O lord how it rained. The story behind the greatest Super Bowl half time show ever is here. Production designer Bruce Rogers was in the truck in Miami for Super Bowl XLI and tells how, when Prince was warned it was pouring rain, he asked, “Can you make it rain harder?” Price was plugged into four,
CHML’s Scott Thompson starts things off this week by talking about the Super Bowl. Ratings were down slightly in the U.S. and Canada. I say it was because neither team could throw, catch or run. Also the weather was warmer than usual, allowing a few of us to step away from our screens. Scott especially
A dull, mistake-filled game plus good weather across much of Canada put a dent in Sunday’s Super Bowl numbers. According to overnight estimates, an average-minute audience of 7,324,000 Canadians watched Super Bowl 50 on CTV Sunday night, down roughly 900,000 from the year before. The 2015 game was a nail-biter and a record-setter, with 8.23
It is almost a shock to encounter people at the TCA press tour who will freely speak their mind these days. Thank God for Jack Whitaker, the CBS Sports broadcast legend who was the analyst for 15 Super Bowls, including the very first game in 1967. The 91-year-old joined Jim Nantz, Phil Simms and James Brown on
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson asks about that CRTC decision to allow the U.S. broadcast of future Super Bowls, into Canada without a Canadian signal substitution. It’s supposed to start happening in 2017. To me this is as inexplicable as Seattle Seahawk’s coachPete Carrell’s decision to allow his quarterback to throw a last minute slant
UPDATE: Preliminary overnight rating reports show Sunday’s Super Bowl XLIX will be the most-watched TV show in U.S. and Canadian history. Marc Berman over at TV Media Insights reports it scored an overnight record 49.7 rating/72 share in households. No surprise, really, given the tight, back-and-forth score and dramatic ending. Thanks to a last minute goal
Earlier this week, CTV made a quick decision to toss Masterchef Canada into the coveted post-Super Bowl slot. The second season premiere bows right after Sunday’s big game, roughly around 10 p.m. ET. The series will resume next Sunday, Feb. 8 in its regular 7 p.m. timeslot. It seems like an odd fit at first–a cooking show
Time for Super Bowl XLIX. The all-important question: what’s the over-under on Al Michael’s age? If you bet 70 that’s the correct answer. The veteran play-by-play man calls his ninth Super Bowl as NBC takes its turn in the NFL showcase rotation. (NBC, Fox and CBS take turns broadcasting each Super Bowl). The likeable broadcaster was