Jesse Kohl

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CP24 tops Weather Network during Toronto storm

When snow slowed Toronto to a slippery crawl, residents turned on the tube with weather on the brain

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Global loses with Las Vegas

Sin City series craps out at NBC, falling off the Friday night schedule, while Amne$ia and Canterbury’s Law step up

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Teletoon pushes Littlest Pet

Hasbro’s new pet-themed toys are getting some custom exposure on-air and online

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Women responding to Slice

The guilty pleasure channel is one year old — a happy birthday marked by a 31% jump with its target audience

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Oscars down to 4.4 million viewers

Early numbers for the big night, which featured many sideshows from CTV, slid in Canada, as in the U.S.

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Showcase puts viral touch on Damages

The ads are everywhere, but there’s an interactive side to the show’s promo. For the first time, the channel is looking for friends — evil or not — with a custom Facebook application

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CTV unveils large Oscar plans

Ten hours of coverage planned for Sunday night, with spillover on the cable channels

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Teletoon gets Stoked

Fresh TV has started production on its new 13-ep surfing series Stoked, along with another 13 eps of 6Teen and 26 eps of Total Drama Action, a sequel to Total Drama Island, following orders from Teletoon.

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Citytv moves its news

News, weather and sports arrive an hour earlier in Toronto market and stay an hour longer, as Rogers station jockeys for position with former sister CP24

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VisionTV, CBC push for multicultural audiences

Canada’s multi-faith broadcaster is set to reach out to South Asian viewers on Saturdays, while the country’s pubcaster made its latest installment of Hockey Day in Canada a multilingual affair

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Survey gives top marks to TSN, Discovery

Canadian Media Research’s annual TV survey is out, giving high grades to the sports specialty for its HD programs, and to the science and history channel for overall viewer satisfaction

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Citytv slots My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad

Supermodel series and Pussycat Dolls bumped to make room for game show simulcast with NBC