Kudos to Jim Hughson for letting the game speak for itself during the dying minutes of the Kings’ Stanley Cup triumph Monday night. With empty net goals going in and the game well out of reach, the veteran Hockey Night in Canada play-by-play man wisely kept his mouth shut and allowed the compelling pictures tell
You know how you only ever see the robot chicken in the opening credits of Robot Chicken? That changes tonight with the 100th episode (10:30 p.m., Teletoon at Night).The creepy cyborg chicken busts out of the coop tonight and goes all postal, slicing and dicing his way up a winding staircase in an animated homage
For those who may have blinked and missed me as a background extra this week on Murdoch Mysteries, here’s a little something extra. The historical drama returned for a fifth season Wednesday night in Canada and drew just 385,000 on City opposite Game Four of the Stanley Cup finals. Who the heck is scheduling these
The cast gets the NBC numbers for Thursday night’s Saving Hope Well placed on a quiet, non-hockey night, Saving Hope opened big on CTV in Canada, drawing an overnight, estimated 1.52 million viewers.Given that the U.S. has 10 times the population, the Toronto-lensed hospital drama should have pulled 15 million NBC viewers Thursday night. Summer ratings
From Thursday’s Late Show with David Letterman: Top Ten Other Superhero Revelations 10. In his promiscuous 20s, Aquaman contracted ‘Goldfish Ick’9. Two things turn Bruce Banner into the Hulk: anger and humidity8. Doctor Strange lives in White Plains7. Mr. Fantastic spends none of his salary; lives entirely off personal appearance income6. Superman’s two weaknesses: kryptonite
What is curious, Alex? That would be how Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune wound up at CHCH, where they’ll premiere in Canada next September. CBC paid big bucks to import the two long-running CBS Paramount International Television gamers, which they began airing in 2008. Jeopardy! in particular consistently delivered million-plus audiences weeknights from 7:30 to 8
Shatner is arrested for hamming up the season premiere of Rookie Blue Yes, we took last week off. Yes, we’re late this week. What can I say. Summer intern wanted. Canadian TV shows like Rookie Blue and The Listener are back and hockey is still being played—summer must be around the corner. New episodes of
The stars of Saving Hope. Paging Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard… CTV sent a prescription along with their screener for tonight’s premiere episode of Saving Hope (9 p.m.). “Apply one dose of Saving Hope to dilated pupils,” it advised.It might help to already have pupils dilated from recreational drugs to best enjoy tonight’s episode. The series