Good News:CBS is attempting to snag the rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympics from NBC. Bad News: We’re not so sure how we feel about their rebranding strategy, “CSI: Olympics” [Source]
Good News:MOMMA’S BOYS, NBC’s latest stab at reality show success tanked in the ratings. Bad News: Yet still managed to do better than ELI STONE among the highly coveted 18-34 demographic. [Source]
Good News: As a result of the sagging economy, CTV is giving CANADIAN IDOL a rest this season. Bad News: The economy has yet to sag low enough to give host Ben Mulroney a rest. Who will still remain gainfully employed at E!Talk Daily. [Source]
Okay, so Enrico Colantoni wasn’t too specific and let’s face it, didn’t exactly provide what some might consider ‘actual details’ on the highly anticipated (read: dreamed about) VERONICA MARS movie. But everybody’s favorite local sheriff turned private investigator was kind enough time to stop by the tiny slice of real estate that this TV Addict carved out on the red carpet during Friday’s 2008 Gemini Awards (Canada’s Emmy equivalent) to give us an update on the movie.
Simply click play on the above video for Mr. Colantoni’s surprisingly candid answer and be sure to check back tomorrow to find out what Natasha Henstridge had to say about ELI STONE’s sudden cancellation.
Now I know what you’re thinking, “What’s a Gemini?” Well for those of you south of the 49th parallel (read: non-Canadian), the Geminis are Canada’s Emmy equivalent and your very own TV Addict is lucky enough to be in attendance at this evening’s ceremony. So stay tuned for Scoop! Shenae Grimes! And some Seriously Sexy Photo Ops! Or you can watch the show yourself at 8PM on both E! and Showcase.
Okay, so the TV Addict hasn’t exactly become a member of Torchwood. But would you not agree, especially after taking a look at this photo from tonight’s season finale of CBC’s [Canada's Broadcasting Corporation] HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA?, that I would make an awesome addition to Captain Jack’s team?
Now that the American Networks have started to cheap out branch out and look to Canada for affordable quality content, the TV Addict finds himself in a prime position to offer up first looks at some of your future favorite shows. Translation: Watch your back Ausiello!
Courtesy of my CTV sources, here’s a first look at Enrico Colantoni in the new series FLASHPOINT.
Yesterday, theTVaddict.com reader ’scsc’ took this TV Addict to task for not focusing on the “great shows that CBC [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation] has introduced” during the current Writer’s Guild of America Strike. To wit, here’s this TV Addict’s take on one of the CBC’s newest offering.
Far from great, MVP: THE SECRET LIVES OF HOCKEY WIVES is an unoriginal and poorly written mash-up of FOOTBALLERS’ WIVES and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES with a little hockey thrown into the mix. The show not only follows the fictitious Maple Leafs Mustangs as they deal with the exhilarating highs (money, power and fame) and inevitable lows (drugs and the untimely death of their captain) of being professional hockey players, but takes viewers behind-the-scenes to meet the greedy owners, desperate hanger-on-ers and stereotypical puck bunnies that inevitably surround the team.
Luckily for CBC and our hard-earned Canadian tax dollars, the result is a mildly entertaining hour of television that will serve Canadian TV Addict’s well during these dark days known as the “WGA work stoppage”. Score one for the CBC!
Last night, the unthinkable happened. My PVR didn’t record the end of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2. Who won the talent show? Was there a happy ending? Did Troy and Gabrielle finally kiss? So many questions left unanswered. With the most important question being — how could Canada’s so-called FAMILY CHANNEL do this to us?
Now I know what you’re thinking [aside from the TV Addict is way too old to be watching the Family Channel!]. Shouldn’t a seasoned TV Addict such as myself always set the PVR to record a few minutes later — just in case the network pulls the inevitable ‘AMERICAN IDOL,’ extending the show six minutes long? Well, yes and no. When it comes to the major networks, I’m used to tinkering slightly with the start and end times of my PVR recordings to ensure that I don’t miss those pivotal final moments of LOST. Unfortunately, it never occurred to me that THE FAMILY CHANNEL would stoop to such levels. Surely the channel with ‘family’ in the title must have known that parents wanted to record HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 [in its entirety] so that their kids could watch it over and over and over and over again.
Which leads me to the inevitable question. Was toying with the end time simply a brilliant move to ensure viewers tuned into the continuous encore presentations of the movie? If so, the plan worked. If you find yourself in the same boat as the TV Addict, you can catch an encore presentation of HSM2 tomorrow [Sunday August 19] at 12 noon. Just remember — if you actually want to see how the movie ends, be sure to set your PVR, DVR or VCR for at least fifteen minutes later than the stated end time.
A while back, theTVaddict.com announced that the HEROES WORLD TOUR was set to land in Toronto this August 31. Now, thanks to our friends at Global TV, we can reveal which HEROES will making the trek up to the Great White North. Expected to attend are:
ZACHARY QUINTO (SYLAR)
JAMES KYSON LEE (ANDO)
NOAH GRAY-CABEY (MICAH)
AND NEWEST CAST MEMBER, DANIA RAMIREZ (MAYA)
The event, which will kick of at 12 noon at Yonge-Dundas Square on August 31 will be hosted by ET Canada’s Rick Campanelli and will feature an upfront
Q & A with the cast. Fans can submit their questions by heading on over to globaltv.com.
And just in case you were wondering, yes, the TV Addict himself will be on hand to report live in an effort to provide fellow HEROES addicts with the best coverage on the web.
Starting this evening at 10PM, our American friends will begin enjoying the third season of WEEDS on Showtime. While myself and fellow Canadian TV Addicts will have to wait until OCTOBER 2007 for the same privilege.
As a result of your lack of scheduling savvy, Canadian fans of WEEDS will be forced to avoid some of our favorite television web sites, blogs and message boards. All in an effort to ensure that the show isn’t spoiled for us whenever you get around to airing it.
How on earth can you continue to justify — especially in this modern era of digital distribution and online television — delaying a highly anticipated series for three months? Do you not grasp the fact that in the long run you’re only hurting your own network? Do you not realize that thousands of fans will simply take it upon themselves to watch the show online, thus lowering your ratings and eventually your bottom line?
Canadians will no longer stand for this ridiculous delay in airing American programming. Isn’t it time you started living up to your own network’s slogan? Television without borders, I think not.
Agree with the TV Addict? Let your voice be heard. Email Showcase at showcase.submissions@allianceatlantis.com. If you’re busy, feel free to copy and paste the above letter!
Global Television today confirmed an agreement with Mark Burnett Productions to produce a Canadian version of the popular quiz show, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER?. Five homegrown editions of the primetime hit will be taped on-location in Toronto, in October 2007.
Produced expressly for Global Television by Insight Productions, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A CANADIAN 5TH GRADER? will be broadcast exclusively here at home.
Airing this fall, the Global Original Series will introduce an all-Canadian batch of 5th Grade panellists, along with a new celebrity Host to stump the class, and the country – all for a chance at up to a million dollars in prize money. Read the rest of this entry »
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