CBC hopes to build on the modest but steady programming gains this year with two new shows set to bow in January of 2009.The Session stars Alberta-native Erin Karpluk (Godiva’s, Bionic Woman) as a woman who, with the help of her magical therapist (Michael Riley from This Is Wonderland), goes back in time to relive
That scamarama in Ottawa this week aimed at stealing more cable fees out of your pocket took up all of today’s discussion with CHML‘s Hamilton Talk Radio host Scott Thompson. You can listen to the rant here.Bottom line, Rogers and other Canadian cable and satellite providers have run out of bright shiny objects to flash
For those of you who are regular visitors to this blog, you are likely already acquainted with Sherri Wood. The former Toronto Sun club and concert supernova passed away last month after a courageous battle with brain cancer. Today would have been her 29th birthday.To celebrate her memory and spirit, as well as nudge along
I’ll be on CHCH’s Live @ 5:30 today (at, yes, 5:30) with Mark Hebscher and Donna Skelly to address the whole HBO into Canada debate currently wasting air up in Ottawa. The CRTC has been asked by the Canadian cable and satellite providers to allow them to offer HBO, Showtime, ESPN, Nickelodeon and other “forbidden
Like Michael Buble, The 2008 Junos had jump. CTV scored with their Sunday night Canadian music awards broadcast, drawing an average minute audience of 1,381,000 million viewers according to BBM NMR overnight estimates. In the seven years CTV has carried the event, that ranks second to the 2.18 million who tuned in in 2003 when
Viewers could be forgiven if they thought they had tuned in to Canadian Idol instead of The Juno Awards last night. All those nasty, unkempt indie bands like Arcade Fire were kept well away from the stage. Everything was neat and tidy, middle of the road to maximise the appeal to the biggest-possible Sunday night
The Farce was with the entire studio audience last night as CBC’s Air Farce Live signed off with their 15th season finale. Eleven more episodes next fall and the troupe will pack their sets, wigs and wardrobe trunks and shuffle off to TV history.The hour-long show ended with an extended and heartening standing ovation for
Tonight marks the season finale of Air Farce Live (CBC, 8 p.m.). The hour-long special will be a little more special tonight given the surprise announcement this week that the series is bowing out next New Year’s Eve after one more half season of 11 more episodes.I’ll be in the bleachers tonight and expect to