Don Draper sees what other men think Man Men returns Sunday at 9/8c on AMC with a two-hour, fifth season premiere. Will viewers flock back after a 17 month hiatus?The answer, of course, is yes. This is television’s best drama, an Emmy-winner four years in a row. The Sopranos sat out similar breaks and came
Bent did not break in the U.S. Wednesday night. I like the new NBC rom-com, starring Amanda Peet and David Walton, and say so here in my overnight review for theStar.com. NBC seems determined, however, to toss it away, dumping it into Wednesdays at 9 opposite American Idol, Criminal Minds and Modern Family with little
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson wanted to know what the dealio was with Community, one of my favourite shows. NBC cut this year’s order and brought the third-year series back last week after a four month hiatus. The good news it returned with season high ratings, both in the States and on City in Canada, boosting
Missing: Ashley Judd’s smile and wrinkles It was March Break across Canadaand a break as well for The Big Bang Theory, allowing other shows to reach the top of the weekly Canadian TV ratings. They included The Amazing Race, Survivor and the new Ashley Judd drama Missing, launching in the Big Bang timeslot. Sifting through
Maksim Chmerkovskiy takes Melissa Gilbert a long way from Little House Me recapping Dancing with the Stars? I know, it’s a bit like asking Bill Maher to say Mass. Still, I’ll be doing just that every week over at thestar.com. You can find my recap of Monday night’s two hour premiere here. Now in its 14th
Justified‘s Timothy Oliphant: giddy-yup Justified premieres Sunday night at 10 p.m. on Showcase. The compelling drama, which began on FX in 2010, was already available in Canada but on Super Channel, a premium pay service. “I probably shouldn’t be saying this,” Justified showrunner and executive producer Graham Yost told me at the January TCA press
Hey, knuckleheads: the Stooges are in for a big year LIVERPOOL, N.Y.–Cinefest is probably the only place you’ll hear an audience break into spontaneous applause at the mere mention of the names Wheeler & Woolsey.That happened earlier this week when the generally forgotten comedy team from the ’20s and ’30s were glimpsed among a series
A couple of screwballs: Danny Pudi and Chevy Chase of Community What’s an analogy? According to Britta on Community–which returned Thursday after a four month hiatus, “it’s like a thought with another thought’s hat on.”Wacky, right, maybe even–screwball? There is enough of a twisted thread of logic to that definition to make you get it,