Evanka Osmak helps us keep score most nights along with Ken Reid at the Sportsnet Central desk. She’s taking her own shot now in the publishing world with her first novel, a cool book for kids ages 6-11 titled “Ali Hoops.” The PlumLeaf Press release, featuring illustrations by Megan Chew, is all about a young
I do not have any personal stories to share about Jimy “One M” Williams, who died in late January at 80. The California native was briefly a major leaguer but he had a much more robust career as the Toronto Blue Jays third base coach and eventual manger. He was later American League Manager of
Lisa LaFlamme’s abrupt departure continues to impact CTV’s National News ratings. The latest Numeris data report showing the Top-30 most-watched shows across English Canada is for the week of August 22 to 28 — the week after LaFlamme’s firing was announced. It shows that an average minute audience of 791,000 Total, Live+7 viewers watched an
The first full week of national network ratings are in following the firing of Lisa LaFlamme and they show a marginal drop in audience number estimates for the CTV National News. The network’s flagship 11 p.m. newscast drew an average of 879,000 viewers Monday through Sunday nights. That earned a 10th place finish the week
After a week off, the Aug. 9 episode of The Amazing Race Canada put that series back on top of the weekly Numeris Top-30 with over 1.6 million total viewers. The episode, which took place mainly in Alberta and British Columbia, featured kite gliding, skeet shooting and skiing. Also among the most-watched shows of the
With The Amazing Race Canada taking a week off after four straight weeks at No. 1, the title of most-watched show of the week in Canada (in broadcast) was up for grabs. Wouldn’t you know it — a day after the abrupt departure of CTV News chief anchor Lisa LaFlamme — it was a CTV
In its fourth week of Season Eight, The Amazing Race Canada held onto it’s lead in the weekly Numeris list of thee Top-30 most-watched shows across the country in terms of linear networks. Here is how the July 25 to 31 Top-10 fared according to confirmed program schedules and final audience data including 7-day playback,