You almost have to send in Naval Special Warfare combat forces to sort out what’s going on with SEAL Team in Canada. Ever since CBS handed the series over to its sister streaming service Paramount+ three Sundays ago, Canadians have been frustrated in their attempts to stick with Season Five beyong the fifth episode. The
Retired publicist pal Bill Vigars reached out from the West Coast this week. He let me know an actor who headlined a hit series in Canada back when I was starting out on the TV beat was in need. Scott Hylands was one of the stars of Night Heat (1985-89), a Gemini Award-winning CTV cop
The pandemic forced many of us into lockdown in 2020. As humans retreated, did other species come out to party? That’s one of the questions raised in “Nature’s Big Year,” a timely and fascinating documentary premiering Friday on The Nature of Things (9pm ET on CBC and CBC Gem). Writer, director and executive producer Christine
Global’s PR department finally dropped the release I’ve been anticipating for weeks now — the “We’re kicking ass” release. “Global jumpstarts the 2021-22 TV season — scoring number one’s across the board,” it begins. The Corus Entertainment network declared itself the home of the No. 1 new and overall series,” CSI: Vegas, the No. 1
For the third week in a row, viewers in English Canada made 9-1-1 their favourite TV series of the week. The imported first responder drama drew 1,865,000 viewers to top the list of 30 most-watched shows October 11-17 among total viewers according to Numeris. It was followed by three other usual suspects imported by Global:
Sometimes a show comes along and critics are stumped. We love it, it’s refreshingly different, but it seems like a bingeable streaming or pay-cable show instead of something on a traditional broadcaster. It isn’t about FBI agents or first responders. It’s on opposite The Bachelorette. It ticks every box in terms of diversification and inclusion.
Here’s news that should leave 007 fans shaken and stirred — “No Time to Die” begins streaming today, November 9, 2021. After several delays due to the worldwide pandemic (it was originally supposed to premiere two years ago in November of 2019), Daniel Craig’s fifth and final turn as “licenced to kill” M16 spy James
Remember Al Pacino shouting “Attica” in “Dog Day Afternoon”? That’s about all anyone remembers 50 years after the deadliest prison riot in America’s history. The actual revolt, the bloodiest in American history, is detailed in the new Showtime documentary “Attica” (also currently streaming on Crave). This is an unblinking look at the upstate 1971 New