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Jesse Kohl
Record numbers for Super Bowl
The big game peaked at 5.83 million on CTV, and kept fans tuned in until the very last nail-biting minutes. Good news for advertisers, despite the high number of house ads, say buyers
Teletoon gets Stoked
The tooncaster is going after kids 8-12 in French and English with a wish-fulfillment show about tween surfers by busy Toronto prodco Fresh TV
Score ties in with Global
Network news in Ontario now comes with sports highlights from Score Media
Global feels the Love
HBO’s take on Mormon marriage joins schedule, with revived Knight Rider and a Dr. Phil spinoff set for fall
Super Bowl sold out – who’s bought in?
Super Bowl Sunday in Canada is poised to be bigger than ever. CTV sold out of its in-game inventory yesterday, and Playback Daily has some thoughts from those who’ve bought in for the big game
CTV asks fans to ‘Degrassify Yourself’
The net is pushing the teen show’s seventh season with some new user-generated content and mash-up elements online
Corus launches infomercial channel
It slices! It dices! It’s EyesOnTV, now beaming half-hour product demos into more than half a million households in Alberta and B.C.
Citytv sets date for Model
The tenth cycle of America’s Next Top Model is set to premiere next month
TV biz not in jeopardy, says Global’s Williams
The ongoing writers strike in the U.S. is forcing Canadian broadcasters to look at different ways of putting a primetime schedule together, but Canwest’s SVP programming says that as long as casters provide ‘interesting, different television,’ viewers will be there
Corus gears up for CosmoTV launch
Corus has unveiled its online presence and programming plans for next month’s grab for women 18-34
CTV slots Dexter in on Sundays
Following the lead of CBS, and its recent pickup of Mad Men, the network has added the cable series to its mid-season slate, starting in February
Terminator joins Idol on CTV schedule
The network and Space are sharing the TV version of the Terminator franchise, which joins the main network’s grid along with its strike-proof juggernaut American Idol and a new run of Degrassi
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