Sometimes when critics try to tell people to watch certain shows it just comes off like your parents telling you to eat your vegetables. I lost count of all the columns I wrote about how brilliant Arrested Development was. Did those columns save that show? They did not.Still, there’s no harm in trying. Sunday Star entertainment editor Garnet Fraser
Want some insight into why TV is still feeding my family? Have a feature today in the Toronto Star’s “Prime Time” section. This monthly supplement covers “business, entertainment, health and beauty for Boomers.” I guess I’m part of the entertainment mix. Editor Elizabeth Holland called me up a while back and asked for info on
Every fall, people fertilize their lawns, get ready for back-to-school and winterize their cars. I write fall preview issues. Did the task this year for the Toronto Star’s Starweek magazine. They don’t post this sucker on-line, you have to actually go out and buy a newspaper. See how that works? Starweek editor Gord Stimmell has all
Lost Girl premiered to over 400,000 viewers last Sunday on Showcase, the highest-rated Canadian scripted series premiere ever on the Canwest specialty network. Episode two of the supernatural thriller, which stars New Brunswick native Anna Silk (right), airs Sunday at 9 p.m.Last Sunday saw MuchMusic crack the Canadian weekly Top-30 with 918,000 total viewers watching the MTV Music
Apprentice contestant Stephanie Castagnier, winner of a 1997 Chevy Lumina Who knew there was a Canadian contestant on The Apprentice?Donald Trump didn’t mention anything about Montreal-native Stephanie Castagnier when I visited him in New York last month. Found out this week and caught up with her on the red carpet at one of the Global rooftop parties thrown
“Did somebody see my playbook?” If you’re looking for weekly Survivor recaps here at TVFMF, I’m afraid I’ve taken my Tiki torch and stepped off the Survivor Experts Panel. Got back into it for that 10th anniversary, 20th edition all-star edition last winter/spring but just too swamped with fall preview deadlines and other details to
Scott Thompson at Hamilton’s CHML wanted to know how the heck TV Boy got invited to hang out with all the cool filk folk at the Canadian Film Centre’s annual TIFF BBQ last Sunday. I confess I’m lost among the beautiful people and still using the line that the only ribs on display at that BBQ are on the
Johnny, Ed and Frank Okay, ignore that last post. My bad. It clearly states at the Gemini site that the list of the Top 25 shows as chosen by critics singles out Canadian television shows produced over the past 25 years. SCTV concluded its run in 1984, putting it just outside the reach of