Meant to post a heads up on the premiere of Prohibition on Sunday but I was too hung over.The latest PBS epic documentary from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick premiered Sunday night with Part One: “A Nation of Drunkards.” I tried to watch but passed out with my friend Jack Daniels.Actually I screened Part One
People often ask, “What’s your favourite, all-time TV show?” I never hesitate to answer: The Dick Van Dyke Show.Sure, part of it is nostalgia. I grew up with the black-and-white CBS comedy, which premiered 50 years ago today, Oct. 2, 1961.It was very much rooted in the Kennedy era, with the pilot having been shot
I know what you’re saying. Where are all those CHML radio podcasts with Scott Thompson? Been behind in posting these suckers lately under a flurry of print deadlines but here is Wednesdays yakkity-yak. Scott wanted to know what I thought about Monday’s second episode of Two and a Half Men, what is the difference between
Don’t let it be forgot/That once their was a spot/For one brief shining moment/That was known as Camelot!That spot was Wednesday, where the Canada/Ireland co-production–despite the efforts of talented Mayfield S.S. grad Lara Jean Chorostecki (left)–sank to a new low on a new night of 458,000 viewers. Last week: 672,000. Yikes.There’s simply not/a more congenial
CBC’s new shrink series continues to shrink in the ratings. Michael Tuesdays and Thursdays drew just 153,000 overnight, estimated Tuesday night viewers less than a week after being relocated from Wednesdays. That’s the worst performance yet for the series, heralded here as the best new comedy of the season. It’s a number that would not get it
Some overnight observations about the second Monday of the new season:Two and a Half Men is still kicking ass in two countries. Part Two of the super-hyped Ashton Kutcher opener drew 20.5 million viewers Monday night on CBS and another 2,140,000 over on CTV Two. CTV bounced it to its sister stations to make room
Sunday it was all CTV with The Amazing Race roaring back with 2,871,000 viewers. The eighth and final season premiere of Desperate Housewives drew 1,744,000 at 9 with the new retro drama Pan Am taking off with 1,908,000 passengers. Flashpoint opened the night at 7 with 658,000 overnight, estimated viewers.Pan Am‘s lofty debut allowed CTV
CHICAGO–How did a nice girl from Toronto wind up as a Playboy bunny?The question was put to Leah Renee, one of the stars of the new NBC/City drama The Playboy Club, airing Monday nights at 10 p.m. The red-haired actress, who did cartoon voice work throughout her teenage years (primarily as Beaver on Franklin), seems