Last week the public broadcaster (that takes advertising on its television networks) responded to falling ad revenues by cancelling two domestic series (one of which, the long-running "Fashion File," aired for many years on E! and sister channel Style Network here)--the federal "heritage minister" criticized the network for "paying too much" for the long-running U.S. game shows, which moved to the CBC this past fall after many years on the private rival CTV:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i01058b4cfb433376da991e4e3abb505a "Wheel of Fortune" airs weekday afternoons at 5:30 p.m. and "Jeopardy!" weeknights at 7:30 p.m. local time--if after 6 p.m. is broadly considered as "prime time," it is the only U.S. show on the CBC schedule--prime time from 8 to 10 is either home-grown shows or shows from the UK, with the "National" newscast at 10 p.m. and George I-Can't-Spell-His-Name's talk show "The Hour" at 11 p.m. The only other U.S. shows on the weekday schedule are Martha Stewart and "Simpsons" reruns (and the UK soap "Coronation Street" airs weeknights at 7 p.m.). Even the heavily-inserted-with-CanCon version of "Sesame Street" is off the air on the CBC now. Methinks the minister protesteth too much. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
