There are many “Moments of Zen“ associated with the tsunami of Michael Jackson coverage on all forms of media over the past week. The above CNN report on prisoners in the Philippines giving props to the King of Pop is cool and inspiring, if a little bizarre. Other viral MJ junk is just that, including
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced today that, for the 2009-2010 season, it is increasing the Local Program Improvement Fund from $68 million to over $100 million (read the full CRTC release here). On a series of local CBC radio stations today, I’ll be advocating that the lion’s share of that money should go
Sunday night at 8 p.m., both Fox and Global will re-broadcast the third season premiere episode of The Simpsons–the one featuring the voice of Michael Jackson.Whether or not Jackson actually voiced the part of Homer’s mental institution mate Leon Kompowsky went unconfirmed for years. It even made it into my book Truth and Rumors: The
There’s nothing like a good party to bring Canadians back in front of their TV screens. The July 1 Canada Day celebration Canada Rocks The Capital drew a combined total of 650,000 viewers Wednesday night (276,000 CBC, 374,000 SRC according to BBM Canada overnight estimates). The bilingual broadcast, which featured Sarah Mclachlan, K’Naan, Mari-Jo Therio
While I’m not exactly living in a pineapple under the sea, I am still up at the very unplugged cottage. So please let me direct your attention to this link to a Canadian Press story I wrote today celebrating the 10th anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants. The cheery yellow sponge is being showcased all month long
Not a happy Canada Day if you are a Canadian broadcaster. A peek at recent ratings show that network numbers have dropped to specialty levels everywhere but at CTV. Some recent examples:CBC’s talent search series Triple Sensation drew just 174,000 Monday night, with only 51,000 in the 25-54-year-old demo. It premiered a week earlier to
My friend Gene Trindl, who passed away four years ago this month at 80, shot more covers for TV Guide than any other photographer–over 200 covers. Gene worked with them all, and as he told me back when we were collaborating on a collection of his celebrity photographs, had a couple of memorable encounters with