This week, Craig Ferguson became a late night talk show host.Yes, I know, he’s been a late night talk show host for five years and 1000 shows. He’s gone through three or four different intros and a box full of puppets. But on the show that aired early Wednesday morning, Ferguson became a late night
Hockey is still king in Canada, let there be no doubt. CTV claims their Olympic consortium BBM CUME score (Can U Makeit Enormouser) reached 10.6 million viewers for Sunday night’s Olympic hockey game between Canada and the U.S. (featuring that bastard Ryan Miller, above, in the U.S. net as captured by veteran NBC shooter Paul
How could you not root for Canadian figure skating cutie pies Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (right, photo by Paul Drinkwater /NBC)? The ice dance tandem seemed immune to the tremendous pressures of skating before a home crowd and captured the Gold. It was amazing to see these kids, just 20 and 22, skating, swinging
It happened early Monday on CTV`s Olympic Morning, as NBC News anchor Brian Williams paid a visit to Canadian Olympic host Brian Williams at the giant international broadcast consortium studios in Vancouver.“Your fake fireplace looks a lot like Bob Costas‘ fake fireplace,” NBC Williams quips to CTV Williams. Watch the entire meeting here at CTVOlympics.ca.The
Last month at press tour, NBC chairman Jeff Gaspin was surrounded by reporters after his executive session. The big story, of course, was the oops-a-daisy do-over with The Tonight Show.At the time, Gaspin had just lobbed a Hail Mary attempt to keep both Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien by offering Leno an 11:35 half hour
With apologies to David Letterman, here are the Top 10 Reasons why that Canadian Olympic “Own the Podium” slogan isn’t working out: 10. Bobsledders thought it was “own the per diem”9. Alpine team freaked because wavy medals look like they’ve been left out in the sun8. Super-G team too busy out fighting Super-G crime7. Snowboarders
Are you loving all the Olympic coverage? Do you want to scream every time you hear that bloody “I Believe” ditty?A week in, people are starting to form opinions about the CTV-Rogers consortium as well as the NBC Winter Olympic Games coverage. Tons to say on this topic, much of it bashed into paragraphs here