Should “Gone With The Wind,” “Breakfast at Tiffanys,” “My Fair Lady” and other films long considered classics be mothballed today over questionable content? “Cancel culture” isn’t just targeting Harvey Weinstein or Woody Allen. There is a sudden queasiness to any film or TV show where racism or sexism raises its ugly head. The entire run
What’s the funniest series shot in Canada right now? I’ll nominate The Moodys, which returns to Fox April 1. The comedy, which is in production in Montreal, is returning for a second season in April even though many viewers will not even remember the first. It stars Denis Leary and Elizabeth Perkins as a cranky
Twenty years ago, when I was still a fairly new recruit as The Toronto Sun’s TV columnist, I wrote about my childhood hero — Kiddo the Clown. The name will mean little to anyone reading this who is not in their sixties, but Kiddo, played by a man named Trevor Evans, was the biggest star
You never read stories about them. They’re rarely trending on social media. Still, two million (mostly older) Canadians a week are still watching hour-long dramas or half-hour sitcom imports on old-fashioned broadcast television stations. The Good Doctor wins most week’s CTV simulcasts a new episode of the series. The fact 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lonestar land
Housing markets are heating up once again, and the trend is clear: people are fleeing big cities and migrating to small towns and rural areas. Hey, if we’re going to be isolated at home, give us those wide-open spaces. Heritage properties, such as farmhouses, are suddenly among the most sought after homes. Helping to restore
Some quick impressions from Sunday nights broadcast of the 78th Annual Golden Globes on NBC and CTV: The split-screen sight gag, above, was the one memorable moment from the opening monologue delivered by bi-coastal hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. The effect must have cost an arm and a leg. I honestly didn’t think CBC’s
Keep checking back as this calendar will be updated all month long. MON/MAR 1 Debris (NBC). The series, which stars Jonathan Tucker and Riann Steele, centers on two agents from two different continents who must work together to investigate when an alien spacecraft smacks into Earth and has mysterious effects on mankind. From Fringe executive
Twenty years ago, when I was still a fairly new recruit as The Toronto Sun’s TV columnist, I wrote about my childhood hero — Kiddo the Clown. The name will mean little to anyone reading this who is not in their sixties, but Kiddo, played by a man named Trevor Evans, was the biggest star
“Imitation is the sincerest form of television.” Fred Allen said it back in the 1950s. The great radio wit was already fed up with remakes. For every I Love Lucy there were already a dozen imitations. Now we are well into another re-booting revival. Just this week it was confirmed by the new streaming service
Christopher Plummer, the talented stage and screen star best known for playing opposite Julie Andrews in “The Sound of Music,” died Friday at his home in Connecticut. The cause of death was a blow to the head as the result of a fall. He was 91. He’s the only Canadian so far to have won
It’s getting to the point where I don’t want to even open my phone in the morning in order to avoid seeing who passed away in the night. Talk about Groundhog Day. Every time Wiarton Willie sees his shadow eight more celebrities die. Yesterday came news that Dustin Diamond, who played Screech on Saved by
You type a lot of obits these days when you work the TV beat. This one hits home harder than most — Jim Bawden. It was Bawden’s TV column I read in the Toronto Star back when I was in high school and college. He covered the medium in print for 40 years (including an
I am a little obsessed with a show called The Courtship of Eddie’s Father. That was the reason why, one year ago following a Television Critics Association press tour session, I followed Cicely Tyson out into the hall. Way back in the late ’60s, the distinguished actress was a guest star on an early episode