I tried the old Kennedy/Nixon radio vs. TV test with Tuesday night’s Canadian Federal Leader’s Debate. According to pundits at the time–50 years ago–Richard Nixon sounded presidential and won that first televised presidential debate if you only listened in on the radio. On TV, however, his five o’clock shadow and flop sweat did him in and
Some people think there’s too much junk on TV. Here are two guys who want to see more.Scott Cozens and Sheldon Smithens (above) are the hosts of Canadian Pickers, a new scavenger series premiering tonight at 10 p.m. on History Television. The two Calgary-based antique enthusiasts root through stuff collected by individuals all across Canada
Hats off to the marketing and publicity folks at Shaw Media for indulging in a little old fashioned ballyhoo. If you bought any groceries over the weekend in a major Canadian city, chances are your goodies were divided on the checkout conveyor by a cardboard knife courtesy Top Chef Canada. The series, a homegrown spinoff
Let me make one thing perfectly clear: The Kennedys is not a documentary.There’s been a lot of, “I knew Jack Kennedy…and you’re no Jack Kennedy,” going on in response to this controversial miniseries, which premieres Sunday night at 9 p.m. on History Television. (A hot potato in the States, it bowed last week on Reelz). Not just TV critics
A few years ago, people wondered what planet Mike Tyson was on. Tonight, for the premiere of his new reality series Taking on Tyson (9 p.m. Thursday), he’s on Animal Planet.The former heavyweight champion is the key figure in this astonishing six-part series which shows Tyson fully engaged in his very unusual hobby: training pigeons. No
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson seemed concerned that Katie Couric is leaving CBS News. Reports this week confirm that, after five years as anchor of The CBS Evening News, Couric is ready to try something else, perhaps a talk show. She will stick around long enough to cover the royal wedding.Who can replace Katie, Scott
Time flies when you’re having fun watching a TV show. Tonight marks the second season finale of Republic of Doyle (9 p.m., CBC). It seems like the series had just returned and boom, it is over again. Damn these shortened CBC seasons.Many shows suffer a bit of a sophomore slump and writer/producer/star Allan Hawco’s breezy St.
CBC said goodbye to most of its regular series this week with several season (and one series) finales. NHL Stanley Cup playoffs begin April 13 on CBC–without the Leafs.It was the return of a comedy that made the biggest noise this week: The Big Bang Theory. Chuck Lorre`s CBS laffer exploded Thursday, drawing over 3.2 million overnight, estimated viewers. The second highest-rated