I was more skeptical than Yosemite Sam on a riverboat when I heard the recently launched streaming service HBO Max was offering a new generation of Warner Bros. cartoons. Having grown up on a steady diet of original, theatrical Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, a staple of children’s viewing on television in the ’60s and
“My Generation” isn’t new. I saw it two or three years ago on a British Airways flight from London and ever since expected it to pop up on Amazon or Netflix. Instead it finally lands on documentary Channel, where I screened it on demand over the weekend. What the Netflix doc “Laurel Canyon” does for
On Thursday, my backyard was turned into an impromptu TV studio. It was all for a good cause, however, as I was asked to help pay homage to the late, great Elwy Yost. Yost and his over-sized noggin never wore out their welcome on TV screens throughout Ontario back in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s.
Happy to announce that, starting immediately, brioux.tv: the podcast can be listened to on Spotify. The popular digital music service, which boasts close to 300 million worldwide users, is also a top podcast destination. This puts all nine episodes of the podcast — including this month’s candid conversation with multi-talented Coroner co-star Roger Cross —
It’s a very simple recipe: take a celebrity. Put them in the kitchen. Add a remote chef. Stir interested. It’s been tried a lot lately, especially during these times of shooting around social distancing. There are YouTube channels featuring the likes of Paris Hilton and even Kiefer Sutherland pulling meals together while cameras roll. You
On Monday, the new Comcast-owned streaming service known as Peacock landed on the virtual TCA CTAM press tour schedule. The brand new service is not offered in Canada yet, but Corus made a deal to offer some of its programming on Global, W, Showcase and other Corus-owned platforms. Two new shows Corus should find room
Add August to the months during which The Toronto Maple Leafs can’t win a playoff series. After hitting the draft lottery motherload in 2015 and 2016 and signing free agent John Tavaris, the Leafs have not won a single NHL playoff round. All that promise four years ago — the right coach, the right GM,
There have been Canadian versions of The Amazing Race, Big Brother, American Idol and WipeOut. Even Deal or No Deal and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire got (brief) Canadian spins. The one big reality competition show that has never been tried on Canadian soil is Survivor. Nahanni River of Forgiveness (premiering Sunday, August 9