Shrinking does not refer to the time between seasons for several offerings that began back before the actors and writers strikes of 2023. One of those shows is Shrinking, which just returned to AppleTV+ after an initial run that began way back more than a year-and-a-half ago. The half-hour-ish streaming comedy, which is set in
Good news ladies: getting divorced in your forties is awesome! That’s the word from Ali Wong in her latest Netflix stand-up comedy special, Ali Wong: Single Lady. For this show, Wong looks like a wedding guest in an elegant, white, disarmingly pretty dress. Set against a backdrop of shimmering pink curtains, she looks like a
This past spring, the CBS action-drama Tracker became an instant hit, emerging as the No. 1 US network series of the season. On this episode, I speak with the tracker himself, Justin Hartley, who was in Toronto last June promoting the series at the CTV upfront. After a career in soaps (Passions; The Young and the
There was a time when Mike Bullard was the King of comedy in Canada. His death from a heart attack Saturday at age 67 brings to an end a complicated legacy, one I had a window seat on for many years. Bullard, who grew up in Mississauga, Ont., had a day job at Bell Canada
Bill Vigars would not want this to be a sad story. He lived an amazing life, had friends across Canada, and Robert Duvall once played him in a movie. Oh yes — he also helped raise a billion dollars to find a cure for cancer. Still, Bill Vigars has died, and that is terribly, terribly
In the summer of 2012, Ethel Kennedy — who died October 10 at 96 — made an appearance in Los Angeles at a Television Critics Association press tour. She was accompanied by her daughter, Rory Kennedy, who directed “Ethel,” the HBO documentary about her famous mother, the widow of slain senator and presidential candidate Robert
When you’ve been busy creating, writing and starring in TV shows and films for a couple of decades, who has time for a hobby? That’s been the case for Mark McKinney. The son of a diplomat moved around a lot as a lad and says comedy has always been his hobby. Together with Dave Foley, Kevin
Were you one of the many who, after working from home during the worst of the COVID pandemic, were less than thrilled about going back to the office? A new documentary series suggests it might not be going back to work that is the problem. It may be going back to the same old stuffy