LOS ANGELES, Calif.–For Murtz Jaffer, the line between reality and fantasy hasn’t just been blurred, it’s been erased.A University of Toronto grad, Jaffer used to heckle me at The Toronto Sun when I was the cranky guy whinging about having to cover Survivor every week. He loves reality television, eats, drinks and sleeps it, boasts
LOS ANGELES, Calif. –“I’m totally stoked!”That was Jimmy Smit‘s three word, concise, parking lot pronouncement about joining the cast of Dexter next season. Smits was on the Sunset Gower Studios lot for a table read today with Dexter star Michael C. Hall and fellow cast members Julie Benz (who plays Dexter’s long suffering girlfriend, Rita),
LOS ANGELES, Calif.–So how come on Air Canada when you dial up all the options on the LCD screen in the headrest in front of you there are no CBC options? Winged it down to LA last night (in town for various interviews, including set visits to Dexter, Californication and Craig Ferguson) and decided to
Do you have Jonas Brothers fever? Are you all caught up in Disney’s “Camp Rock” commotion? Do you not even know or care about any of this? Get with it, grandpa–the people behind those High School Musical films are getting ready to take over the universe once again. Read my take on Camp Rock, which
It’s going to be a long summer for Canadian network programmers. The summer switch off seems to be in full force despite plenty of programming. Nobody seems too jazzed about the reality poop being hurled at the screens. A look at the June 9-15 Nielsen/BBM Ratings tells the tale. As predicted in my Toronto Star
The passing of popular NBC commentator Tim Russert, the polarization of cable news and the endless death march that is the U.S. presidential election campaign are topics touched on during this week’s radio chat with CHML‘s Scott Thompson. You can listen in here.
I’m on with Mark Hebscher and Donna Skelly on CHCH’s Live & 5:30 today to talk about sexism in the newsroom. Specifically: why there are so few female network news anchors? The rant is tied to the fact that Quebec’s leading news anchors are both women. Vive la difference! Otherwise, what is this, 1973? Ratings
Last week in New York for my birthday, I treated myself a taping of Late Night with Conan O’Brien. I’ve had that privilege several times in the past and always found it the fastest hour you can spend in Manhattan. Plus, well, tickets are free. The show is taped in Studio 6A deep within that