When are all those good ol’ Christmas specials on? Get that question a lot this time of year.Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, ABC airs a timeless classic from 45 years ago: Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas. The 1966 offering is still the gold standard for animated Christmas specials, with two 20th century masters
Good grief! Has it really been 46 years since A Charlie Brown Christmas premiered? A trio of evergreen Christmas specials are celebrated today in an article I wrote in The Saturday Star. I was asked to try and sum up their enduring appeal. Several theories are shared.Certainly, for a boomer who saw them all the
Mr. D star Gerry Dee CBC invited a bunch of us down to the bunker Friday to interview the stars of their new and returning shows at their Winter press junket in Toronto. They’ll do it all again Tuesday in Vancouver. January is a big deal to the public broadcaster. A check of the ratings
Scott Thompson at CHML got a big kick out of me “hobnobbing” with the Prime Minister during that Murdoch Mysteries location shoot in Ottawa Wednesday. I report that Stephen Harper was very friendly, accommodating and gracious–he could play a winning social game on Survivor, I’m thinkin’.Scott wanted to know the details of the security check
What was Yannick Bisson and the cast and crew of Murdoch Mysteries doing in Ottawa this week–besides meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper? Bisson tells all to TV Feeds My Family in the above clip.
There are times when I shake my head and say to myself, “I love my job.”Wednesday was one of those times. It all started after I was invited to Ottawa to watch the folks behind Murdoch Mysteries shoot a few scenes in front of the Parliament Buildings. Next thing I know, I’m being ushered into
“I like produce, but I don’t like Hollywood.” Wilford Brimley made his debut last night on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Playing an ornery cuss seems to come naturally to the 77-year-old actor, who, as he tells Ferguson, rarely ventures outside of his Wyoming home these days. Brimley revealed he has Scottish roots,
Canada’s most-watched show remains The Big Bang Theory, with House (right) jumping back up to take the No. 2 spot. Survivor, The Mentalist and Hockey Night in Canada all also cracked the two million mark. Other highlights the week of Nov. 14 to 20: CTV drew 1.9 million with the American Music Awards and saw big returns for the last of Regis Philbin on daytime’s Live! plus the annual