The Easter weekend plus a flurry of print assignments has derailed the TVFMF machine the past several days. As Regis Philbin says, “I’m only one man!” Another busy week ahead, but postings will resume today. Thanks for you patience and for checking back.
If you’re here reading this you’ve probably at least heard his name. Ernie Kovacs died nearly 50 years ago, in January of 1962, victim of a car crash ten days shy of his 43rd birthday. You’ve probably seen pictures of his face with those dark eyebrows, moustache and constantly lit cigar, looking like some sort of Hungarian
Scott Thompson at Hamilton’s CHML hadn’t seen it yet, but he wanted to talk about the new Sun News Network. I think one of the mistakes they made opening night was not delivering a big name guest. Brian Mulroney is Chairman of Sun Media and would have been a prize “get.” Brian Lilley spent a great
Stuart Townsend is spy with no name XIII Love interviewing the Irish. That gift of the gab makes my job that much easier.Stuart Townsend is no exception. I spoke with the Howth, County Dublin, native on the phone late last week and flipped the conversation straight into a feature for The Toronto Star. You can read
The Sun News Network wasted no time getting into the thick of the Canadian TV all-news channel race. The fledgling service launched to 37,000 overnight, estimated 2+ viewers Monday at 4:30. The first edition of Ezra Levant`s The Source dipped to 31,000 at 5ET, finished last in the news channel race opposite CBC News Network (97,000
Ezra Levant hosts “The Source” Blinded by the Sun! That’s what happened to CBC Monday night. The Sun News Network got off to a scrappy start, mugging the CBC at every quarter hour. It was as if 50 years of CBC hate got its own TV special.It was all part of the fearless free speech
The countdown clock is ticking! Just 1:21:37 to go before SUN News hits the air according to the giant digital countdown clock they’ve had up over at the old SUN TV station all day. They’ve also got some generic, swelling, David Foster-y Muzak blaring while the clock ticks down to lift off. I’ve been taking chemical baths, colonics,
On the Monday chat with WIMA Ohio morning man Mike Miller, the topic was the demise of TV soaps. It was announced by ABC last week that long-running daytime dramas One Life to Live and All My Children would end in September and January. They enjoyed runs dating back to the late ’60s and early ’70s. They had to either cancel