Would they come roaring back?That was the question network programmers have been nervously asking themselves ever since the writers strike derailed all scripted programming this winter. Network TV had already been in a nosedive over the past year or so, especially after March and April, 2007, when a steep decline in ratings across the board
Sunday’s Night Of Too Many Stars (‘An Overbooked Benefit for Autism Education”) had not too many laughs. The opening was shockingly inept, with camera missing cues and performers missing marks. Didn’t anybody get the memo about rehearsals? Ben Stiller’s entrance was all off camera. Rosie O’Donnell in particular did nothing to put out the flames
Have you seen this spacey little ad? It’s for Clearblue, a digital home pregnancy test which shows a stream of liquid hitting the stick as the narrator declares it “the most advanced piece of technology you will ever pee on.”Or, at least, that’s what it did say. Caught this ad tonight on a Buffalo station
Maybe I jumped the gun with that last post. Tonight’s was the weirdest Coach’s Corner ever. Grapes seemed a little touchier than usual, shoving MacLean’s hand over at one point to show him who’s boss of the desk, still peeved about something Kelly Hrudey had said the game before.The weird part came at the end
Despite the garage-sale-giddy jackets and collars, I’ve always been a big Don Cherry fan. Grapes saves his most outlandish outfits for playoff time and this April is no exception. To paraphrase the old Milton Berle line, he’s sold more HD sets with his suits than anyone else on television. When Coach’s Corner came on Saturday
First Air Farce Live, now Corner Gas is calling it quits. Creator, producer, writer and star Brent Butt announced today that he is pulling the plug on Canada’s top-rated comedy at the end of next season, the series’s sixth. Work on the final 19 episodes will commence May 15 in Rouleau (not fictional Dog River),
Here’s the best local news clip ever, as stumbled upon over at screenwriter Jim Henshaw‘s enlightening blog The Legion Of Decency: That was Global News’ Rob Leth who performed that perfect 360 cartwheel in Riverdale Park, Toronto, about a month ago. A spokesperson at Global says the clip never aired, but it somehow got posted