CBC EDITS

In order to fine tune the CBC, I think they have to make some immediate changes:

* Get rid of George Stroumboulopoulos; but keep The Hour.

* Show more archival NHL and CFL games.

* Give writer and broadcaster David Gilmour his own show; let him decide what it should be.

* Instead of designating a series as a regular series, make even more as limited runs; this way they can be work-shopped to a degree while actually producing a larger variety of series concepts; which leads to more coverage, therefor more chances of finding larger across-the-board audiences.

* They should try doing a fantasy/sci-fi show; these are cheaper to produce more than ever before -- due to the explosion in electronic visual effects technology -- and this genre is always equipped with a built in audience, increasing the chances of building and exporting a potential cult property. (There is a big joke here: Sydney Newman was a producer at the CBC back in the fifties with the drama department. He ended up in England with the BBC and more or less created Doctor Who. That hurts.)

* And last but not least, and certainly tied in with the above, the CBC must start taking more chances... think outside of the box! (Pardon that overused expression.)

The real caveat to the above is that the CBC has always been an "old boy's club". Until that changes...