Another podcast episode about the 1972 hockey Summit Series? Yes and here’s why: a second documentary looks at the landmark eight-game series from a very different angle. “Ice-Breaker: the ’72 Summit Series” premieres Tuesday, December 27 on Super Channel Fuse. The film, by director Robbie Hart and executive producer Peter Raymont, takes viewer deep inside
Think you now know everything about the 1972 Canada-U.S.S.R. Summit Series? Think again, Smirnoff breath. The Canadian American Business Council hosted a screening Wednesday night in Toronto at the Hockey Hall of Fame of the new documentary “Ice-breaker: The ’72 Summit Series.” After a series of cross-country screenings, the 90-minute film premieres December 27 exclusively
Have to admit I’m cheered to see Netflix’s Harry & Meghan infomercial docuseries did not immediately vault into the No. 1 spot on Netflix’s most-viewed weekly Top-10 series. The Addams Family spinoff Wednesday continues to haunt the No. 1 spot after three weeks. Meanwhile, another series giving the royal family a royal pain, the fifth
Mary Walsh is a marvel. At 70, the Order of Canada recipient has more on the go than Marg Delahunty at a Pierre Poilievre rally. Walsh says she was born to play the tart-tongued older “Missus” living downstairs from a sad sack young bachelor in the very funny comedy The Missus Downstairs. The award-winning series is
Some viewers can be forgiven if they thought they’d seen the last of JANN, Jann Arden’s self-mocking sitcom. It has been a full year since the last episode of Season 3 aired, and there was nary a peep from CTV’s promotional department last June when the 2022-2023 season was unveiled. A nice surprise then to
If you thought Pluto TV was something you’d only find on Disney+, don’t be Goofy. Pluto TV, which hails from the same U.S.-based media giant as Paramount+ and CBS, is actually the world’s leading FAST (free ad-supported streaming television) service. It made its debut in Canada December 1, with a very compelling four word pitch:
Wednesday, the high school-set series spun off from The Addams Family franchise, continues in the top spot among shows watched this past week in Canada on Netflix. Nice to see, however, a Canadian-born actress among the stars of the show right behind in second: Firefly Lane. Sarah Chalke, the Ottawa-born actress best known for Roseanne
Tuesday, January 12, 2005 was not a red letter day in the history of the Television Critics Association. On that day, a press panel was held for the Showtime series Fat Actress. The title character was played by Kirstie Alley, who died Monday following a short battle with cancer. She was 71. Alley’s big show