“Comedy is tragedy plus time.” Over the years, that famous quote has been attributed to several people: original Tonight Show host Steve Allen; Carol Burnett; Bob Newhart; even Woody Allen. All knew funny, that is for sure. The quote came back to me when I happened upon a YouTube video from the 82nd Annual Academy
CTV’s three hour and forty-eight minute simulcast of Sunday’s 97th Annual Oscar Awards was watched by an overnight, estimated audience in Canada of 3,236,000 viewers. That’s down from 3.5 million in 2024. While the year before featured a contest between big box office draws such as “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” I’ve already forgotten the names of
“If scandal is to your taste, Miss MacKay,” I shall give you a feast!” Over the years I have heard Maggie Smith’s memorable line from “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” proclaimed regularly in our house. This quote is a particular favourite of Sandra’s, especially as Sunday brunch is served. Smith, of course, had a
Here is the naked truth about Sunday night’s 96th Annual Academy Awards: ratings were up. Bell Media credited native son Ryan Gosling’s “big Canadian Kenergy” for boosting CTV’s coverage of the Oscars to an average audience of 3.5 million viewers. That makes it the most-watched English entertainment broadcast of the year according to Numeris, with
There were three questions heading into the week of March 21-27 in terms of the Numeris’s tally of the Canadian Top-30 total results: how would the Oscars do? Where would the debut of Canada’s Got Talent land? Will Big Brother Canada chart? The answers are all positive for the 94th Annual Academy Awards. The three-hour,
I had switched over to hockey when a friend messaged that there was more fighting going on at the Dolby centre. Another pal cracked that it had turned into the Oscar De La Hoyas. By the time I turned back, you had to go to YouTube to see Will Smith slap the hell out of
A radio station I often get calls from to voice an opinion about television was in touch Friday to ask if I would weigh in on this year’s Oscars. The topic: does anybody care anymore? Then they messaged back saying nevermind, something else had come up. So they don’t even care enough about the Oscars
It’s been a while since I was this bang-on in an Oscar pool: Sunday’s 93rd annual Academy Awards sunk to an all time low of 9.85 million viewers on ABC according to Nielsen fast national results. In a poll of TV prognosticators conducted a week ago by the Programming Insider’s Douglas Pucci, I had the