The Murdoch cast get advice from the Wealthy Barber Wednesday’s CBC Winter Launch at the downtown Toronto HQ may have been a toned down affair but it was still, for me, a bit of a blur. I think I talked with Yannick Bisson, Allan Hawco, Gerry Dee and several others. Everything happened so quickly I
The Murdoch Mysteries cast came cas to the CITF red carpet Santa Claus, the CFL, Mayor Ford…it seems nothing could stop the Canadian International Television Festival.The inaugural CITF wrapped up Sunday with a packed house for a meet and greet session with the cast of Murdoch Mysteries. The weekend event wrapped on a busy Sunday
Jonas Chernick presented with the keys to Brian Dennis’ car OTTAWA–Parliament might have been prorogued, but that hasn’t shut down the political shenanigans on the set of The Best Laid Plans. The six-part CBC miniseries, coming early in the new year, stars Jonas Chernick as a political operative who catches his girlfriend with another man
It’s no mystery; Canadians love Murdoch Monday’s early season overnight ratings were an eye opener on several fronts.First, they continue to show tremendous growth for a series given up for dead just two years ago. Murdoch Mysteries returned to CBC–a network off the radar all summer–with an overnight, estimated 1.4 million viewers. This on a
Sutcliffe and Nevin are teamed in CBC’s Cracked Starting Monday night at 9 p.m., CBC viewers get a second chance to take a crack at Cracked.The Toronto-based drama, about a Psychic Crimes Unit, barely cracked the half-million viewers a week mark in its first season last spring. Cash-strapped CBC renewed it, but tentatively, granting it
Blades battlers Shae Lynn Bourne and Anson Carter Remember the CBC? The Canadian public broadcaster has coasted along with reruns since around the time the Leafs were eliminated from the Stanley Cup. No network can afford to take the summer off anymore but that’s exactly what CBC did. With the surprise exit of former programming
The overnight, estimated tally for Monday’s Sixth and final game of the Stanley Cup playoffs was 3,401,000 viewers. The Chicago Blackhawks last minute victory over the Boston Bruins pulled the highest playoff total since the Leafs went out in the first round. Audience levels rose as the series heated up. Saturday’s 5th game drew 2,911,000,
There’s something about childhood memories and cherished TV shows that can turn adults back into six year olds.I had just such a Cocoon moment Saturday in Kleinberg, Ont., home of the Cinespace Film Studio.This very off-the-beaten track production centre is tucked into a valley in the woods off Hwy 27. about 20 minutes north of