Seth Rogan kind of nailed it Sunday night at the 73rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. “There are way too many of us in this room,” he said early in the three-hour and 15 minute (and seemed longer) broadcast. As he pointed out, it was supposed to be an outdoor event. Why was there a roof
In some ways, Ken Burns takes on his toughest opponent with “Muhammad Ali.” His four-part, eight-hour documentary series about the late, great heavyweight champion and civil rights icon premieres Sunday and airs over four nights through September 22 on PBS. It is, in Burns’ words, a documentary that is “soup to nuts comprehensive in terms
Tonight, Global lays down the law — Family Law (9 p.m. ET/PT). The hour-long legal drama stars Jewel Staite as lawyer Abigail Bianchi who barely holds onto her briefs after a disasterous court appearance. Suffice to say one should never show up late to defend a client after a boozy all-nighter. After being all but
Normally, the Television Critics Association, of which I am a member, holds its annual TCA Awards in early August.The last two years the awards have been delayed and devoid of a live, in-person gala, due to pandemic safety concerns — which wins the award for Least Damaging Thing to Happen Due to COVID. Announcing the
“I can’t stand stuck-up bodies of water. It’s like, get over yourself, Lake Superior.” In 2018, in one of his last high profile TV efforts, Norm Macdonald had Jane Fonda read that joke on Norm Macdonald Has a Show. The 10-episode Netflix series was so stripped down it was barely more than a podcast, but
You had to feel for Nicole Power. The Middle Cove, Nfld., native was singled out early in the run of Kim’s Convenience by none other than the series’ executive producer, Ivan Fecan. The Canadian television industry veteran quickly saw her as somebody to build a show around. A long-range plan to do just that was
Murdoch Mysteries returns tonight for a 15th season — not bad for a series cancelled 10 seasons ago. Citytv felt there was no mysteries left to solve when they announced that they were ditching the series after five seasons in 2011. CBC swooped in immediately and cut a deal with production company Shaftesbury to extend
Twenty years ago today, the world changed with the 9/11 attacks on America. It was a privilege to help mark the occasion today in The Toronto Star with a report on how Canada’s national news anchors calmly and under trying circumstances delivered the story to a shaken nation. The Star report is a comprehensive, ad-free