Who did CHML’s Scott Thompson want to talk about this week? Yes, rehab breath, Charlie Sheen. Scott asks if I’ve ever partied with The Sheen and the surprise answer is yes. Well, kinda.Like with 200 other TV critics. I’ve been to several CBS press tour parties where Sheen has been dragged out to promote Two and a Half Men.On some
Did the morning after radio chat with my buddy Mike Miller at Lima, Ohio’s WIMA this a.m. The subject, of course, was Oscars and despite a little mid-show Crystal correction what a drag it all was this year. It’s not just me saying it. Roger Ebert called it the worst Oscarcast he’s ever seen. Salon’s Matt Zoeller
CHML’s Scott Thompson starts off our weekly chat with audio of Maria Aragon, the 10-year-old from Winnipeg who has suddenly become a viral superstar. The future American Idol winner was a guest on Ellen DeGeneres this week where she sang “Born This Way.” Ten million people have so far checked out Aragon singing the Madonna-like Lady Gaga song on YouTube. Check
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson wants to know what a lot of us want to know: what the hell’s up with Charlie Sheen? The 45-year-old actor is no lock to make 46 after a widely-reported string of William Holden weekends. The Two and a Half Men star’s party boy behaviour finally forced his studio and network to force him into
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson wanted my take on CTV’s Super Bowl broadcast. “Could we have seen any more promos for Flashpoint?” Scott asks. He also wondered about that half time show. We both agreed Will.I.am’s plastic Devo head was a nice touch.The two of us also yak about the Super Bowl ads and why they’re so
This week with on 900 CHML, Scott Thompson wanted to know if more people sit inside and watch TV during winter snow storms. Generally that’s true. Most series ratings peak around January and February. There are plenty of reasons why the Super Bowl broadcasts dominate the U.S. list of all time highest rated TV shows,
Been a while since I’ve posted a radio chat with my old pal Scott Thompson over at Hamilton, Ont.’s CHML. Apologies for my froggy voice–it has dogged me since the TCA hack-a-thon earlier this month in Pasadena. Scott wants to talk about Regis Philbin’s announced departure from Live! (he will be 80 this August) as
It was odd, as I tell Hamilton’s CHML radio dude Scott Thompson, to be sitting in Yellowknife earlier this week and watching Southern Ontario get hammered with snow. The TV at the Explorer Hotel was hooked up to satellite, and a CHCH channel was among the options. Things looked a hell of a lot more