UPDATE: There was an unconfirmed report late Tuesday that plenty was left on the table when the Canadian show buyers started putting away their wallets. Apparently the buyers were very picky, or just sticking to what CTV’s Phil King described heading down as the new financial reality. Some of the imports picked up, we’re hearing,
It’s been years since the Eye Network blinked. Well, pass the Visine. Stand Pat CBS took a hit last season, losing its A18-49 ratings crown to suddenly resurgent (thanks mainly to Sunday Night Football, The Voice and The Blacklist) NBC. Wednesday in New York at Carnegie Hall, CBS CEO Leslie Moonves and programming head Nina
Alex O’Loughlin jumps to Fridays next season on Hawaii FIVE-0 This is the week Canada’s private network programming executives play shop till you drop.Together, they’ll drop between $600- to $800 million picking up American network programming for their 2013-14 schedules.It all happens over a few jam-packed days spent in Los Angeles screening rooms and hotels.
Max Greenfield: Schmidt was in the house It’s “Upfront” Week in Canada, an odd mix of American razzmatazz and Canadian reserve. Rogers’ kicks off a week of these things with their 2012-13 upfront today at Massey Hall in Toronto.In past years, the Canadian nets seemed to be trying to out do each other with pricey venues
Global is teaming with NBC on another one of those cross border crime dramas. The Firm, from Entertainment One (Rookie Blue), is an update of the John Grisham best seller. No cast has been announced yet for the 2011-12 mid-season drama, but it will be shot in Toronto so presumably there`ll be some Canucks. Here`s