| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
SFrank85
Joined: 03 Mar 2007
Posts: 2269
  
votes: 4
Location: Toronto - Scarborough Southwest
|
 Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
| Darth Vader wrote: | | George S.....I am pretty sure the guy is a fruit and thats how he got the job. |
Define fruit.
Remember the reporter asked Harper the question on what type of a fruit he would be during the last election campaign? |
|
|
|
 |
|
| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:41 pm Post subject: |
|
|
frank wrote
| Quote: | | I heard he only get about 90,000 viewers a night, yet he is still on the air. |
What amount would be good? |
|
|
|
|
ezbeatz
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Posts: 1140
votes: 10
Location: Vaughan, ON
|
| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Rusty Bedsprings wrote: | frank wrote
| Quote: | | I heard he only get about 90,000 viewers a night, yet he is still on the air. |
What amount would be good? |
CTV cancels shows that half less than a million viewers. 500,000 is considered bad, 250,000 is really bad and 90,000 is embarrassing. |
|
|
|
|
Mac
Joined: 02 Sep 2006
Posts: 5500
votes: 35
Location: John Baird's riding...
|
| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| ezbeatz wrote: | | CTV cancels shows that half less than a million viewers. 500,000 is considered bad, 250,000 is really bad and 90,000 is embarrassing. |
I wonder how many of those 90K are in Toronto? :wink:
-Mac |
|
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Think about this for a second... George S. gets first class (famous) people on his show. Now those people alone would get about half a million viewers, so people must be not tuneing in just because of George. |
|
|
|
|
ezbeatz
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Posts: 1140
votes: 10
Location: Vaughan, ON
|
| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:05 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Mac wrote: | | ezbeatz wrote: | | CTV cancels shows that half less than a million viewers. 500,000 is considered bad, 250,000 is really bad and 90,000 is embarrassing. |
I wonder how many of those 90K are in Toronto? :wink:
-Mac |
UofT student body ~50,000
York student body ~50,000
Ryerson student body ~20,000
That's 120,000. Obviously 30,000 are too stoned, hung over, or lazy to watch Strombo. |
|
|
|
|
mrsocko
Joined: 29 Oct 2006
Posts: 2453
votes: 8
Location: Southwestern Ontario
|
| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:36 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Quote: | | It's George Stroumboulopoulos who hosts the hour. |
Fish hook!!
and It's spelt Stephanboulopoloulos :lol: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:53 am Post subject: |
|
|
Watching the CBC is as useful an exercise as watching grass grow - though not as entertaining.
I appreciate all the comments on "The Hour". That way I know I am not missing anything worthwhile. |
|
|
|
|
SFrank85
Joined: 03 Mar 2007
Posts: 2269
votes: 4
Location: Toronto - Scarborough Southwest
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:16 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| ezbeatz wrote: | | Mac wrote: | | ezbeatz wrote: | | CTV cancels shows that half less than a million viewers. 500,000 is considered bad, 250,000 is really bad and 90,000 is embarrassing. |
I wonder how many of those 90K are in Toronto? :wink:
-Mac |
UofT student body ~50,000
York student body ~50,000
Ryerson student body ~20,000
That's 120,000. Obviously 30,000 are too stoned, hung over, or lazy to watch Strombo. |
I go to U of T, and I don’t watch, and let me tell you I am not stoned! :wink: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 10:08 pm Post subject: |
|
|
If you're on Facebook join the newly created group "I despise CBC's 'The Hour'"
http://www.facebook.com/group......5961692239
Tell your friends let's get this group going strong, there are too many groups already glorifying this idiot and this puff piece of a so called entertainment and news show. :evil: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 12:19 pm Post subject: |
|
|
The Hour is a cross between a late-night talk show and a left-leaning political satire in the Jon Stewart vein.
Hence, if it was on something like Comedy Central (or Canada's equivalent thereof), then fine. But it's arguably not an appropriate show for a publicly funded crown corporation TV station, imo. Especially when the CBC already has The Rick Mercer Report and other political satire shows (I don't know if "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" or "Royal Canadian Air Farce" are still on the air or not, as I haven't watched them in ages).
If those two shows are still on the air, then the CBC has no less than 4 political satire shows of a left-leaning bent (with the possible exception of Mercer's show). That's really a bit much, imo, and not something that tax payers should have to pay for. |
|
|
|
|
potan
Joined: 30 Jul 2007
Posts: 582
votes: 2
Location: Ontario
|
| Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 8:30 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| A little known show on the religious channel CTS with a bald guy called Michael Coren garners over 200,000 viewers every day. And this show only airs in Ontario and Alberta. |
|
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 3:07 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| potan wrote: | | A little known show on the religious channel CTS with a bald guy called Michael Coren garners over 200,000 viewers every day. And this show only airs in Ontario and Alberta. |
The benefit of even mildly right-leaning shows (like you could argue that Coren's is) is that they have a general lack of competition in Canada, whereas The Hour has to compete with the other left-leaning political satire shows that I named. |
|
|
|
|
potan
Joined: 30 Jul 2007
Posts: 582
votes: 2
Location: Ontario
|
| Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 10:11 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Habsrwfan wrote: | | potan wrote: | | A little known show on the religious channel CTS with a bald guy called Michael Coren garners over 200,000 viewers every day. And this show only airs in Ontario and Alberta. |
The benefit of even mildly right-leaning shows (like you could argue that Coren's is) is that they have a general lack of competition in Canada, whereas The Hour has to compete with the other left-leaning political satire shows that I named. |
I like how you grouped the Hour in with satire. I agree, its satire, nothing of substance. I see real potential for Fox News or some other non-leftist channel to flourish in Canada. Now, only if they could get to privatizing the Communist Broadcasting Corporation. |
|
|
|
|
|
