Was nice to see the non-Olympian win the All Star season on Dancing with the Stars. Former Bachelor reality star Melissa Rycroft and partner Tony Dovolani took the Mirror Ball trophy in Tuesday night’s two-hour finale. The ex-Dallas Cowboys cheerleader peaked at the right time and beat out Olympic gold medal gymnast and former DWTS
VANCOUVER–Once Upon a Time, it was easier to get on to a sound stage in Vancouver–and then along came Once Upon a Time.The Sunday night ABC/CTV drama shoots next to the upcoming CTV “howdunnit” Motive, so the CTV publicity team went knocking on doors to see if a gaggle of Canadian journos could bust into
November has been a travel blur. I’ve been criss-crossing Canada like Justin Trudeau, checking out new TV production sets in Vancouver and Halifax.CHML’s Scott Thompson tracked me down at Vancouver’s Fairmont Hotel for our weekly radio chat. The Vancouver landmark offers patrons something I’ve never seen before–dogs you can borrow to take for a walk.
He’s alive! It’s alive! CTV orders a second season of Saving Hope Back last June when CTV launched Saving Hope, officials at the network insisted it could go it alone should broadcast partner NBC ditch the series.True to their word, CTV not only officially renewed Hope Friday, it boosted its second season order to 18
Looking good: Twelve former Canada AM co-hosts join today’s trio Got up crazy early this morning to attend a salute to one of Canada’s longest-running TV traditions–Canada AM.The series marks 40 years on the air this month. There must have been something in the water that fall of 1972: not only did Canada AM launch,
Buzz Aldrin hands out Mars bars, right? Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS You may have noticed that CTV has somewhat morphed into The Big Bang Theory Network. The CBS comedy is stripped nightly on CTV at 7:30, is by far Canada’s most watched show Thursday at 8 and often gets plugged into the schedule as an all
Josh Groban and the late Jimmy Kimmel. Todd Wawrychuk/ABC Nobody was paying me to watch The Emmy Awards last night, so I missed the cold opening and Kimmel’s monologue. I caught up Monday morning on YouTube, however. That was the best way to go, because YouTube, unlike CTV, had it with the sound on–a big
Why the guy from UPS thinks I’m Rupert Murdoch The 2012-13 primetime network television season officially begins Monday, right after Sunday’s Emmy Awards.My UPS and FedEx delivery guys already know that. They’ve been bringing boxes, padded envelopes and other mailers to my door non-stop since the start of the month.This is the time of year