Looking out toward the harbor from The Citadel in Halifax Cover television, see the world. Who knew?One of the great thrills of 2010 has been being offered the chance to go to so many exciting places and do so many interesting things. I’ve never traveled so often and so far in my life, 12 different
Man, I’ve been sick as a dog over Christmas. I was so delirious from fever I actually thought for a moment that, starting Jan. 19, CTV had scheduled the performance show of American Idol to air Wednesdays on CTV and then–in order to avoid a conflict with their simulcast of The Big Bang Theory–they had bounced
Always loved this Larry Fritz illustration, which graced the cover of TV Guide for the week of December 24, 1955–exactly 55 years ago today. Back when signals were pulled in from all over on rooftop antennas–for free. Apparently they still work. Off to Cloverdale to start my shopping. For those of you not wrapping gifts tonight by the Yule
When it comes to Christmas and television, Diane Werts literally wrote the book. (“Christmas on Television”; order your copy here.) Not only does the TV Worth Watching editor know all about the various holiday specials and TV movies made over the years, but today on Facebook (shouldn’t it have been on Twitter?) she posted the above clip from this
Evan Soloman, Michael Ignatieff and Mark Critch in festive 22 Minutes finale Two CBC shows enjoyed strong finales this week: 22 Minutes and Being Erica. 22 Minutes has earned a shot at a 18th season with a higher season average than it achieved last year. More in doubt is Erica‘s fate. Will a late rally be enough
TCM always does such a beautiful job with their end of the year “In Memoriam” videos. As you can see above, this year is no exception. An eye opener, thanks to some clever scene selections, is that three people in “Airplane” passed away in 2010–Peter Graves, Barbara Billingsley and Leslie Nielsen. Don’t fret that Blake Edwards
Roger Abbott, unidentified fan and Don Ferguson at Friday’s Air Farce taping “At least we know this is one way to get into your blog.” That was Roger Abbott’s very perceptive crack as the above photo was snapped at Friday night’s taping of the Air Farce New Year’s Eve special. The taping took place at a
It was odd, as I tell Hamilton’s CHML radio dude Scott Thompson, to be sitting in Yellowknife earlier this week and watching Southern Ontario get hammered with snow. The TV at the Explorer Hotel was hooked up to satellite, and a CHCH channel was among the options. Things looked a hell of a lot more