Airplane! star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson says he couldn’t believe all the Pope coverage. It didn’t surprise me. Papal elections, royal weddings, this is the kind of world events that networks can carry and be fairly sure they’ll draw a big audience. CTV, which sent Lisa LaFlamme to Vatican City, says they
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson asks if J.R. is gone for good on Dallas. The answer, of course, is yes. Bravo will miss him in Canada; the Canadian specialty channel scored a record 453,000 overnight viewers for Larry Hagman’s tribute episode Monday.We talk about a lot of other stuff; you can listen in here.
This week on our CHML podcast, Scott Thompson wanted to get my take on the news that Oprah Winfrey is coming to Hamilton. Winfrey is due in April 13 at Copps Coliseum. Not sure if she’s bringing that guy with the giant teeth again. It’s all about bringing hope and faith to the multitude as
Thursday on Community: “Conventions of Space and Time” This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson asks about one of my favourite comedies of the past few years, Community. The third episode of the new, delayed and shortened fourth season, airs Thursday night at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and City.I watched a couple of the Season Three
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson wants to recap The Grammys. Really? Zzzzz. Then we gab about Survivor and get amazed all over again that this show is still wining Wednesdays thirteen years after it snuck on CBS in the summer of 2000. I have it on good authority that Wednesday night’s 90-minute opener is going
Twice in one week! Scott Thompson called again at the regular time Wednesday (12:35 p.m. on Hamilton’s CHML) to ask about the Bicycle Thief, a.k.a. Lance Armstrong and his self-serving confession to Oprah Winfrey on OWN. The press in the wake of the interviews doesn’t seem to be breaking Armstrong’s way, and over on social
CHML’s Scott Thompson called up for a special Monday edition of the weekly podcast. The topic? Sunday night’s Golden Globes, of course. Scott wanted to know if female comedians can still be sexy. Certainly hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler both work for me.This leads to a big discussion of TV vs. film. Later Scott
This week on our weekly radio chat, CHML’s Scott Thompson asks if I think the media overreacted to the tragic, senseless shootings in Sandy Hook, Ct. I say no and here’s why: there was no bigger story in the last week and with the murder of so many children, viewers were anxious get get as