From BBM, Canadian Idol is #1 with 1.556 million viewers:
In the news: The Best Years reviews
The show is debuting in the US this week but airs on Global Tuesdays at 10 p.m.
Jacqueline Cutler of the New Jersey Star-Ledger relates to it:
Mom’s TV log: A week’s worth of family viewing
“All too often, teen dramas are too sexy or just laughable. But this one, from “Degrassi” writer Aaron Martin, captivates because it is different and honest. As someone who almost lost my chance because of the dreaded mandatory meal ticket, I related to it. More shocking, my daughter, who won’t have to finagle her way out of said meal ticket, also loved it.”
Rich Heldenfels of the Ohio Beacon Journal isn’t as impressed:
- These aren’t `Best Years’
“If The Best Years was a little better acted, a little more dramatic, a little more carefully thought out — a little more something, then I might have forgiven the many clunks and creaks in the premiere.”
In the news: Canadian Idol voting starts Monday
From CTV.ca:
- Voting starts Monday as performance shows begin
“CTV has one message when for fans with strong ideas on who should be in Canadian Idol’s Top 10: vote now or forever hold your peace.”
In the news: Canada’s Next Top Model contestant ‘too pretty’
Tara Merrin of Sun Media interviews the latest ousted contestant, Gina Guimont:
- ‘Top Model’ a Maxim-type gal
“I got a lot of comments that I was more the type of girl who’s in Maxim, not a top model. I’ll take that,” she says.
In the news: Interview with eliminated Canada’s Next Top Model contestant
From Metro:
- I lost my shot: Gina
“I think what did it was I lost my confidence,†she says. “I took the whole reality bubble that I was in – I took it seriously. The judges have to be critical; if they want to create drama they have to tell it like it is, and I took that all to heart, I totally did. I was my own worst enemy. When you’re doing a glamour shoot you have to have all the confidence in the world. You’ve got to bring it and I didn’t have that.â€