Damn this endless flood of September deadlines. Filed a story for CP today ranting about the current sorry state of elections and political manipulation on television. After I pressed send, I went upstairs, made lunch, and caught up with what I had PVR’d the night before, Wednesday night’s episode of The Late Late Show with
This will come as a shock to no one, but if I didn’t have to cover Canadian Idol this week for The Toronto Star, I probably wouldn’t have watched last night’s two hour finale. At this point, I pretty much have to be paid to do it. No disrespect to the participants or the producers
Take last week’s 90210 audience and divide it in half. That’s how many Canadians tuned in for Week Two of this series, which stars young Canadian Shenae Grimes.For a show with so much buzz, that is a huge drop week to week. In raw numbers, the series went from 1.3 million viewers to 664,000.What happened?
Do you have Canadian Idol fever? A sixth karaoke champ from the Canadian wilderness is being crowned tonight. The two-hour finale begins at 8 p.m. on CTV.Once Canada’s hottest show, Idol seems a bit off the radar this September. Gone are the full page ads CTV used to buy up in all the Toronto dailies.
That’s the question tonight as the new J.J. Abrams drama, Fringe, premieres at 8 p.m. on Fox and A Channel (and, for tonight only, CTV).While the sci-fi drama, starring Auzzie newcomer Anna Torv and Canadian Joshua Jackson (Dawson’s Creek), is one of the most anticipated new shows of the season, the reviews so far from
My buddy David Bianculli has somehow tricked me into contributing to his excellent full service magazine site TV Worth Watching. Follow this link to the TV Worth Watching’s Fall Season Preview, where two former TCA presidents–Bianculli, a former critic with the New York Daily News, Diane Werts, formerly with New York Newsday–and yours truly weigh
My 18-year-old daughter loves the new vampire drama True Blood, but I’m glad I didn’t watch the first two episodes with her. It’s just not a daddy/daughter experience. The HBO series, from writer/director Alan Ball, premieres tonight at 9 p.m. on The Movie Network and at 8 p.m. on Movie Central.The series has many of
Meant to post this earlier, but The Toronto Star ran my story on Cheech & Chong Saturday. You can read it here.Had a wonderful chat with both gentlemen on the phone this past week. Chong took the call as the duo were rehearsing for Saturday night’s shows at Toronto’s Massey Hall, their favorite venue. Cheech