E Network comes to Canada....
Spent most of the day in Toronto at the big Global Fall launch party where they announce the new fall schedule. Aside from the free food and drink you get at the party/shmoozfest thing thats held after the shindig at Massy Hall, I'm not exactly sure why I keep going to this thing every year. I guess maybe, it's kinda cool to see people like Ryan Seacrest or some of the actors from the show Hero's that were there today, but mostly I always leave these types of events with the feeling that I don't really even belong there. What I do in latenight and have been doing for years is almost completely unnoticed and seemingly unimportant to most of the folks at the network. Not that it should be I guess, but I'm really only reminded of that when I go to some big Network event like the one today.
When you are making a nobudget little show and producing it independently and airing it in latenight, trust me, it's not exactly that big a deal to the folks who have sunk millions into the production of a handful of other shows with the hopes that ratings end up being good and advertisers keep advertising and bringing the money in. The competition between the networks here in Canada these days is serious bussiness. A goofy little show like mine, just isn't that big a deal!
The folks at Global have always been pretty good to me and knowing that I will get to keep experimentng and pluggin away in latenight this fall is awesome. It will continue to be a strugle to produce a weekly television show without a budget to work with or any of the hype and media push a network produced series gets but considering what I've gone through to get to this point, how can I not be happy just being where I am today. The announcement that Global has bought and will be rebranding their CH stations as the E Network this fall is actually pretty amazing for me. Some exciting new opportunities look like they are headed my way but you never really know for sure with these things.
As uncomfortable and kind of awkward as a day like this can be for your ol pal Digs, compared to where I was just a couple of years ago, I probably should be feeling like I'm on top of the world. I have my second season of "IN THE CAN with JR DIGS" going on the air this coming weekend and all new episodes of "Another Crappy Canadian Latenight talkshow" scheduled to go on the air this fall!
That being said, I should get back to work now. I just blew off most of the day and when you are one of only a couple of guys making a network television show, it's not like their is anyone else to get all this work done this week.
I'm livin the dream!!!!!
When you are making a nobudget little show and producing it independently and airing it in latenight, trust me, it's not exactly that big a deal to the folks who have sunk millions into the production of a handful of other shows with the hopes that ratings end up being good and advertisers keep advertising and bringing the money in. The competition between the networks here in Canada these days is serious bussiness. A goofy little show like mine, just isn't that big a deal!
The folks at Global have always been pretty good to me and knowing that I will get to keep experimentng and pluggin away in latenight this fall is awesome. It will continue to be a strugle to produce a weekly television show without a budget to work with or any of the hype and media push a network produced series gets but considering what I've gone through to get to this point, how can I not be happy just being where I am today. The announcement that Global has bought and will be rebranding their CH stations as the E Network this fall is actually pretty amazing for me. Some exciting new opportunities look like they are headed my way but you never really know for sure with these things.
As uncomfortable and kind of awkward as a day like this can be for your ol pal Digs, compared to where I was just a couple of years ago, I probably should be feeling like I'm on top of the world. I have my second season of "IN THE CAN with JR DIGS" going on the air this coming weekend and all new episodes of "Another Crappy Canadian Latenight talkshow" scheduled to go on the air this fall!
That being said, I should get back to work now. I just blew off most of the day and when you are one of only a couple of guys making a network television show, it's not like their is anyone else to get all this work done this week.
I'm livin the dream!!!!!
posted by JR DIGS
at 5:11 PM
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