This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson wanted to ask my take on the Oscars. We went on to gab for over 16 minutes and completely ignored the awards talk. Instead we got sidetracked yakking about last week’s epic Saturday Night Live 40th anniversary special. I got a call this week from my colleague Bill Carter who, in 1975
Do you listen to satellite radio? I’m on there every Monday at around 5:46 p.m.ET talking TV with always well informed Arlene Bynon. (Find her daily @ArleneBynonShow from 4-6 p.m. on SiriusXM 167.) This Monday we talk about some last-minute Christmas gifts for the classic TV fan in your family (doing a story on same
Every Monday at 5:47 p.m. I talk TV with veteran radio host Arlene Bynon on SiriusXM’s “Canada Talks” (Channel 167). There was plenty to talk about with both Fox and NBC announcing their Fall lineups for the 2014-15 season. Fox announced Gotham as their big bat-move for fall. The DC Comics drama will delve into
The H&F gang (l-r): Sweet Phil, “Humble” Howard Glassman, Eileen Ross, Fred Patterson. Four people, Five Hours worth of energy Got up early Wednesday to chat with my old pals “Humble” Howard Glassman and Fred Patterson over at Humble and Fred Radio.com. The “best radio show not on the radio” can be heard on SiriusXM
This week, on SiriusXM’s Canada Talks with Arlene Bynon (Channel 167), the two of us go over the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards. The broadcast was a big hit, drawing 17.63 million overnight viewers on CBS. That makes it the most watched Emmy Awards Stateside since 2005.In Canada, the awards were up just slightly on CTV,
For the past month I’ve been joining Arlene Byson on SiriusXM’s “Canada Talks” for a weekly chat about what’s new in television. This Monday, Arlene (right) wondered if groundbreaking shows such as Breaking Bad are chipping away at broadcast network ratings.There is no doubt that Walter White and Company have had an impact. One look at