Twenty years ago, when I was still a fairly new recruit as The Toronto Sun’s TV columnist, I wrote about my childhood hero — Kiddo the Clown. The name will mean little to anyone reading this who is not in their sixties, but Kiddo, played by a man named Trevor Evans, was the biggest star
You never read stories about them. They’re rarely trending on social media. Still, two million (mostly older) Canadians a week are still watching hour-long dramas or half-hour sitcom imports on old-fashioned broadcast television stations. The Good Doctor wins most week’s CTV simulcasts a new episode of the series. The fact 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lonestar land
Housing markets are heating up once again, and the trend is clear: people are fleeing big cities and migrating to small towns and rural areas. Hey, if we’re going to be isolated at home, give us those wide-open spaces. Heritage properties, such as farmhouses, are suddenly among the most sought after homes. Helping to restore
Some quick impressions from Sunday nights broadcast of the 78th Annual Golden Globes on NBC and CTV: The split-screen sight gag, above, was the one memorable moment from the opening monologue delivered by bi-coastal hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. The effect must have cost an arm and a leg. I honestly didn’t think CBC’s
Keep checking back as this calendar will be updated all month long. MON/MAR 1 Debris (NBC). The series, which stars Jonathan Tucker and Riann Steele, centers on two agents from two different continents who must work together to investigate when an alien spacecraft smacks into Earth and has mysterious effects on mankind. From Fringe executive
The Golden Globes has long been dismissed as a Fake Awards show, run by an elite mob of elusive hacks who give statues out to the highest bidders. That hasn’t stopped viewers from tuning in each year — in fact, The Globes viewership has stayed steady while Oscar and Emmy viewership has seen steep declines
“Imitation is the sincerest form of television.” Fred Allen said it back in the 1950s. The great radio wit was already fed up with remakes. For every I Love Lucy there were already a dozen imitations. Now we are well into another re-booting revival. Just this week it was confirmed by the new streaming service
Take a look at the trailer for the new Disney+ reboot series The Might Ducks: Game Changers (starts streaming March 26). Recognize anybody? Sure, that’s Emilio Estevez, back 25 years after the third “Mighty Ducks” movie as former coach Gordon Bombay. And, yes, Lauren Graham from Gilmore Girls is front and centre this time as