Heading down the road to Hamilton to appear on CHCH’s Square Off today at 5:30 p.m. ET with Mark Hebscher and Liz West. Seems Hebsy read my CP article on how CBC should handle their upcoming programming cuts which ran Saturday in The Toronto Star. Always thinkin’, he asked for me to come in and
I figure what the CBC could use these days is a few more unpaid consultants. There are some tough decisions ahead as the public broadcaster deals a $115 million reduction in their parliamentary appropriation. Network officials have dropped several hints as to where they are going in advance of their May 10 2012-13 season launch
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson wonders if no Leafs means ratings will take a hit during the Stanley Cup playoffs. Absolutely–Leafs are the biggest draw in Canadian team sports–but many fans now cheering for Pittsburgh or Philly may have already forgotten what it was like to have the Leafs in this mix. The Beek &
Shaikh and Firla yuk it up on Little Moque Let me declare this right upfront: I never found Little Mosque on the Prairie to be all that funny. The CBC comedy ends a six season run with the opening of a new mosque tonight at 8:30 p.m. ET.The series had its moments, and I liked
In the wake of recently announced cutbacks, TV Feeds My Family has obtained the top secret, totally revised CBC schedule. Here’s what viewers will have to look forward to next fall once the $115 million chop to the annual parliamentary appropriation starts impacting the schedule. STEVEN OR CHRIS–LifestyleHard times at the network force the daytime
I used to goof on CBC all the time when I was the TV columnist at the Toronto Sun. Back then it wasn’t even mandatory.Once I wrote an obit that began, “BROADCASTING CORPORATION, CANADIAN; died in its sleep last night…”Good times.The fellow in charge of CBC programming back then, Slawko Klymkiw, was a very patient
Hard to believe it has been almost a year since the devastating tsunami overwhelmed the north shores of Japan. Dr. David Suzuki visited the region in December and his report back airs tonight on The Nature of Things’ “Journey to the Disaster Zone: Japan 3/11” (CBC, 8 p.m.).I screened an unmixed early cut of the special