A close game ending in a spectacular winning goal Monday night at the World Junior Hockey Championships drew an estimated, overnight, 2,485,000 viewers. Connor Bedard’s overtime deke lifted Canada over a determined Slovakia club. Canada went on to defeat the USA Wednesday (where ratings were likely even higher) and face Czechia — the team that
UPDATE: The Amazing Race Canada — the nation’s most-watched summer series for a half-dozen years prior to the pandemic — will return to CTV this summer. The globe trotting TV competition, hosted by Canadian Olympian Jon Montgomery, has been left at the starting gate since 2019 due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Producers vowed to
After weeks of landing in the No. 2 or 3 spots on Numeris’ list of the Top 30 TV programs in English Canada, Private Eyes finished its summer run in the very top position. Close to 1.4 million Canadians said goodbye to Matt Shade and Angie Everett (Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson) on the final
What is vying with naming Mike Richards the new host of Jeopardy for Worst Call in Television for 2021? Global’s decision to announce, before it aired, that this would be the fifth and final season of Private Eyes. The Jason Priestley/Cindy Sampson Toronto-based detective drama has owned the summer of ’21, averaging over a million
Warning: stay off Fantasy Island. No, there’s not COVID outbreak, or any other hint of reality. This latest re-boot of an old series, which premiered Tuesday night on Fox and Global, is simply dull. The only fantasy is that today, in 2021, some network executives thought that another go at this escapist nonsense from the
Yes, Paris Hilton is back and she’s in the kitchen. Stand back and see what other stirring shows the month brings (check back all month as this page will be updated): SUN/AUG 1 FreeUp! Emancipation Day 2021 (CBC Gem). This hour-long variety special marks the historic day slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire in
The Fox Network — now part of the Disney media empire — plans to add just three new shows this fall. They are: The Big Leap is a feel-good drama focusing on a diverse group of down-on-their luck characters who risk it all in a reality show dance competition. The whole thing builds to a