All things must pass, as George Harrison once said. Which brings us to the fifth and final season of Son of a Critch, the CBC sitcom based on the early life of Mark Critch (This Hour Has 22 Minutes). Last June as production wrapped I met with the four main castmates from the series —
Gloria Steinem was always more of a feminist icon than a TV personality. Still, her appearance at a memorable Television Critics Association press tour gathering in July of 2011 packed a Beverly Hilton ballroom. The social movement advocate, who passed away Sept. 2 at 92, was at TCA to promote Gloria: In Her Own Words,
If you saw Season Three of Shrinking on AppleTV, you probably got a kick out of seeing Michael J. Fox return to regular series television. Fox plays Gerry, a Parkinson’s patient Harrison’s shrink character Dr. Paul Rhoades meets at an appointment. In a release Tuesday it was explained that the “candor and chemistry” between the
I want to believe in the revised AppleTV series Ted Lasso. Four episodes in, I’m still going on faith. There are, however, some positive signs. Expectations are admittedly huge for this new variation of this Emmy Award-winning series, which soared in its initial run of three seasons. It became the show out of COVID where
Question: if you lose Jelly Roll, have you lost a huge chunk of American voters? The country music singer-rapper, who collected three Grammy Awards earlier this year, completed his fourth and final appearance Thursday as guest host of Jimmy Kimmel Live. This is the second summer in a row he’s been tapped to work the
Dolly Parton was such a welcome part of all of our lifetimes, no matter how old or young you are, that the announcement of her passing Tuesday at 80 feels like a death in the family. I will never forget meeting her in person at a well-known Los Angeles restaurant. Yamashiro Hollywood, located in the
The Television Critics Association, of which I am a long time member, has named the Crave drama Heated Rivalry and AppleTV’s Widow’s Bay as among the best shows of the past season. Heated Rivalry, also seen stateside on HBO Max, won for Program of the Year at the 42nd annual TCA Awards. (See an acceptance
Maybe AI can be an instrument of good if only it will become how children are portrayed in the future on TV or in movies. While no official cause has been announced, news Monday of the death of Hayden Panettiere within days of her 37th birthday seems linked to her constant life before cameras. While