Captain’s Log: Stardate: Sept. 8, 1966. The voyages of the Starship Enterprise began–as I was reminded over at TV Worth Watching–exactly 45 years ago today. William Shatner’s mission: to boldly go on forever as a TV icon.Seems to be working out. I reached Shatner on the phone earlier this summer at his ranch in Kentucky
On this week`s podcast with CHML`s Scott Thompson, we talk about the ridiculousness of the Geminis. Wednesday night`s closing gala was dis-spiriting in a whole new way. The host, Russell Peters, seemed to realize he`d made a big career mistake about 15 seconds into his opening monologue. His jokes about the Canadian TV industry quickly
It’s that time of year again–time for all the zany promotional packages to pile up on the front door.A new TV season means more promotional ballyhoo, especially from the folks at Fox. Arriving this week: packages promoting new Fox series Terra Nova and New Girl.Terra Nova is the sci-fi dino-drama executive produced by Steven Spielberg,
J.R. Diggs just won’t give up. The mop-haired dude from Hamilton, Ont., has been aching to be Canada’s next great late night talk show host since he started making TV shows for nickles and dimes around 10 years ago. Of late, on Man with a Van (late Saturday nights around 2 a.m. on Global), he’s
Over 2.1 million Canadians tuned in for Lloyd Robertson’s final newscast an anchor of CTV National News. According to the network, the overnight, estimated, BBM tally of 2,110,000 viewers Thursday was a CTV National News record excluding broadcasts during the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.The one hour documentary special which preceded the newscast–Lloyd Robertson: And That’s
Just as my kids have never known life without The Simpsons, few Canadians have known life without Lloyd Robertson.Canada’s Most Trusted News anchor signs off for the last time tonight on the CTV National News. He’s been a TV newsman since before CTV was on the air, on televison since the mid-’50s.I had the pleasure
On this week’s podcast with CHML’s Scott Thompson, we get into the dreaded DC–Digital Conversion. If you woke up this morning, turned on your set and got snow, you either forget to pay your cable bill or you are officially now an analog castaway. Canada has made the switch. A moment of silence, folks, for
Lord knows I’m not a fan of the Geminis. Too many awards over too many nights devalues the Canadian television industry salute. It seems you just have to be a Gemini–or a Pisces or an Aries or a Leo–to win a Gemini.Case in point: at Wednesday’s night two of three Gemini ticket sales opportunities, George