Arrow‘s Stephen Amell will help CTV pull up its socks These Canadian network upfronts are micro-managed to within an inch of their lives. Studio publicists sit on stacks of screeners as well as talent releases for fear a Canadian journalist might be prepared for an interview, or, worse, stumble on any actual news.Despite these stubbornly
“Cancelled?? Whaaat??” Just last month, CTV was bragging it had the “No. 1 new series of the season” with Missing, which hit a high of 1.8 million Canadian viewers in April. Now Missing, along with many other U.S.network shows, are not just missing but finished. The Ashey Judd drama was cancelled along with almost two
The folks at Bell sent me a letter the other day. Inside was a sales pitch which began with the words, “Enjoy many of the channels you really want, with HD channels always included.”It may have been a fine deal but I read no further having been scared off by the photo at the top
CBC and TSN were probably counting on long playoff runs from the mighty Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins. Now Sidney Crosby and the Sedin twins are out of the race for the Stanley Cup, and Southern teams such as Phoenix and Nashville are on to Round Two.With Detroitalso eliminated, and Ottawa do or die to
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.
News that The L.A. Complex has been picked up for an additional 13 episodes did not come as a total surprise today–even though the series was not exactly a ratings smash.The drama, about young Canadian wannabes struggling to make it in Hollywood, premiered Jan. 10. It drew 351,000 viewers on CTV in overnight estimates. An
Maksim Chmerkovskiy takes Melissa Gilbert a long way from Little House Me recapping Dancing with the Stars? I know, it’s a bit like asking Bill Maher to say Mass. Still, I’ll be doing just that every week over at thestar.com. You can find my recap of Monday night’s two hour premiere here. Now in its 14th
Fashion Star “mentors” Jessica Simpson, John Varvatos and Nicole Richie Asking me to review Fashion Star is a bit like asking Rob Ford to recommend a vegan restaurant. The Toronto Star asked anyway and so my review of the new NBC/CTV designer talent search series can be found here. My review in a nutshell: if