WHY YOU I OUGHTTA…

Angst Alert! Canada in danger!

The CBC, in what appears to be a fit of pique, will curtail some of its TV “product” because the big bad government isn’t giving them more money to waste on programs nobody watches. Pravda-Canada is so put out by its lot in life that it is laying off people and cutting programming. That’ll show us, eh?

Not only will it cut its television programming, but it will axe some radio shows as well. According to the CBC website:

“Canadians can also expect to see more repeats of many prime-time programs, with shorter seasons ordered for ones including:

• The Border.
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
• Being Erica.
• Little Mosque on the Prairie.

The CBC will also reduce spending on new children's programming and cancel the Living programs produced in each region.”

This Hour Has 22 Minutes used to be funny, but isn’t anymore. They try too hard and are only Canadian inasmuch as they have that annoying tendency to be anti-American. As for the other shows, time to jag them in lads and laddettes. I don’t know anyone (and I’m a really popular guy/gal) who watches CBC other than for the news or hockey. And speaking of which:

“In CBC Sports, there will be reductions or cutbacks in coverage of:

• International figure skating.
• CONCACAF Champions League soccer.
• World aquatics.
• World athletics.
• Skiing.

The CBC will also drop its Blue Jays baseball telecasts.”

So the nations of Canada and Quebec will lose their sense of identity because Blue Jays games will be dropped?

Yep, that’ll show us! Keep those cutbacks coming Mother Corp. I’d rather watch Jeopardy anyway.

Oh and BTW, the CBC coverage last night of Earth Hour was hilarious! It was a little embarrassing to watch Ian Hanomansing stumbling about unsuccessfully trying to sell the “world-changing” non-event as if it were New Year’s Eve in Times Square. Meanwhile, reading the twitters scroll across the bottom of the screen was fine entertainment. “I’m waiting to turn my lights off”, wrote one twit at about 8:27PM; he/she couldn’t take the initiative to turn the lights off before CBC told him/her too? That’s so Canadian!