Shattered (Wednesdays at 10 p.m., Global). The first new show of the season and look—it’s another cop show. Another Canadian cop show. Callum Keith Rennie (left) stars as homicide detective Ben Sullivan. He’s the shattered guy in the title. Sullivan suffers from the same kind of multiple personality disorder that afflicts the title character on The
A still bearded Conan O’Brien seems to be playing down expectations as he finally announces the name of his new late night talk show. Conan–“simple, pure, like the man himself”–will premiere Nov. 8 at 11 p.m. on TBS and way the hell in the middle of the night or something on CTV.The new title fits.
David Letterman gave Michael Douglas a big hug on television Tuesday night and by God he needs one. The star of the upcoming Wall Street sequel Money Never Sleeps revealed to Letterman on CBS’s Late Show that he is battling Stage Four throat cancer and that he has already begun chemotherapy and radiation treatment. The
Canadian TV: either overdressed or underdressed The Gemini Award nominations were announced Tuesday in Toronto. Once again, every fucking thing ever made in Canada over the last 12 months was nominated. There are 107 bloody categories. Find the complete list here. Sorry, here.CBC alone drew 151 nominations, or one for every ten viewers of The Hour.Are there
Happy 95th birthday today to my dad, Prosper A. (“Ross”) Brioux. The Toronto native predates not only television but Betty White; he refers to her as “that kid.” Ross, who attended the very first Toronto Maple Leafs game ever played at Maple Leaf Gardens (and is still bitter about the loss) saw the Leafs win the cup
Quick, try and spot Jennifer Grey in the shot above. The surgically erased Dirty Dancing star is one of 12 new celebrities named to the 11th edition of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, which returns with a two hour season premiere Sept. 20 at 8 p.m.. They are (l-r): Brandy, David Hasselhoff, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Warner, Margaret Cho, Kyle
Emmy pair Jon Hamm and Betty White Even though they came earlier than usual this year, the Emmy Awards held their own in the ratings. Especially in Canada, where nearly 2.5 million turned in to CTV’s coverage of the live broadcast (according to overnight estimates).(UPDATE: CTV’s release says the show drew 2.7 million across Canada
Jimmy Fallon (left) blew the roof off the dump with his high energy opening at Sunday night’s 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.The Late Night host wisely side-stepped the usual awards show monologue (not Fallon’s strength) and instead began the broadcast with a video goof on the night’s top nominated show, Glee. Fallon had Cory Monteith, Lea