Flashpoint came back with guns blazing Friday night, scoring a record 1,883,000 viewers for the third season launch. That is CTV only, out of simulcast. Carumba!The Toronto-based cop show, starring Enrico Colantoni and Hugh Dillon (gamely flanking some press weasel at last June’s ad upfront, above) was part of a big night for CTV. The
I’m always astounded at Ron James verbal dexterity. He can turn a phrase the way Paul Coffey can turn up ice. It looks effortless yet the speed and precision leaves you breathless.James wears his Maple Leaf proudly on his sleeve, earned after years of traveling across Canada performing at clubs and in concert. He’s literate
I rave to Scott Thompson of News Talk Radio CHML about my visit earlier this week to George Lucas’ tidy little “Big Rock” ranch out near San Francisco. The highlight for me were all the cool movie posters on the walls of the impressive film campus. Lucas has the world’s largest private collection of classic
The Personal People Meter data continues to astound. Huge numbers for returning shows–nearly three million counted for CTV’s Criminal Minds Wednesday night, for example. Weren`t grim crime dramas supposed to be so last year? It seems that certain shows and networks seem to have gained more from the new BBM Canada PPM data than others.The
Wish I had Erica Strange’s magic therapist so I could be sent back in time to meet deadlines to report on second season premieres of shows like Being Erica. But I don’t so this quick catch up will have to do.Being Erica‘s second season premiere Tuesday may not have been a ratings grabber (less than
A lot of questions were answered with Tuesday’s second season premiere of CBC’s Being Erica. The one still unanswered: will this show ever bust out beyond the half million mark nationally?Being Erica drew 495,000 viewers on a very competitive Tuesday night. Seems poor Erica can’t catch a break with the new Personal People Meters, which
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–As Yoda would say, amazing it was.Took full advantage of the opportunity today to tour Big Rock Ranch, a Lucasfilm development at 3838 LucasValley Road in Marin County, just across the Golden Gate bridge and into the rolling hills outside San Francisco.The amazing creative arts campus is adjacent to Skywalker Ranch, filmmaker George
I’m in San Francisco, just back from a full day tour of George Lucas`Skywalker Ranch. It’s all in aid of promoting Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the animated series, which begins Season Two Oct. 5 on Teletoon in Canada.I’m a guest of Teletoon, one of the networks that caters to children that has seen a