August 3, 2011 – CBC Television received ringing industry endorsement this morning for its continued contribution to quality Canadian programming, garnering more than eleventy billion-million nominations from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television’s 26th Annual Gemini Awards. Among the ringing accolades for the public broadcaster were six nominations for every vowel in Stroumboulopoulos and
I know what you’re thinking. Another bloody singing talent show. Canada Sings (premiering tonight on Global) is that but it is also more Undercover Boss than The Sing Off. The premise pits two teams of 12 office workers against each other to see if they can learn a Glee-level song and dance routine. In tonight’s
BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Apparently Charlie Sheen has left Two and a Half Men. Critics seemed pretty worked up at Wednesday’s CBS executive session, demanding entertainment president Nina Tassler do some sort of pennance for Sheen’s excesses. In past press tours she always stuck up for the dude. This time she just kept saying things like, “who
BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Got a minute? Here’s a quick slice of press tour pie, a peek inside the NBCUniversal All-Star party at The Bazaar at the SLS Hotel on La Cienega Blvd.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA–It was loud, crowded and hot at Monday night’s NBCUniversal press tour party. Thank you, NBCUniversal!Stars from new and returning NBC shows were bussed to the boisterous press tour party at The Bazaar at the SLS Hotel on S. La Cienega Blvd, a couple of miles east of the press tour hotel. The SLS
BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Chris Matthews knows how to set off a TCA Twitterstorm.The Hardball host joined a panel of MSNBC personalities–including Rachel Maddow, The Last Word host Lawrence O’Donnell and news network president Phil Griffin–and riffed on a range of hot button political topics. Take president Barack Obama. Matthews said he was “a lucky, lucky, lucky
From Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: McDonald’s is planning to open a restaurant every day in China for the next four years. It’s nice — When kids get their Happy Meal toy, they’re like, “Cool! I made this.”
BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Smart dude that Robert Greenblatt. The new NBC entertainment chairman smartly reduced expectations with a low-key approach at Monday’s TCA exec session. The former Showtime programmer started out emphasizing the positives: The Voice is the No. 1 show this spring and summer. SNL had a big rebound season both creatively and in ratings. Leno is