People who work television’s morning shift could be forgiven for being a tad grumpy. That’s never the case, however, with Tim Bolen. He recently made the leap from co-hosting Morning Live on Hamilton’s CHCH to pairing with Dina Pugliese on Citytv’s national franchise Breakfast Television. Add living in Toronto when he was on TV in Hamilton and
The This Hour Has 22 Minutes election special is a lot like the Federal election itself. There’s the advance poll — watch the special now on CBC Gem (where it started streaming on Thursday) — or wait for the broadcast premiere date — Saturday, April 26. Look for it right after Game Four in the
The second game of the Stanley Cup Round One game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Ottawa Senators easily won Tuesday night, ratings wise, on broadcast networks in Canada. An overnight, estimated total of 1,473,000 Canadians watched the game on Sportsnet National, with another 809,000 catching it on the main CBC network. That easily
After the first few days of Round One of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs, The Toronto Maple Leafs remain Canada’s top draw among NHL viewers. The opening “Battle of Ontario” game between Toronto and the Ottawa Senators averaged an overnight, estimated 2,584,000 viewers on Easter Sunday. That was split between viewers watching on Sportsnet National
When it comes to viewership among the broadcast networks and news channels, CBC remains an essential service. As Donald Trump would say, “The numbers were Huuge!” For last Thursday’s English language debate, the public broadcasters drew an overnight, estimated average minute audience of 1,239,000 viewers. Keep in mind the debates were scheduled earlier than usual.
My guest this episode is an executive producer who helped guide Schitt’s Creek to a canoe full of Emmy and CSA awards. He’s currently one of the executive producers on another wonderful sitcom, Son of a Critch, shockingly ignored — nomination wise — at this year’s Canadian Screen Awards. Yes, it is Andrew Barnsley and he’s just
Winston Conrad Martindale — nicknamed “Wink” by a neighbourhood pal — was probably best known for hosting Tic-Tac-Dough. The Tennessee native, however, also hosted around 20 other TV game shows, including Boggle, Gambit, Shuffle, Headline Chasers, High Rollers, Debt, Can You Top This? and the TV version of Trivial Pursuit. Martindale died from lymphoma April
Jean Marsh played well over 100 roles as listed at her profile on the International Movie Database (IMDb). The Emmy Award-winning British actress, however, was best known as the co-creator as well as one of the stars of the ITV series Upstairs Downstairs (1971-75). Marsh died Sunday in London at the age of 90. She