At this time of year, Canadian broadcasters have traditionally ramped up the ballyhoo with breathless releases about all the fabulous new shows they’re importing for the coming season. The phrases most often used to achieve this are “most talked-about acquisition,” and, wait for it, “buzzworthy.” On Wednesday in Toronto at Corus Entertainment’s first post-COVID in-person
Despite mixed (to be generous) reviews, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s action series FUBAR remained in the No. 1 slot in its second week. The series drew 88.03 million hours viewed and appeared in the Netflix Top 10 in 91 countries. A surprise No. 2 in Canada was the Colombian drama Fake Profile. The steamy, Spanish language series
Many Canadians agree — it’s time to bring some Law & Order to Toronto. It was announced Monday that Rogers’-owned Citytv is going to do just that by launching Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent in the spring of 2024. Ten episodes of the still to be cast drama will be shot and produced in
Fifteen years ago I wrote a book about TV’s greatest rumours and myths. Marilyn Denis and Roger Ashby, then the morning team at CHUM 104.5 in Toronto, were both incredibly welcoming and gave the book plenty of play. Then they walked me over to the CHUM AM side, introduced me to that team, and I
On Thursday, CBC announced 40 original shows primed and ready for The CW. Among the new offerings are the new workplace comedy One More Time starring deaf comedian D.J. Demers as a hearing-impaired manager of a “Play-it-Again”-like sporting goods store. Blackberry is a three-episode miniseries airing this fall and focusing on real-life entrepreneurs Mike Lazaridis
George Maharis has taken his final exit from Route 66. I interviewed the actor on the phone in 2012 when he was promoting Route 66: The Complete Series, a 24 disc boxed set from Shout! Factory. Maharis, 94, died May 24 at his home in Beverly Hills. A decade earlier, he spoke candidly about his
Look at these two. Do they not look bored out of their minds? Trapped in a series so out of touch with society today it literally takes place in the middle of the road. Why is Carrie wearing a shower curtain over Red Green’s old bathrobe? Is Aidan off to face certain Peloton death? Please
Despite some less than stellar reviews, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first-ever TV series, FURBAR, was the most-viewed offering last week on Netflix. The 10-episode series kinda looks at what Schwarzenegger’s agent character from “True Lies” might be doing now that he is nearing retirement age. In real life, Arnold is 75. Shot in Toronto, Mississauga and Oakville,