CBC certainly let you know the 2025 Juno Awards were coming. There was host Michael Bublé, in countless promotion spots for well over a month, getting more air time than a Poilievre attack ad chiding Mark Carney for sneaking up on him in the polls. Sneaky! It had to help that the show, broadcast live
This past spring, the CBS action-drama Tracker became an instant hit, emerging as the No. 1 US network series of the season. On this episode, I speak with the tracker himself, Justin Hartley, who was in Toronto last June promoting the series at the CTV upfront. After a career in soaps (Passions; The Young and the
First of all, this is how you do a broadcast network upfront headline in 2024: “Star-Studded New Series, Returning Hits, and Live Events to Anchor CTV’s 2024/25 Schedule” Notice the words “buzzworthy” or “overflowing” do not appear anywhere. Kudos to CTV’s PR team for breaking with tradition and toning down the mega-hype. Despite challenging times
What are the most popular shows on ad-supported, video-on-demand (AVOD) platforms? Not just on services such as Tubi, Roku and PlutoTV but also on the digital platforms of traditional broadcast networks such as CBS and ABC? Reelgood is a San Francisco-based company that provides a complete guide to online streaming content. It has a system
There are still people, I guess, who only watch TV the old, traditional way — broadcast network television. Hey, I get it — it is more affordable. Mainly though, it is familiar and therefore, in a world that keeps changing at a faster and dizzier pace, more comfortable. Plus, all you lousy 30- or 40-something
What is the most-watched scripted series in America in all of broadcast TV these days? No, not NCIS, or FBI, or Chicago Fire. According to data released Tuesday, April 16 by CBS, it is Tracker, the rookie series about lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw played by Justin Hartley. Shaw roams America helping cops and private citizens
CBS announced Thursday that they will be saluting TV legend Dick Van Dyke with a special marking the occasion of his 98th birthday. The Mary Poppins star will be celebrated Thursday, Dec. 21, on “Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic” (CBS; Paramount+). The two-hour special will take viewers back to the set of The