The 83rd Annual Academy Awards airs live Sunday night begining at 8:30 p.m. on ABC and CTV. I’ll be like snarking on the annual Oscar deal over at Twitter. Follow me @BillBriouxTV. Let the 140 characters or less hilarity begin.James Franco and Anne Hathaway host this year’s Oscarfest, a departure from the usual stand up
Couple of CBC things that make you go “huh” on a Thursday. First is the news that started to filter in yesterday that 18 to Life is officially dead. Odd this call was made the week the show took a major jump in the ratings. This Monday, 18 to Life pulled 381,000 viewers, up over
Buckbuckbuckbwaaaat? Starting Monday, Rogers is offering cable subscribers in Ontario a 24 hour rotisserie chicken channel. This is no joke. Just endless shots of chicken roasting on a spit. And you thought Americans were pissed before because they couldn’t get Aljazeera.The Chicken Channel is 100% sponsored by rotisserie restaurant chain Swiss Chalet. Always so good
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
The Chicago Code’s Jennifer Beals: arresting Holy crap! They pack a lot of action into The Chicago Code. I’m trying to blog about it and watch it at the same time. Can’t be done, so I’m typing during the commercials The mid-season Fox police drama is from Shawn Ryan, the impressive writer/executive producer behind The Shield
It’s “Family Day” (at least in Ontario), so time for a second or third look at the CBC family sitcom 18 to Life. The 8:30 p.m. comedy has been lost on Monday nights, slumping in the ratings opposite House and import comedies on CTV. CBC left it off its recent list of renewals and its
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
Watson (left) with Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek What is through the roof? The answer would be ratings for Jeopardy!The three day match up of man vs. machine, which concludes Wednesday, has sent the numbers for the 27-year-old quiz show into orbit. Monday’s supper hour offering drew 1,862,000 viewers to CBC, among the public network’s biggest non-hockey