There are so many terrific dramas on TV these days it seems impossible to keep up with them all. One such series is Masters of Sex, back for a third season on Showtime, The Movie Network and Movie Central starting Sunday at 10 p.m. ET. If you’re missing Mad Men, this series might satisfy your ’60s
Are you like me–gripped by Pan Am Games fever? A lot of us would rather take one of those HOV lanes the hell out of town than face the Gardiner over the next two weeks. CBC head of sports programming, Trevor Pilling, believes all the negativity will disappear once the Games get underway. It all
If you absolutely have to know how the Amazing Race Canada Media Challenge went Tuesday, check out the video above. My always thinking reality show expert teammate Murtz Jaffer had us followed all day by his camera pal “Ash.” The results aren’t pretty, and please, for the love of God, do not watch all 26-plus minutes.
Looking for a good summer read? This came out last year but I just got to it last week at the cottage: I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend by Martin Short (HarperCollins 2014). Short has had an amazing life so far. He grew up in Hamilton, Ont., dreaming of showbiz and fascinated by
The Amazing Race Canada sprinted back to television with an overnight, estimated audience of 2.03 million viewers for Wednesday’s Season Three premiere. CTV claims that makes it the most-watched premiere of any series this summer and the No. 1 Canadian premiere of the 2014-15 season. Viewers saw the 12 new teams take off from Quebec
What is there left to say about Bill Cosby? News that, 10 years ago, under testimony in a civil trial, he admitted to drugging women for sex should knock any future endorsements or concert revenues out of that Jello-O tree. Word that Whoopi Goldberg is standing by the man for now seems more about the
I take my hat off to Neil Lumsden. At 62, the CFL Hall of Famer is the oldest competitor in the third season of The Amazing Race Canada, which premieres Wednesday night at 8 p.m. ET on CTV. I interviewed Lumsden and his tall teammate, daughter Kristin, before and during the race. I was fortunate
What are the words to the bilingual version of Canada’s national anthem? This is going to haunt me pendant des annees after Tuesday’s Amazing Race Canada Media Challenge in Toronto. CTV invited 10 teams to race around the city in a mini version of what the real contestants have to endure for 30 days. Season Three