Last June at Canwest’s muted upfront for advertisers, programming boss Barb Williams proudly announced a bold move: pulling two of her 10 o’clock imports out of simulcast to try and manage a little more flow to her schedule.Although Canadian programmers are normally loath to give up a simulcast (and all the stray U.S. affiliate eyeballs
There’s something funny about the fact that Larry Gelbart died on Sept. 11. His best work spoke to all that was right and wrong about America, no punches pulled. Gelbart, who died Friday at 81 after a brief battle with cancer, was part of that golden circle of writers who worked on Sid Caesar’s TV
Generally I’m not much of a TIFF guy. I’m still waiting for BIFF (Brampton International Film Festival).It’s not that I have anything against the festival, its just a busy time of year for Mr. TV Feeds My Family, what with all those new fall premieres and all. Nevertheless, I managed to crash a few of
Nearly 1.5 million viewers tuned in for the first episode of The Vampire Diaries Thursday night on CTV. Following Wednesday night’s 1.7+ mil Glee opener on Global, that makes two new fall hits out of the box.Vampire sucked in 1,462,000 viewers in Canada according to BBM overnight PPM estimates. That placed the show third for
There was glee again at Global yesterday as BBM Canada overnight estimates counted 1,735,000 viewers for Wednesday’s season premiere of Glee. That made it the highest rated show of the night in Canada, topping Global’s Wipeout (1,447,000), CTV’s America’s Top Model (1,078,000) and the results show for So You Think You Can Dance Canada (1,053,000).A
At least this judge won’t be accused of sleeping with any of the Idol boy toys.Fox announced late Wednesday that Ellen DeGeneres will be the fourth judge this season on American Idol.“DeGeneres will join the judges’ panel after the auditions,” the release states, “which will feature appearances by guest judges Victoria Beckham, Mary J. Blige,
The talk today on CHML’s Scott Thompson is all about my new favourite toy, The Beatles: Rock Band, which hit stores today. As reported here a few posts ago, it is gear, fab.Some chat too, about the new BBM Canada Personal People Meters that are counting heads as of this month on TV and radio.
Premieres: Tonight (Wednesday)at 9 p.m. (ET) on Fox and GlobalStars: Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Chris Coffer, Dianna Agron, Jessyln GilsigPremise: An idealistic teacher (Morrison) signs up a misfit band of high school singers in an attempt to repeat the glee club glory of his own youth. Against him is the highly