Funding cuts, broken business models, end-of-the-world network scenarios be damned. Jonathan Torrens keeps making TV shows.The P.E.I. native is back with a second season of TV With TV’s Jonathan Torrens, returning Saturday night at 10:30 p.m. on TVTropolis.I’ve been writing about this guy since he was an apple-cheeked punk co-hosting CBC’s old kids for cash
The winning goal was a dud, but Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks overtime win over the Philadelphia Flyers was a winner for CBC. The Stanley Cup finale drew an overnight, estimated 4,077,000 Wednesday night. Nearly a million more watched the game on French language RDS , bringing the two network total to 5,074,000 in
Glee closed out a breakout rookie season Tuesday night with an overnight, estimated audience of 2,511,000 viewers across Canada. The series high number confirms the Fox series as the No. 1 first season show in Canada for 2010-11.Fans got to enjoy some closure in the swift-paced finale. Quinn had her baby (a girl) right in
CTV is standing behind Hiccups and Dan For Mayor but are viewers? The two freshmen comedies, officially renewed for a second season last week along with several other Canadian-produced CTV shows, sank to series lows Monday night. Hiccups drew an overnight, estimated national audience of 297,000 at 8 p.m., with Dan For Mayor getting 309,000
Who knew Lost Girl lived in Etobicoke? Well, darkest Etobicoke, at any rate. The west end Toronto ‘burb is home to Lost Girl, a sexy new sci-fi drama coming to Showcase this September. The series stars Anna Silk (Erica’s same sex temptation last season on Being Erica) as yummy succubus Bo, who feeds off the
CTV held their 2010 upfront Thursday night at the Thompson Hotel in Toronto. Remember Dieter, that character Mike Myers used to play on Saturday Night Live? His kind of urban shag spot, kind of German expressionism meets Ikea. It was all glass and reflective black and so cool it wasn’t even finished yet. The adrogenous
As Triumph the Insult Comedy Dog might say, one a.m. is a great time to schedule a late night talk show–for me to poop on! If you don’t have a PVR, you’ll have to stay up until that unGodly hour to catch Conan O’Brien this fall on CTV. That’s the word as the Canadian private
Rogers served notice that they were back in the 10 o’clock business at their 2010 Fall upfront Wednesday in Toronto. The conspicuously solvent cable and broadcast giant, which muscled into the Toronto market last year by adding Citytv to their multicultural OMNI channels, fell for that Leno at 10 prank in 2009. On the plus