Steve Patterson, host of The Debaters: still on CBC Radio One Should The Debaters have been among the shows axed by CBC? At first glance, the public broadcaster’s decision to lose the comedic point-counter-point series, hosted by Steve Patterson, doesn’t seem debatable when you look at the numbers it was drawing—roughly 250,000 viewers per episode
For somebody who should have looked like they’d been run over by a news truck, Kirstine Stewart was still on her feet at Thursdays’ TV Day symposium in Toronto.There she was on the “TV Leaders” panel, the only women among the Boy’s Club of private network broadcasters. Didn’t even get introduced by the moderator.That morning,
John Brunton says he’s “had better days” after Thursday’s CBC bombshell With all the hits hockey has taken lately, one yesterday sent TV producer John Brunton reeling. CBC dropped a bombshell Thursday by announcing that Battle of the Blades would not be part of its 2012-13 season. “I’ve had better days in my career,” says
TV titans Pelley, Crull, Stewart, Dion and Robertson. Photo: CityNews So we were all sitting in the dark with a bunch of ad folk early Thursday morning when something crazy happened at the TV Day symposium in Toronto: news.Not at the industry day itself, which was organized by the folks at the Television Bureau of Canada.
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