I always enjoy catching up with Steve Smith, the scratchy voice and scrambled brain behind Red Green. Smith brought me up to date on the phone last week, told me all about his Red Green “Wit & Wisdom” tour. The 90-minute, one man shows are scheduled at theatres right across Canada with a stop at
Left to right: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young DAWSON CITY, YUKON–You’ve heard of blog gold–but blog gold teeth? Even I couldn’t stand to see my smile after Deb in makeup dabbed gold goo on my uppers and lowers, It was all part of my transformation into “Miner No. 7” on Murdoch Mysteries, a shot-in-Toronto series
Gertie meets man from Lenscrafters DAWSON CITY, YUKON–There still is gold in Dawson City, say the locals. But there’s a surprising amount of silver, too.At least there was Tuesday night at “Diamond Tooth Gerties Gambling Hall,” Canada’s oldest casino. As in silver-haired tourists, mostly American, who apparently flock to the place in the summer months.Gertie
WHITEHORSE, YUKON–Usually when I do my weekly radio chat with Scott Thompson he’s on Hamilton’s CHML AM900. Monday, however, Scott was working the evening shift over at Corus sister station AM640 in Toronto. So you’d think I would go talk to him in person in the studio, right? Wrong Arctic Char breath.Monday was a travel
I’ve been talking up American Horror Story since I came back from L.A. The screening at the Fox Studios a week ago had critics sleeping with at least one eye open.FX has cannily snuck seven 16-second teasers up on YouTube. The first in the series is above. It doesn’t show you anything from the pilot
One of the smartest people in television, in my estimation, is John Landgraf (left). Had the pleasure of chatting on the phone with the president and general manager of FX Wednesday for this CP piece on the deal behind FX Canada.I had flown home early from the TCA press tour in Los Angeles and missed
News that TBS has canceled Lopez Tonight isn’t a total surprise. Comedian George Lopez was working it hard in recent weeks with appearances on Late Show with David Letterman (his first sit down with Dave ever!) and a memorable turn on Piers Morgan Tonight. For my money, that was one of Morgan’s best CNN hours,
All that hot weather across Canada last week has cooled TV ratings. The only show that didn’t cool down was City’s sizzlin’ Hell’s Kitchen (featuring chef Gordon Ramsay, right).Numbers were down almost everywhere else. Big Brother hung in as Canada’s No. 1 summertime distraction but it was a tough week for the launch of Global’s