Happy to be back in The Toronto Star today with a story that has nothing to do with television. My hockey playing pal Joe Cini is a teacher with the Dufferin Peel Catholic school board. Until, this season, he’s been the regular goalie on the Valley Hawks of the Brampton Teacher’s league. Joe planned a
Earlier this week, the fourth episode of brioux.tv: The Podcast premiered. It features The Globe and Mail’s outspoken TV critic John Doyle. If you haven’t heard it yet, the hour-long episode can be found here. John has been one of the top voices in TV criticism ever since he began contributing to the Globe’s long-gone
Eb has gone to the big tractor in the sky. The last surviving regular cast member of the ’60s series Green Acres, Tom Lester, passed away Monday in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 81, and had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Lester was best known for playing Eb Dawson on the series. He was the lanky
Canadian scripted series Transplant, Schitt’s Creek and Cardinal were all among the 30 most-watched TV shows in English Canada the week of April 6-12, 2020. With much of the nation isolated at home and in front of their screens, viewership overall was high. All 31 shows on the list (there was a tie for 30th
Better watch Better Call Saul tonight if you want to catch the fifth season finale. The big question heading into the episode is this: is the character played by the Canadian in the cast, Michael Mando, going to be around for the sixth and final season set to air on AMC in 2021? Originally from
Are you’re going batty without baseball? The folks at Rogers have cooked up something they hope you’ll flip over: Tonight, Sportsnet is re-airing Game 5 of the 2015 ALDS, the one where Blue Jays’ slugger Jose Bautista flipped his bat after hitting an unforgettable home run. The exciting Jays playoff game airs at 8 p.m.
This Sunday, April 19 on Fox/Citytv, The Simpsons handed the opening “Couch Gag” segment off to Acme Filmworks animator Michal Socha. Acme is an indie house, utilizing 50 directors from 24 countries working on everything from features to commercials to music videos to apps. Polish director Socha, 38, directed this weekend’s extended opener. Acme has
As TV’s Mister Question Man, I get many queries. All of them are carefully tabulated and filed. Some are even read. Today’s queston comes from a Mr. Joe Thistel of Orange, New Jersey: Dear Mister Question Man. Nobody remembers this show but me — not even my cousins who are mostly older than me. It