It was a privilege to contribute to The Toronto Star’s special coverage of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a story online now and in print on Saturday. The idea began about a month ago with a message from Kevin Newman. Back on September 11, 2001, he was days into his new job
Some follow up on the post earlier this week regarding the original Star Trek boldly going forth two days earlier in Canada than in the united States. September 8 was celebrated on social media as “Star Trek Day” as it marked the 55th anniversary of the series launch on NBC in 1966. A reader of
When you think of Michael Constantine, most of us of a certain age think of him as principal Seymour Kaufman on Room 222 (1969-1974). Constantine, who died Aug. 31 at 94 in his hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania, won a 1970 Best Supporting Emmy for putting the “pal” in principal. Room 222 was one of a
Shaun Majumder says he has never been a huge fan of reality shows. “You know – fake scripted — these dramatic shows that aren’t really dramatic.” When he was offered the job hosting CBC’s sand sculpture reality competition Race Against the Tide, however, it sounded like something he could really dig. The 10-episode series premieres
Set phasers for stunned! Kevin Vahey, an eagle-eyed reader from Cambridge, MA, knows his TV history. He has shared some little known facts here in the past and just sent another red alert. If you’re surfing around social media you may have noticed several postings celebrating today, September 8, as the 55th anniversary of the
After weeks of landing in the No. 2 or 3 spots on Numeris’ list of the Top 30 TV programs in English Canada, Private Eyes finished its summer run in the very top position. Close to 1.4 million Canadians said goodbye to Matt Shade and Angie Everett (Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson) on the final
No doubt viewers will remember Jon Stewart’s impassioned plea before the U.S. congress on behalf of the first responders. These were the people who fearlessly did their jobs at ground zero on those horrible days 20 years ago this September. Now a Canadian-made documentary, shot over five years and chronicling the fight to gain compensation
The term “showrunner” is tossed around a lot today in television. You never really heard it, however, until Steven Bochco came along. Bochco, who cut his teeth writing for ’70s detective shows such as Ironside, Columbo and McMillan & Wife, co-created a string of hits starting in the early 1980s with Hill Street Blues, LA