For about as long as I’ve been opening emails I’ve faithfully checked one on-line source for daily dives into the culture of television — Marc Berman’s The Programming Insider. Marc, also a long-time member of the Television Critics Association, just has never lost his zest for television, especially for the shows that many of us
When it comes to ratings and putting today’s television landscape in context, I always call on the Programming Insider himself, Marc Berman. The New York native has been a friend and colleague since he began attending the Television Critics Association’s semi-annual network press tours in 1999. Back then, Marc was reporting for Mediaweek; before that,
Jimmy Kimmel asked his audience this question Tuesday night: Are you watching the Olympic Winter Games from Beijing? In the studio audience there were crickets. “The U.S.– we’ve won no gold medals so far,” he told his audience. “Canada has one. So worst comes to worst, we just go up there and take theirs.” By
UPDATED AND CORRECTED TUESDAY: I was a bit fast reporting a jump in Bell Media’s Super Bowl LII numbers. During the game itself, when Canadians could choose between the American feed and the Canadian feed, the English Canada total was 4,451,000 viewers — down slightly from the 4,488,000 who watched in 2017. Broken down, more people watch on the
What are some of the highest rated programs this summer? Well, to be honest, there aren’t a lot of them. Only eight TV shows across Canada drew more than a million viewers in total viewership the week of July 3 — 9 according to the latest Numeris Canada Top 30. The Amazing Race Canada came
PASADENA, Calif.–On these TCA press tours, I always look forward to hanging with my old pal Marc Berman from TVMedia Insights. Marc carries more TV trivia in his head than a busload of network executives. He also has a better handle on ratings than anybody else on tour. Earlier this press tour we got together
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–There are opportunities to ham it up and mug on cameras down on the TCA press tour. Shockingly, I take advantage of all of them. One that is always fun is being invited to join my ol’ pal Marc Berman on his TV Media Insights videocasts. I sat in for a couple of them
TCA pal Marc Berman does this magic trick down here where he opens his laptop and turns it into a broadcast studio. The two of us sat on stools outside the Huntington Ballroom the other day and recapped some of the highlights of press tour so far–including Saturday’s TV on Film Project screening. Check out