‘Big Bang’ a hit with Canadians
Sit-com is most-watched TV program this side of the border
Times & Transcript
Published Thursday October 13th, 2011
Big Bang is making a lot of noise this year.
That’s the most logical explanation for the phenomenal – and continuing – supernova-like performance of The Big Bang Theory, Canada’s most-watched TV program in the present time continuum. Not just most-watched comedy, or most-watched sci-fi sitcom, but most-watched program. Period.
More than 3.6 million Canadians tuned in last week, placing Big Bang atop the ratings charts – ahead of Survivor, ahead of The Amazing Race, The X Factor, Grey’s Anatomy, CSI and (thankfully) even a […]
Magic is in the air
Fantasy game card players gather for championship
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Published Thursday October 13th, 2011
laura lyall
SAINT JOHN – Fantasy card players in the province are prepping for the ultimate battle.
This year, Saint John’s Gamezilla is hosting the 2011 State and Provincial Championship of Magic: The Gathering in New Brunswick. Gamezilla has hosted the event for the last six years, and the event is currently run by a company of Magic: The Gathering judges.
“It’s a collectible card came, collectible strategy. It’s kind of a cross between poker and Dungeons and Dragons, where you’ve got the fantasy element but the tactics and the thinking […]
Canadian marks milestone of the popular One-Man Star Wars Trilogy
Canadian marks milestone of the popular One-Man Star Wars Trilogy
Published Friday October 14th, 2011
By MIKE DEVLIN
Postmedia News
Charles Ross is feeling the pressure as he nears a major milestone in his career.
Ross is known for his inspired masterwork, One-Man Star Wars Trilogy, which the Victoria resident first performed during the 2002 Toronto Fringe Festival. Thousands of performances later, Ross ranks among the most popular solo performers in the world.
Next year marks the 10th anniversary of OMSWT, an hour-long show in which Ross alone plays the characters from the franchise’s first three films. There isn’t much the 37-year-old Prince George native […]