Anatomically incorrect

Can you tell I’m a little obsessed with this billboard, directly across from the CBC.ca offices? Well, these things happen when you have 20′ heads staring at you all day.

I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact they are the faces of our competition (I’m told we have a big billboard across the road from their digs too. How petty, and fun! Makes you long for the days of a good ol’ penny press newspaper war!)

I actually love this series of ads, because they really reflect my city, and my country.

Among the things I learned from CTV’s Thursday night lineup:

• 71% of us (5 out of 7) are doctors. The remaining 29% are detectives
• 86% of us (6 out of 7) have blue eyes [and get some coloured contacts, missy, or you’ll never work in this OR again]
• 86% of us (6 out of 7) are beautiful [you in the middle, would it kill you to lose the beard, and a few pounds?]
• 100% of us (7 out of 7) are white
• - 100% of us (7 out of 7) are Americans

So I was more than a little amused to read that CTV goofed up the season premiere of Grey’s Anatomy, airing episode #2 by accident.

(In this photo you can see the dastardly Satellite Feed Thieves using a crane to steal the first episode, taking it off to the secret hiding place where they keep The Scream and episode 3 of The One.)

Millions of people were left high and dry, unable to find out the resolution to last year’s cliffhanger ending (something to do with George’s hair, I believe.)

For those of you who missed out, I’m here to tell you what happened in the premiere:

Spoiler warning! Skip ahead if you want to be surprised!

• A patient was sick with a bizarre illness. It was stranger than something out of P.T. Barnum, but less strange than an illness on House.
• A female doctor was bitchy, and a male one was cocky.
• Someone slept with someone they shouldn’t have. McDreamy and Grey looked at each other in an elevator. There was insipid, dithering romantic angst all round.

There, all caught up.

I’m glad it wasn’t CBC that aired the wrong feed for an hour - Bev Oda would have all our asses this time. Then again, such a slip would be unlikely - we do get most of our shows in-country, after all….

Posted by: Paul Gorbould | 09-25-2006 | 02:09 PM
Posted in: Television