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Attention, Nikitaverse: Nikita returns for a third season tonight at 9 p.m. on The CW and CTV TWO. The spy series, starring Maggie Q, is generally  off the radar in the Criticverse, but it has its fans and they are loyal.That’s the report back from Dillon Casey who plays ex-Navy SEAL Sean Pierce in the series.

Paul, George, John and Ringo go through the window They’d probably  bill it as “Beatles Night in Canada” if they weren’t afraid of being sued by CBC.Friday night at 9 p.m. ET, Hollywood Suite’s Sony Movie Channel has the Canadian television premiere of The Beatles’ 1967 TV special The Magical Mystery Tour.Now, how can anything

It’s a little known fact, but two Canadian mountain tops play pivotal roles in the story of a famous American family: the Kennedys. It’s all revealed in Ethel, a highly personal look at political matriarch Ethel Kennedy, wife of crusading senator, presidential candidate and ‘60s icon Robert F. Kennedy. The documentary premieres Thursday night at

The CRTC logo. Lookin’ more like a shield Hey, remember the CRTC? Apparently it’s ba-aack. On Thursday, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ka-powed BCE Inc’s $3.4 billion takeover bid of Astral Media, seen almost as a foregone conclusion just weeks ago. Sure, Bell would have to hand over some radio stations, observers figured, maybe

People are endlessly fascinated by someone else being humiliated on television. That might explain why Scott Thompson’s wife spent the weekend watching Breaking Amish. “She was mesmerized by it Bill, she couldn’t stop watching it for two hours,” the CHML host  reports.I tell Scott about my visit to the creepy set of Panic Button in Etobicoke,

Inside Panic Button‘s  horrifying “Venus Flytrap I’ve been to some creepy sets in my day–including The Chevy Chase Show–but the set of Panic Button has to be the creepiest.The beyond reality series, from two of the twisted minds behind Travel’s Destination Fear, invites people to step into what is basically the Saw movie franchise brought

I was thrown in the slammer today on the set of Rookie Blue. The Global/ABC cop show is in production on a fourth season, with 13 new episodes scheduled to begin airing next spring. The cast and crew were working on episode five today as I toured the massive stealth studio in Mississauga, just a

Three on a Match: Deb DiGiovanni, Darrin Rose and Sean Cullen It’s always dicey when you try to reboot a favourite from TV’s past. GSN tried reviving the classic panel show I’ve Got a Secret in 2006 and it stayed a secret.Starting today at 8 p.m. ET, the Comedy Network launches an all new, Canadian