Who let the dog out? Citytv broke the news this morning that Hudson & Rex would return in the fall with John Reardon out of the kennel and back as Det. Charlie Hudson. If telling him to sit for a year was part of some crazy strategy to re-ignite heat on this series, it seems
Doggone it! Look who’s coming back on Hudson & Rex! Many fans were barking mad when they learned John Reardon (Detective Charlie Hudson) had been told to sit. He claimed he was unceremoniously shunted aside after a leave of absence in Season 7 while undergoing treatment for tonsil cancer. Despite Reardon receiving a clean bill
I’ll give this to CBC, who yesterday announced that their 2026-2027 slate will include 50 original series from Canadian storytellers: this isn’t just the same old boring list of retreads. There are no spinoffs or re-brands. The slim lineups of new shows emerging from the recent US upfronts earlier this month were just more 9-1-1
This Saturday, May 30 at 12 noon, over 100 people in brightly-coloured orange wigs and vivid caftans will be storming city hall in Orangeville, Ontario. Demanding more polyester? Lobbying for a clown college? No, this will kick off the 2nd annual Roper Romp Orangeville. Then its off to a local pub and food, foolishness and
Can the Montreal Canadiens ride a plucky rookie goalie all the way to the Stanley Cup final? First, Jakub Dobeš and his teammates will have to get past their NHL Eastern Conference Final opponent, the Carolina Hurricanes. Puck drops Thursday night at 8pm on CBC, Sportsnet and TVA and on TNT and truTV in the
When it comes to late night talk show exits, Stephen Colbert will have to aim high to surpass those of Johnny Carson, David Letterman, Conan O’Brien and Craig Ferguson. Carson set the bar high on May 21st, 1992 – his second last episode after 30 years as the King of Late Night on The Tonight
As I tell CTV News Channel anchor Marcia MacMillan (see below for clip), this week’s ouster of Stephen Colbert and The Late Show feels like the beginning of the end for late night televison as we know it. For over seventy years dating back to the premiere of Steve Allen’s original Tonight Show on NBC
World’s collide as the talky half of Jay and Silent Bob meets Murdoch Mysteries. Yes, it turns out that Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith’s pal since Clerks, is a superfan of the CBC historical whodunnit Murdoch Mysteries. He was turned on to the series by his buddy, Matt Goehring. Mewes binged 18 seasons and 300 episodes in six months.