Neil Peart put on a show Thursday, making the most of Letterman’s “Drum Solo Week.” The 58-year-old Hamilton, Ont.-native is considered one of the best solo men in the biz and brought with him every drum in the tri-state area. Letterman CBS Orchestra drummer Anton Fig, Sheila E and Roy Haynes were featured earlier in the
TV shows come and go all the time. That’s the nature of the biz. Sometimes, though, it just doesn’t make sense. Why should The Kardashians be heading into a sixth season when Arrested Development barely lasted three? These are questions that will mystify social scientists well into the next century.Case in point: Endgame, an entertaining Vancouver-based drama airing
UPDATED WITH FIXED LINK: CHML’s Scott Thompson sensed I was a little off my game on the radio today. I blame those tasty mini grilled cheese sandwiches offered at today’s CBC press launch. It was the fourth and final network bash in a little over a week and all that finger food has left me punchier
Dan For Mayor’s Fred Ewanuick How’s this summer launch strategy working for Canadian shows? Results are mixed so far. The return of two home grown CTV comedies for a second season brought few surprises, with Hiccups ( 574,000) and Dan For Mayor (547,000 Sunday at 7:30) coming back right around where they left off a
It was weird attending the CTV upfront Thursday without mom and dad in the house. It felt like Egypt after Mubarak, Libya without Ghadaffi, Two and a Half Men sans Charlie Sheen. In other words, time to PAR-TAY!Even minus power players Ivan Fecan and Susanne Boyce, CTV’s 2011 upfront felt like the biggest of this week’s
Glee’s Iqbal Theba hauls me down to the principal’s office It was hard to find Global’s upfront this year in Toronto–there weren’t any protesters out front.In years past, mobs of cranky ACTRA members have targeted the big Global ad industry show, driving home the point that Canadian TV networks rarely involve themselves with Canadian scripted television
UPDATED BELOW. CTV announced today that they’ve won another season, their 10th in a row, in both total audience and the 25-54-year-old demo. That’s extraordinary–unprecedented across North America, except perhaps CBC’s monopoly in the ’50s and big head start throughout the ’60s. In the fiercely competitive TV business of today, CTV’s dominance is staggering.Still, they
Made the scene at the Rogers TV Sales 2011 Fall Launch Monday in Toronto, the first of this week’s three network upfronts. Was there for hours, at the press sessions, the presentation at the Canon Theatre and the after party at the Hard Rock Cafe. Stood around and waited and waited but still nobody at Rogers