CHML’s Scott Thompson asks me about Monday’s hilarious CRTC carriage fee decision. I go nuts for seven straight minutes. You can listen in here but stand back from your speakers.
On this week’s podcast, CHML’s Scott Thompson wants to know about my recent trip to Los Angeles to cover the Warner Bros. International TV press tour. The big lesson for me was how excited some members of the foreign press were about shows that are off my radar here, such as Supernatural–which is apparently quite
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson asks about my trip earlier this week to Halifax to attend a taping of 22 Minutes. The series is nearing the end of its 17th season on CBC, with the last two episodes airing the next two Tuesday night’s at 8:30. The numbers were up around 750,000 viewers this week
We take one last lap on the Olympic oval this week with CHML’s Scott Thompson. Scott says he never watched so much Olympics in his life and that makes two of us. CTV made it so easy, offering consecutive coverage on the main network, TSN and Sportsnet, giving viewers the option to flip back and
CHML’s Scott Thompson wants to know if anybody is watching anything on TV other than the Olympics. The answer is no–even mighty American Idol lost in its timeslot in the U.S. for the first time ever last Wednesday opposite NBC’s coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter games. Idol rebounded Tuesday night, however, with a
This week with CHML’s Scott Thompson, we get right to the main event, the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.Scott has a complaint: how come the CTV feed doesn’t look as good as the images over at TSN? Hadn’t noticed that myself but maybe others have. Scott watches the Games on a non-high-def receiver, but the
While there was still plenty of Super Bowl stories to pick through–including a rehash of David Letterman’s Leno/Oprah airlift–this week’s radio chit-chat with CHML’s Scott Thompson eventually gets around to the Olympic Winter Games. As you may have heard, CTV is carrying the big show this year, starting Friday live from the Opening Ceremonies in
CHML’s Scott Thompson was still buzzing about Jimmy Kimmel’s all out assault on Jay Leno for boo-hooing about getting all beat up over the NBC screw up to Oprah. All eyes now will be on how Leno performs when he returns as host of The Tonight Show on March 1. Look for a strong opening