Canadians and that our group of five leaders would bore the crap out of anybody under 50. How surprising, then
Night Three of CBC’s new season roll out and Allah was not pleased. Little Mosque on the Prairie‘s third season debut opened to 603,000, one of its lowest ratings ever. This despite all those faux Beatle posters and other ad incentives. Sophie returned for a second season of 20 new episodes with just 352,000 viewers.
Will Pushing Daisies soon be pushing daisies?This whole Do-Over things isn’t going that well for last September’s rookies. While audiences on both sides of the border are flocking back for old favorites like CSI Miami, Grey’s Anatomy, House and Desperate Housewives, it is a different story for shows launched last fall. Many promising Fall 2007