Funny business, this television. Almost daily, networks on both sides of the border are crying the blues about “business model being broken” and how the ad market has cratered. Days before CRTC license rulings, Global and CTV can’t sell those weak sister stations they paid billions for a few years ago fast enough. To paraphrase
Are you going to watch Jimmy Fallon tonight? The former SNL Weekend Update anchor launches Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at 12:35 a.m. on NBC and A. With Conan O’Brien having vacated this slot two weeks ago, Fallon now has just a few months to establish a following before O’Brien steals his thunder again, taking
If the voice narrating Shelley Saywell’s disturbing documentary Running Guns: A Journey Into The Small Arms Trade sounds familiar, it should. It belongs to Kiefer Sutherland, television’s freedom fighting vigilante, Jack Bauer.The 24 star was in Africa last summer shooting 24: Redemption, the two-hour TV-movie which aired last November, when he was contacted by Toronto-born
For the first time, Being Erica has slipped below the “More People Live in Brampton” threshold. Only 419,000 watched Wednesday night across Canada, another new low for the series. (The 2006 census pegged Brampton’s population at 433,806.)Worse, only 176,000 of those viewers were in the 25-54-year-old range.The rookie CBC fantasy drama has shed more than
What’s an ION? It used to be called the PAX network, showing reruns of peace loving shows like Touched By An Angel and Highway to Heaven. Soon, the U.S. cable network will be home to two gun-toting Canadian made productions: CBC’s The Border and Global’s The Guard.It’s taken a while for The Border to land
House is the one thing keeping the House that Izzy built in business. A new episode of the Fox import drew nearly 2.5 million Monday at 8, a nice robust score for the financially troubled Canwest network. Global’s Monday take included a strong return on 24 (1,243,000) and another weak outing at 10 for Heroes
Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion steals the show as The Rick Mercer Report returns tonight with the first new episode in three weeks. Her honor is 88 and can still kick Rick’s ass on- or off-the ice, in the gym or even in the (bowling) alley as she demonstrates in the fun episode.No wonder she’s ruled
Did hard times play a factor in Sunday’s Oscar bounce? Despite the lack of blockbuster contenders and a rookie host, ratings for the Academy Awards was up on both sides of the border. Good news (finally), broadcasters. Seems people are doing what they do when times are tough–staying home and watching television.In Canada, The 81st