OLIPHANT, Ont.–The news that Andy Griffith had died arrived like a dark cloud here at the unplugged cottage. Neighbour Jim got word off his satellite radio while listening to The Dan Patrick Show. It was a perfect place to take it. Sheriff Taylor and Opie would be right at home up here, fishing poles in
Matt LeBlanc tries to give Sean (Stephen Mangan) a car on Episodes One of the juiciest satires of the TV business returns tonight as Episodes kicks off its second season. The Matt LeBlanc comedy airs on Showtime in the U.S.and premieres tonight at 9 p.m. on The Movie Network/Movie Central. Episodes does for sitcoms—especially shows
From Thursday’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Pittsburgh Penguins star Jordan Staal was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes last weekend while he was getting married. Not good — you never want to find out on your wedding night that your husband’s playing for the other team. Tweet
The return of Sheen. Blue skies? Storm clouds? Will Charlie Sheen’s new FX comedy Anger Management be a hit?FX sure hopes so. Tonight’s opener (9 p.m. ET/PT) is the first of ten episodes ordered. If audiences still love Charlie, and the series ranks among the top cable offerings this summer, an order for 90 more
Russell Brand: like Lloyd Robertson, only taller, British, more naked There are two new, big buzz FX series opening today–one you can see now in Canada and one you can not.The one crossing the border tonight is Brand X with Russell Brand, simulcast Thursday at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT on the Rogers-owned specialty channel
This week, CHML Talk Radio host Scott Thompson wanted to hear more about those three young blond women dressed in pink mini-dresses carrying the 6-foot inflatable penis around in Vegas. Scott has that kind of journalisticly inquisitive, investigative mind.As mentioned here previously, I was in Vegas covering an upcoming Travel + Escape channel series, the
It’s happened. The most-watched TV show of the week in all of Canadais a soccer game (Sunday’s UEFA England/Italy tilt). Somewhere, Don Cherry weeps. Beyond TSN’s Euro 2012 coverage, the NHL Awards were still a decent draw on CBC. Summer doldrums have set in, however, and despite strong showings by domestic dramas The Listener, Saving
The cast and crew gather on the set for one last shot. Class dismissed Closure is hard to come by on a TV series. For the folks behind Flashpoint, it arrived this week.I was on the set Monday in Toronto when the main cast members gathered for their final scene together. Can’t spill the details–the