Emmy sank to a brutal new low last night. No, not just in the execution of hosting duties, although the painfully awkward opener featuring the five reality show hosts vamping without a TelePrompTer was so half-assed and boring, it sent the Emmy Awards down to its lowest-ratings ever.An estimated 12.2 million tuned in to the
A day after HBO cleaned up at the 60th Annual Emmy Awards, we learn that HBO is finally coming to Canada.Astral and Corus announced today that HBO Canada–a joint, wholly-owned venture between the two Canadian broadcasters–will launch Oct. 30. The new service will be offered at no additional charge to customers who already subscribe to
This is brilliant. Spotted over at Denis McGrath’s Dead Things ON Sticks. Too funny. This Hour Has 22 Minutes returns Sept. 30 at 8:30 p.m., and, yeah, as McGrath suggests and as this timely, razor-sharp clip demonstrates, CBC should have ponied up to move Mercer, This Hour and Air Farce back sooner to goof on
Just two weeks and two days until Sherri Woodstock, the concert to celebrate the life of Sun Media writer Sherri Wood. It all takes place Sunday, Oct. 5 at the Opera House in Toronto, with doors open at 4:30 p.m.Among the performers: Classic Albums Live (performing a best of set of Led Zeppelin standards), Five
House delivered just what the doctor ordered for Fox and Global–a big ratings boost.The fifth season premiere was a particular hit in Canada, as House drew 2.8 million viewers Tuesday night on Global according to BBM/Nielsen overnight estimates. Of those, 1.6 million were in the all-important 18-49-year-old range.Another 14.41 million tuned in to House in
Save the cheerleader, save the world, pass the popcorn. Global held an advance screening of the third season premiere of Heroes last night on the big screen at the Varsity Cinemas in downtown Toronto. The joint was packed with radio and newspaper contest winners, all anxious to see a series knocked off the air for
One of the most anticipated season premieres airs tonight: House (Fox/Global, 8 p.m.). I’ve seen the first two episodes and they are typical of the series, which has a high standard of excellence and rarely offers a clunker.Dr. House’s relationship with his one and only friend, Dr. James Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard), is the B-story
I dunno, wasn’t all that excited by the Saturday Night Live opener, were you? Expected more after all the Sarah Palin/Tina Fey hype. Was good to see Fey and Amy Poehler together again, but that Olympic dude Michael Phelps should stick to the pool.The advance publicity certainly paid off in the ratings, however, as SNL