Nobody does Hollywood memorials like TCM. The movie channel has already scheduled a 24 hour movie marathon tribute to Elizabeth Taylor, who passed away Wednesday in Lo Angeles at 79.Starting at 6 a.m. April 10, TCM will show the best of Taylor’s 50 feature films, including her Oscar®-winning performances in Butterfield 8 (1960) at 8 p.m. (ET) and Who’s
March break is generally an off week for TV networks with many viewers away on family vacations. The usual suspects–American Idol (down to 11 finalists, above), Amazing Race, Survivor and House all topped the two million mark but otherwise viewing levels were generally down . Sad and scary headlines from Japan also swung many viewers back to CBC’s
The Rompin’ Ronnie Hawkins Quartet If you grew up in Toronto and are old enough to remember the heyday of the Yonge Street Strip–or wish you were–you won’t want to miss Yonge Street: Toronto Rock & Roll Stories. The three-part documentary series premieres tonight at 10e/7p on Bravo! and continues Tuesday and Wednesday.From director Bruce
For me every year, one of the joys of Cinefest is the chance to add to my collection of 16mm films. Lately I’ve been focusing on trying to acquire film prints of TV shows. Back before digital, DVD or even video tape, networks used to ship 16mm prints to affiliate stations across America. For CBS,
Another Cinefest is in the books and this year, besides a lot of classic black and white, silent and sound screenings, there was some news.The 31st annual gathering of film enthusiasts occurs every March in Liverpool, N.Y., a suburb of Syracuse. I’ve driven through snowmageddons in past years trying to get in and out of
Fire up the Tiki torch and pass the Doritos. Russell Hantz is dying to come to Canada. “I’m trying to go to Canada but nobody wants me to go there,” the Survivor warrior told me Wednesday on a call set up by Global and CBS. “I hear that I have more fans in Canada than
Idol judge Steven Tyler with the bleep sign Canadian drama did well the week of March 7 to 13, with The Listener and Republic of Doyle both drawing over a million viewers. The Genies conjured up close to half-a-million, and Marketplace had another strong showing. Otherwise a predictable week, with the Wednesday edition of American Idol
The kidnapping storyline in the pilot does not wash. No kid would let a strange adult dye his hair, stick him in the trunk of a car and drive him hundreds of miles out of town without getting a tad freaked.The rest of the first episode of Endgame, however, is pretty engaging and holds plenty of promise.