Annual pilgrimage to the lake was made this weekend by the boys of summer (six Michael Power grads; three St. Michael’s College alumni. Missing from photo: Allison from Exeter). McConvey took this year’s mini golf title with a 45 on the Evergreen Resort mosquito magnet. The lad was presented with the brand new “That’s Got
Heading down the 407 today to talk to my buddies Mark Hebscher and Donna Skelly at CHCH’s Live @ 5:30 about this whole Hockey Night in Canada theme song hullabaloo. Seems odd that the CBC would stoop to nickel and diming the composer of this tune when HNiC is by far their biggest moneymaker. Sure,
This Wednesday in Toronto, TV Feeds My Family had an exclusive one-on-one with KITT, the cool talking Shelby Mustang from the upcoming new Knight Rider series. The interview took place at the Global Upfront, on the stage of the Elgin Theatre. Here’s what TV’s most powerful pony car had to say:TVFMF: Is this your first
Plenty of laughs and good times Wednesday at the CanWest Global 2008 upfront, as advertisers and reporters were wined and dined in style at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto. There seemed to be a cheery atmosphere in the well-appointed press room, with cheeky HGTV bastards Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan from Colin & Justin’s Home
Here at TV Feeds My Family it is all about the shoes. Not to be outdone by red pumps programmer Kirstine Layfield at CBC or CTV’s sensible shoe wearer Susanne Boyce, Global executive V.P. for content Barbara Williams (above) stepped up today and showed off her power pumps. The sole session occurred following Global’s 2008
PVR’d last night’s season premiere of Canadian Idol, which may be the best way to enjoy this talent search showcase. You can fast forward through the hundreds of shampoo ads and CTV promotional spots and zero in on a well packaged 40 minutes, with plenty of hints as to how the series should play out
One glaring omission in all of yesterday’s CTV 2008 upfront hoopla–there was almost no mention of Canadian Idol.Odd, since it returns tonight for a sixth season (9 p.m., CTV) Usually Ben Mulroney takes the stage and lights firecrackers out his ass. Anything to draw attention to this show.So is this the last season? Yesterday at
If yesterday’s CTV upfront had been a hockey game, it would have opened with “O Canada.”There was more solid Canadian content front and centre at a CTV upfront than usual, thanks to a dearth of U.S. shows to import and some timely investment in Canadian programming.CTV CEO Ivan Fecan got to brag for the seventh