Two weeks ago I was invited to join a few other journalists at a training centre in Etobicoke on a pizza-making mission. Assured we could eat what we made, I readily agreed.The above video captures the results. It’s all part of a new reality series called Be The Boss Canada, premiering June 6 at 9
On the Spun Out set with director Brian Roberts “Twenty bucks to the first person who can name the original bass player with Steely Dan.”The challenge was thrown out by Brian K. Roberts, executive producer and director of the new CTV sitcom Spun Out.Roberts was crossing in front of the bleachers between camera set ups
Hey, anybody remember hockey? The fastest game on earth? Little round disc, guy with loud jackets?Seems if the players aren’t wearing blue and white sweaters with little leaves on them, a lot of us just don’t care. The ratings for the second round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs have been astonishingly low.How low? A
CityNews. The ’90s called, they want their graphics back These folks in television, they wear pretty good poker faces.Rogers president Scott Moore, for example, did not let on he was about to kibosh CityNews when he met with press at an FX Canada breakfast gathering Wednesday morning in Toronto.A statement went out from Moore this
Landgraf at FX’s recent Upfront in New York. Brad Barket/Picture Group Signed up for a TV masterclass Wednesday morning with John Landgraf. The FX President was in Toronto along with FX EVP Eric Schrier, to talk about the cable channel’s latest content upgrade to FX Canada, as well as their ambitious plans back in the
I honestly thought I’d be among the first to jump all over the new, resurrected, fourth season of Arrested Development, which premiered in the wee hours Sunday on Netflix. Haven’t gotten to it yet, and not just because my money’s in the banana stand.This time of year, TV critics get bombarded with screeners. Most are
Damon and Douglas Michael Douglas does a great job of imitating Liberace in Behind the Candelabra (Sunday at 9 p.m. on HBO and HBO Canada). Not just Lee’s nasal-y voice or his flamboyant mannerisms, but at the keyboard. Douglas’ fakes a mean boogie-woogie. The TV-movie does a great job re-creating the excesses of Libaraces Vegas
Was out on the Toronto set of Rookie Blue several months ago and had a nice chat with Gregory Smith. The Toronto-born actor yakked about juggling acting with a directing assignment on the hit Global/ABC series, which returns for a fourth season Thursday night at 9 p.m.This marks two years in a row Smith has