Global

Kerry Buck: The power dynamics of the world are shifting rapidly. If Canada doesn’t switch gears soon, it could get left behind

In an interview with Global’s Tom Clark—shortly after the 2:30 mark—Thomas Mulcair hedges just slightly as to whether or not the NDP will mount a response to any forthcoming Conservative ad campaign.

Global takes a look at our scripted Question Period.

From Dawna Friesen’s one-on-one interview with Stephen Harper.

‘Glee’ is kind of like ‘Friday Night Lights’— if choir were more important than football

Dale Smith notes the Prime Minister received a salute from the governor general’s guard at yesterday’s Canada Day festivities. Susan Delacourt points to Global TV, which, via Heritage Minister James Moore, seems to confirm it was at the PM’s request.

Denis McGrath asks the old reliable Magic 8-Ball for its thoughts on the future of the Canadian TV industry.

CTV announced their lineup today — Diane at TV, Eh? has the press release and another press release has the list of shows — and they’re continuing the pattern of shuffling more shows over to their sister “A Channel,” now apparently retitled just “A.” Global has done a similar thing, using their version of E! for all the shows they bought but don’t really want to run. (I couldn’t make it to CTV’s upfront presentation but I’m told that someone actually did use the phrase “A before E, except after CTV.”) This two-tier system isn’t new, but it seems like it’s a little more blatant than it used to be. I know some of it has to do with simulcasting — the two-channel system allows them to broadcast more shows at the same time as the U.S. versions. (Though purely as a viewer, I actually dislike simulcasting because it prevents me from seeing the commercials and network promos the U.S. network is running.) But somehow putting Pushing Daisies on “A” seems to say: “We like you, but we don’t like you that much. Not as much as Without a Trace, anyway.”