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The TORONTO STAR’s Chris Zelkovich writes, “In Canada,
the CBC’s ‘Making The Cut’ really isn’t, with ratings almost 25[%] below
expectations. The third episode of the hockey reality series drew only
478,000 viewers, down
almost 100,000 from its debut. Many in the TV business are not surprised
by the disappointing showing of sports reality shows. Sports fans want
live games and reality fans want more of the trumped-up intrigue they've
come to expect from shows like ‘The Apprentice’” (TORONTO STAR).
The L.A. TIMES’ Lee Romney writes, “In what may be a symbolic
gesture, voters next month will decide on a ballot proposition that says
the stadium at Candlestick Point should keep the name Candlestick
Park. But
there's a complication: The San Francisco
49ers, who call the park home, in late September sold the publicly owned
stadium's name to Bay Area-based Monster Cable Products Inc. Signs at
the stadium already have been changed to ‘Monster Park.’
No one knows exactly what the legal impact will be if the proposition
passes” (L.A. TIMES).
The WASHINGTON POST’s Bill Brubaker writes, “With a new sports team coming
to town, the question arises: How many $100,000 to $200,000-a-year luxury
suites does a telecommunications company, law firm or lobbying group
really need -- or can it afford? Some corporate executives already are
expressing a sense of skybox fatigue and say they wonder if current investments
in tickets to entertainment venues are worth the price” (WASHINGTON
POST).
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