The late great NBC programming boss, Brandon Tartikoff, once called TV ratings “the box score of the ‘90s.” That was back when shows such as Cheers, Frasier and Friends competed to see who was the most “Must See” of the week. Those were the B.S. years – Before Streaming. Viewers haven’t been stuck with broadcast
As we all know by now, The Toronto Maple Leafs did not survive past the first round of these Stanley Cup playoffs. Maybe that is why Global’s Survivor, and not Sportsnet’s coverage of the Leafs final games against the Tampa Bay Lightning, tops Numeris’ list of the Top 30 TV shows watched in nglish Canada
SUNDAY, MARCH 1 Dispatches From Elsewhere (AMC). Jason Segel was freaking everybody out at the January TCA press tour. All this talk about moving out of Los Angeles for five years while he sorted himself out. The former How I Met Your Mother player is back with an anthology series about four strangers (played by
Trudeau takes one to the chin Saturday on Sun News The Big Bang Theory, was back and back on top of the ratings in Canadafor another week. Award shows and reruns also hit the schedules, as did the bizarre political boxing event Sun New Network brought live from OttawaSaturday night. There’s got to be a