“Cancelled?? Whaaat??” Just last month, CTV was bragging it had the “No. 1 new series of the season” with Missing, which hit a high of 1.8 million Canadian viewers in April. Now Missing, along with many other U.S.network shows, are not just missing but finished. The Ashey Judd drama was cancelled along with almost two
“Screw Wheel and Jeopardy–we’ve got the Cup!” Hey–good news! CBC apparently found millions of dollars!That was the impression at Thursday’s “Dancing Past the Budget Cuts with the Stars” 2012-13 Launchapalooza at the public network’s downtown Toronto broadcast centre.The extravagant happening began around noon in a cavernous 10th floor sound stage. That’s one big advantage CBC has over
Air Farce fans expecting a night of comedy from Luba, Simply Luba are in for a dramatic surprise.Luba Goy’s one woman show opened Wednesday at the Berkeley Street Theatre in Toronto and runs though May 26.I went to the sold out opener expecting more shtick, more of a Carrie Fisher “Wishful Drinking” kind of celebrity
Meriwether (right) with showrunners Jake Kasdan and Peter Chernin New Girl started strong when it began last fall, with adorkable Zooey Deschanel becoming everybody’s instant crush. Ratings have sliped a bit in the States, but seem to be holding steady in Canada heading into tonight’s season finale (9/8c on Fox and City).For me the reason
I’ve seen the Luba Goy one woman show before and it is hilarious. Luba wasn’t on stage, she was showing off art in her house and holding court during a delightful interview on the Danforth. Nonetheless, any occasion with Luba is a one woman show. Her true life stories are funny and fascinating and you
‘CHers Kate Carnegie and Adam Atkinson are Na’vi going to live this down UPDATED: Hats off to CHCH for beating the big guys to Avatar. On Sunday, the Hamilton, Ont. superstation had the broadcast premiere of the biggest moneymaker of all time. The movie drew an overnight, estimated 222,000 viewers to ‘CH Sunday night, more
Sliced and diced CBC: turning up the heat “What we do with television in the next few decades, and what television does with us, will be one of the four or five chief factors in the shaping of the Canadian mind and soul.” A quote from the Toronto Star’s current “Network” blog? A pronouncement from
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson wanted to know all about this new and improved Gemini-Genie Award-O-Rama merger thingy.Now, Scott knows asking me about awards shows, especially Canadian award shows, is like lighting a fuse. I’ve long been a critic of the current Gemini scam set up, which is all about tricking producers and talent into