While I’m down at the TCA press tour this week and next, I’m filing daily reports for my pal Amber Dowling over at TV Guide.ca. My first post for the “e” Guide is on the Spike TV stunt show Jesse James is a Dead Man. James is one tough hombre. I’ve interviewed him in the
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. —Will Ferrell is taking his act to Broadway with You’re Welcome America! A Final Night With George Bush. The one man show will air as an HBO special March 14 on HBO Canada.It gives Ferrell, who goofed on Bush for years on Saturday Night Live, one last chance to “send this character
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. –It was just announced that Patrick Swayze, expected at press tour this morning to promote the new A&E series The Beast, just checked himself into the hospital.The executive producers and co-stars of the cable drama, who carried on with the session, say the first 12-episode season has been shot and is in
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. –PBS opened this month’s press tour, but NBC grabbed the headlines. Not that the peacock network will welcome this kind of publicity. Law & Order: SVU star Richard Belzer, who was appearing before critics yesterday at a panel to promote an upcoming PBS salute to George Carlin, ripped his NBC bosses. He
The Canadian Junior Men’s team hockey victory at the World Junior Championships drew a whopping 3,692,000 viewers Monday night, blasting TSN to the top of the Canadian ratings.Rubbed out along the boards was the much-heralded debut of CBC’s Being Erica. Only 575,000 tuned in and only 201,000 25-54-year-olds, both less than The Border–already done for
The industry tabloid TelevisionWeek has just released its latest Winter Critics Poll results, with AMC’s Mad Men topping the list of favorite shows. The Emmy winner for Best Drama was the first basic cable show to score the top spot with critics. Get the rest of the best here.True Blood was named the Best New
It took a few days longer to count–the number was that high.An estimated 1,523,000 viewers across Canada tuned in New Year’s Eve to catch the final episode of the Royal Canadian Air Farce. That makes it the CBC’s single biggest entertainment programming draw of the season. It was the highest-rated program on any network in