Say goodnight Gracie Good morning, 2013. The new year brings 80 or so new and returning network shows, and those are just the ones that have been booked into schedules so far. There’s a new button above, right under the “TV Feeds My Family” banner, that will take you to the premiere dates. Thirteen start
Looking for what to watch this New Year’s Eve?Taped in Toronto earlier this month, the 20th annual Air Farce New Year’s Eve special (8 p.m. ET, CBC) goes Stephen Harper Style. A slimmed-down Craig Lauzon goes Gangnan as Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a “Farce Films” sketch. Henderson gives Lauzon a thumbs up as Grapes The
Andy Griffith, Larry Hagman, Ernest Borgnine, Phyllis Diller, Davy Jones, William Windom–the list of great actors, entertainers and filmmakers who have died in the past 12 months seems to get more sobering every year at this time. TCM always creates such a beautiful tribute in their annual “TCM Remembers” videos. The haunting song used this
If you grew up watching TV in the ’60s, you know the phrase, “Thunderbirds are go!” The man behind the British children’s series Thunderbirds, Gerry Anderson, died Boxing Day in England at the age of 83. Anderson’s mix of James Bond adventure and classic marionette puppetry was presented in “Supermarionation,” a made up word that
Frazier Moore of The Associated Press has a lovely tribute to two actors who passed away Christmas Eve: Jack Klugman and Charles Durning. Klugman, 90, and Durning, 89, had hundreds of credits and were two of the greatest character actors ever. Read Moore’s column here. Gene Trindl’s 1971 cover portrait of Klugman (right) with Odd
This glorious Larry Fritz illustration graced the cover of TV Guide for the week of December 24, 1955–exactly 57 years ago today. Back when signals were pulled in from all over on rooftop antennas–for free.Off to Cloverdale to start my shopping. While you are wrapping gifts tonight by the Yule log on the “Fireplace Channel”
Cartoon characters come and go all the time. The Yellow Kid. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Ben Mulroney.Mister Magoo was one of the biggest cartoon stars of the late ’50s and early ’60s. The near-sighted miser was created at the UPA animation studio and was made memorable by Jim Backus, the radio and film actor who
This week on our weekly radio chat, CHML’s Scott Thompson asks if I think the media overreacted to the tragic, senseless shootings in Sandy Hook, Ct. I say no and here’s why: there was no bigger story in the last week and with the murder of so many children, viewers were anxious get get as