Transplant hit it’s highest overnight number yet on Wednesday with an estimated 1,291,000 CTV viewers. Look for that season finale number to soar close to two million in a week-and-a-half when the Live+7 totals are calculated. The first year medical drama, recently acquired by NBC in the US, has finished the season strong. It ranked
With apologies to the Bard, dis-content — or lack of content — is a plaque upon all our houses heading into the summer season. On Wednesday, CBC is hosting a virtual upfront press conference. We’ll learn a little more about the few new shows they’re adding to their schedule, and the shows that are returning.
Something unusual was announced today — a Canadian-made series has landed on a US broadcast network schedule. Usually it works the other way around. In this instance, the CTV medical drama Transplant is set to join NBC. It helps that NBC Universal partnered with CTV and Sphere Media Plus on Transplant from the beginning. As
It is mid-May, 2020. By now, the major US broadcast networks have usually had their blockbuster upfront presentations in New York. Canadian broadcast execs would be flying down to Los Angeles this week to scoop up shows during the annual “Hollywood Screenings.” Not this week and not this year. The COVID-19 pandemic had shut down
It should come as no surprise that the No. 1 TV draw of the past seven summers — The Amazing Race Canada — has been put on hold. The COVID-19 pandemic is the ultimate road block. This very month, ten new teams from across Canada should be scrambling in and out of airports, taxis, hotels
The tribe has spoken: after 20 years and 40 seasons, the No. 1 show in English Canada the week of April 27 to May 3 was Survivor. You can’t kill this series with a Tiki torch. The “Winners at War” edition, set to bow out for the season tomorrow night, drew 2,295,000 A2+, Total viewers
A few thoughts on the finale episode of Cardinal, the CTV drama that ended a four season run Monday night. And, yes, stop reading now if you haven’t seen it yet, as there are spoilers ahead. I’m going to whip right past the outcome of the manhunt in the snow. There was the inevitable showdown
Spend 42 minutes with Billy Campbell, my latest guest on brioux.tv: the podcast. Our conversation is ready to play now and can be found here. Campbell stars opposite Karine Vanasse on the dark and impressive CTV drama Cardinal. Just two episodes remain; the second-last hour airs tonight, Monday, May 4, at 10 p.m. ET; the