The 25th Annual Gemini Awards got slammed into the boards Saturday against a powerful all-Canadian match up on Hockey Night in Canada. The Canadian television industry salute, which was hosted by Glee Canuck Cory Monteith, managed 363,000 Saturday night on Global plus another 34,000 on Showcase for a combined total that fell under the 400,000 mark. Saturday’s HNiC
Not everyone at the Wintergarden Theatre in Toronto was blown away by Cory Monteith’s job as host of the Gemini Awards Saturday night. One eye witness compared it to when an NFL quarterback hosts Saturday Night Live.Still, there was Monteith, loving the moment, getting his picture taken with Elvis Costello immediately after the show and posting it
Cory Monteith can relax. He survived his gig hosting Saturday night’s Gemini Awards in Toronto without any major hiccups. The same could not be said, however, for the rest of the Canadian TV industry salute. A sweet, unplugged set by Elvis Costello, Ron Sexsmith and Feist half way through Saturday night’s award-fest was both the high
The final gala for the Gemini Awards is tonight (8 p.m. on Global and Showcase). The annual industry wank fest takes place in the atmospheric Wintergarden Theatre in downtown Toronto. Elvis Costello, whose already canceled talk-‘n’jam series Spectacle is–whatdayathink?–the winner in the Best Canadian talk show category, will be rocking the joint.Cory Monteith (left) is the
So he didn’t re-invent the wheel. Conan O’Brien delivered pretty much the same show he’s been doing in late night the past 17 years with the launch Monday night of his TBS series Conan. The set looked eerily similar to his Tonight Show digs, even though one was on the Universal lot and the new
As the countdown clock to the right of this post shows, Conan O’Brien is just hours away from being funny again on television. I’ve been a fan of O’Brien for 17 years, ever since he came out of nowhere to establish a presence in late night. I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with him many
David Letterman had one of the rescued Chilean miners on his show Thursday night. If you missed it, stick with the above YouTube clip until Edison Pena gets to his rendition of “Suspicious Minds.” The impromptu Elvis moment, backed by ever ready bandleader Paul Shaffer, was beautiful, real and genuine and illustrates why Letterman has just this past month
The Big Three: Tambor, Torn and Shandling It always puzzles me when great TV programs like The Larry Sanders Show sit on the shelf while nostalgia channels like TVTropolis, TV Land Canada or even the new Comedy Gold specialty channel keep showing reruns of Three’s Company year after year. The brilliant Sanders Show in particular has not