If you ever watched an episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, or The Cosby Show, or even I Love Lucy, you enjoyed the work of Jay Sandrich. The veteran TV director passed away Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 89. Sandrich, who was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2020, directed many TV all-time
TNT’s outrageous serial drama Claws, starring Niecy Nash as the bad-ass owner of a South Florida nail salon, will return for a fourth and final season Dec. 26 on TNT (and, hopefully, on CTV Drama). Dean Norris (Breaking Bad) plays an over-the-top baddie on the series, with Carrie Preston, Judy Reyes, Karrueche Tran and Jenn
Did you catch Wednesday’s forth season premiere episode of The Conners? The half hour aired live on both the East and West coasts. You can watch it on-demand at CTV.ca. What I liked most about it was all the looks backstage. It was as close to attending a live studio taping as you can get
Early on Wednesday, CBC issued a release declaring that they were Canada’s top choice for election news on Monday. Not so fast, says CTV. A spokesman for the private broadcaster messaged to says that CTV led election coverage for the night among conventional networks. CTV’s coverage, led by anchor Lisa LaFlamme (above) drew 1.1 million
I remember the first time I saw the pilot of the original version of The Wonder Years. It was early in 1988. I was working at TV Guide Canada at the time, and without sounding too much like a narrator on the series, it was one of the best pilots I had ever seen. It
…and not just because, had the Conservatives formed the next government, Erin O’Toole campaigned to defund the public broadcaster’s english TV appropriation. CBC put out a release early Wednesday declaring that they were “Canada’s top source for election news” during Monday evening’s election coverage, drawing more viewers on CBC’s main broadcast network and CBC News
Now that the Canadian federal election is over, how influential was the leader debates heading into the final vote? The total numbers are in, and over 2.5 million Canadians watched the English Leader’s Debate on CTV, CBC and Global on Thursday, Sept. 9. That’s according to the Live+7 ratings data released Tuesday by Numeris. The
Sitcoms usually take a while to hit their stride; sometimes weeks, sometimes months. This was especially true if you go all the way back to the days of Cheers and Mary Tyler Moore. Both were such slow starters they’d likely be canceled today before they had a chance to jell. Even The Office was too