Want to know how to work around geo-blocks in order to access TV shows when surfing the ‘net? I have a piece in today’s Toronto Star which addresses just that. You can read the full story here or, better yet, buy a newspaper!The main end-around answer for Canadian surfers looking to access U.S. sites such
Dave Waldon was a regular at press tour, sat up front during the sessions. Often wore a Cubs cap.News started to trickle in this week that he had died. Marc Berman at Mediweek made note of it online at his Programming Insider column. Other tour friends Anne Bannon and Glenn Garvin also paid tribute to
One thing you will not hear on tonight’s PBS salute to George Carlin is the seven dirty words you can’t say on television. Which is just fine, according to comic’s comic and Law & Order: SVU star Richard Belzer, who spoke with critics about George Carlin: The Mark Twain Prize last month at the TCA
More post-Super Bowl chat this week, including a salute to ol’ smoothies Al Michaels and John Madden. It’s all part of this week’s radio report with CHML’s Scott Thompson. You can listen in here.Have to say it was nice to hear Michaels and Madden so energized about a big game. At 72, coach Madden still
CBC is yanking Being Erica out of Monday nights, and not a moment too soon. The five-week-old fantasy/drama drew a respectable 644,000 Monday at 9, with 285,000 of those viewers being in the 25-54-year-old demo. That’s up against some stiff competition, including Two and a Half Men on CTV (1,800,000/1,078,000) and 24 on Global (1,259,000/634,000).
I screwed up on the latest TV Feeds My Family Poll. I asked if Canadian viewers would miss those U.S. Super Bowl ads. With 93 responses, 70% of you said yes. Besides “yes” and “no,” however, what I should have also provided was a third response: “I didn’t miss them because I saw them–on the
The game was indeed super, especially if you were a Steelers fan. So how super were those Super Bowl numbers? Super in the States, sorta super in Canada.According to BBM/NMR overnight estimates, 3,602,000 tuned in to the game on CTV. Our numbers guys measure the game as occurring between 6:31 and 10:08 p.m. last night,
Tonight marks the 100th episode of House (8 p.m. on Global and Fox). Hugh Laurie and the rest of the stars and producers were trotted out before critics last month in Los Angeles on the press tour, where they promoting the milestone. Wrote about it for both The Canadian Press (read that story here) and