Scott Thompson asks, “Can they ever do these things right?” The Global News Radio host was talking about Friends: The Reunion, now streaming on HBO Max in the US and on Crave in Canada. The Hamilton, Ont., based broadcaster had heard all about the cast getting back together after 17 years but, when we spoke
I was not a big fan of Friends. The NBC sitcom ran 10 seasons and 234 episodes from 1994 through 2004. I maybe saw 10 of them, six all the way through. It just wasn’t my jam. I liked the theme song by The Rembrandts, and how they would switch up the visuals in the
More cops and docs and rescuers and masked singers led the list of most-watched broadcast network TV shows in English Canada the week of May 10 to 16. Among the usual suspects in the Top-10, according to Numeris: 9-1-1 (Global) Mon 2,084,000 The Rookie (CTV) Sun 1,966,000 The Good Doctor (CTV) Mon 1,862,000 9-1-1: Lone
Here’s what I find offensive about all the Ron MacLean bashing today on Twitter: all the piling on and knee-jerk ageism. MacLean is being trolled with “time to go” cracks and photos of Grandpa Simpson. The outrage is over a jab the Hockey Night in Canada host aimed Tuesday night at analyst Kevin Bieksa. The
In the new Fox reality competition series Crime Scene Kitchen, the one who seems to be making out like a bandit is host Joel McHale. How does Mister Hipster Ironic get away with being above it all and dismissive and also host a network baking reality show? Is this really how you follow a brilliant
Mike Tyson: The Knockout (ABC) is the ultimate celebrity profile roller coaster ride. Seldom has such a polarizing personality been so at the centre of the American Dream. Tuesday’s first episode deals with Tyson’s remarkable transition from bullied kid to “The Baddest Man on the Planet.” Among those interviewed are former trainers Bobby Stewart and Teddy
If you’re looking for something on television to get you through the long weekend, here are three recent shows I’m currently sampling. The first is brand new today: 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything (AppleTV+) is an eight-episode music documentary about, well, basically the year when the music changed everything for me. I still have
Thursday night marks the series finale of Last Man Standing. The sitcom, starring Tim Allen, Nancy Travis and Hector Alizondo, bows out after nine seasons and 194 episodes with a one-hour episode on Fox. Never a runaway smash hit like Allen’s breakout series Home Improvement (1991-99), It nevertheless ran on ABC for six seasons before