From time to time TVFMF is sent a copy of the latest TV related DVD release. One that arrived this month was The Dana Carvey Show, a short-lived series from the mid-’90s that hit stores earlier this month.To be honest, the series barely registered when it arrived. My teens were also surprised that Garth from
Holy Lord, the season has just ended and already nobody’s watching TV anymore.Makes sense in Toronto where the weather is B-E-You-tiful. But gad, that no hockey for a whole week in May thing just ain’t working for CBC.Last night’s numbers speak for themselves: an oddly-placed, Wednesday night rerun of This Hour Has 22 Minutes drew
Should you yank out the cable and go with satellite? Scott Thompson‘s parents did and boy were they steamed afterwards. Check out why on this week’s TV Talk radio segment with CHML’s Thompson, you can listen in here.We also talk about Jon & Kate Plus 8 (can these people please stop procreating?), upfront week in
This is the time of year when it’s way more fun writing about television than watching it. The U.S. network upfront week in New York isn’t the gold-plated media circus it once was (what is?), but it’s still beats the hell out of Jon & Kate Plus 8.Take Jimmy Kimmel, for instance. The late night
The Legion of Decency: YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!Man, veteran screenwriter Jim Henshaw writes a blistering, mad-as-hell-and-not-going-to-take-it-anymore humdinger of a screed about the Canadian network meetings before the CRTC in Ottawa over the past few weeks. Click straight to it on the above link to his blog, The Legion of Decency.There is a lot at
The series that started the cross border production boom–Flashpoint–failed to make the cut on CBS’s just-announced fall schedule.CBS unveiled their 2009-10 network schedule today and there were some surprises. But for the Canadian production community–and especially CTV–the biggest may be the omission of Flashpoint, which has been replaced next season on Friday nights stateside by
Adhir Kalyan may not be a household name, but he’s probably a familiar face in many households. Certainly he will be in a few months.The 25-year-old South African-born actor landed on my radar with Aliens in America, the funny, short-lived CW series shot in Vancouver last season. He made quite a positive impression when the
Hey kids! Wanna win your very own copy of the Sony Pictures Home Entertainment DVD Paul Blart: Mall Cop? The film was co-written by King of Queens star Kevin James, who stars as Blart, a mild-mannered mall cop who shifts into full Rambo mode when his quiet suburban mall is threatened by thugs and kidnappers.Paul