In Part II of this two-part conversation, retired Globe and Mail TV columnist John Doyle returns to talk a little bit more about soccer but mostly about our shared fascination with television. The two of us tackle several of today’s biggest TV challenges. For example: are late night talk shows going the way of the
This week’s podcast starts on a somber note. CHML’s Scott Thompson was taking calls from listeners regarding terrorist attacks in Europe, specifically, the airport murders earlier this week at the Brussels’ airport. I was at that airport last fall, stuck there overnight in fact as I changed planes between Cannes and back home in Toronto.
Newstalk 1010’s Mike Bullard Sometimes in this TV beat racket it’s best just to lob a few hand grenades and step back and watch stuff happen. Such was the plan last week when I wrote a column for The Canadian Press calling for CBC to get back into the late night television talk show game.