Does the camera make you more attractive to the ladies on television? That’s just one of the questions Murtz Jaffer sets out to answer tonight on Reality Obsessed (tonight at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on TVTropolis), a new reality show about reality shows.Jaffer–a Toronto Sun reader who used to call up and bust me
The new TV season always means one thing: a steady arrival of TV promotional swag.The 2008-09 season is no exception. Every day, another puffy envelope or box arrives via courier; nine times out of ten it is from Fox.They’re the ones who sent the cool AND practical multi-knife, complete with the critic’s friend, the corkscrew.
David Duchovny’s revelation that he is seeking treatment for a sex addiction seems like something straight out of Californication. Reading about it yesterday brought me back to a visit to the set earlier this summer, where I was part of a passel (gaggle?) of foreign journalists peppering Duchovny and other cast members with questions.The former
Drain the wank tank and hose down the set: Ed the Sock is hot footing it out of City-TV. After 14 seasons, the final Ed & Red’s Night Party airs tomorrow night (Friday) at 11:30.Rogers, which acquired City-TV in the fallout of the CRTC decision to allow CTV to purchase CHUM, just doesn’t think Ed
What is the No. 1 show among adults 18-49 in Toronto the past two summers? So You Think You Can Dance on CTV? Summer surprise Flashpoint? Did CBC’s Olympic Prime coverage take the gold medal this summer?The No. 1 show the past two summers in Toronto wasn’t on CTV, Global or CBC–it was Hell’s Kitchen,
You gotta like the way Tony Curtis rolls. The 83-year-old, mainly confined to a wheelchair these days (after an extended, and debilitating, bout with pneumonia a few years ago), was a guest of honor at the Montreal World Film Festival this weekend. He appeared in person Saturday at a Festival press conference held at a
This amazing little girl (seen with her grandmother Brioux) is university-bound this weekend. How the hell did that happen? In any event, the Brioux caravan is pointed East, packed to the sunroof and beyond with boxes and bags, and that knocks this blog out of commission for the weekend at least. Please discuss TV among
Are we all watching the Olympics? Certainly in the U.S. that is all anyone is watching. There have been several reports on this, but Bill Carter, as usual, nailed it early with this piece in the New York Times, A Surprise Winner at the Olympic Games in Beijing: NBC: The Games have drawn an average