One of the interesting aspects of Vancouver is the TV situaton there. Being close to the border there are both US and Canadian stations available. However, they protect the market for selling US TV shows into Canada by ensuring that the station switches to the local station with the rights when the show comes on. Therefore, on Monday night the "local" NBC affiliate switched from City TV to Global TV as it moved from "Chuck" to the new "Heroes". What this does mean, though, is that the job of a Canadian TV scheduler must be quite dull, as it mainly covers reading TV Guide to see when the US show is on and flicking the switch.
By the way, if you ever thought that dancing on Strictly Come Dancing was bad, you'll be glad hadn't seen Dancing with the Stars in the US. Last night saw Cloris Leachman (an actress) finally leave in week six. In the UK contest she would have made someone from GMTV look good. Even in the group dance (an old-skool hip-hop dance!) she had to stand at the back as she couldn't take part actively. See here for her taking part: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVmnk6aF_40. However, fair play to her - she is 82!!! What's noticeable compared to the UK is that even this dance gets 5's all round - there's definitely vote inflation in the US!
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