Tonight, one of my favourite Canadian shows makes its debut in America: Son of a Critch (The CW, 8 p.m. ET). Critics stateside are already raving about this nostalgic look back at growing up in Newfoundland in the 1980s. John Anderson in the Wall Street Journal drew the obvious connection to a similar American sitcom
This week’s guest on brioux.tv: the podcast is the always charming and hilarious Sabrina Jalees. She can currently be seen in two summer TV shows — Farming for Love (Sunday nights on CTV) and Roast Battle Canada (Mondays on CTV Comedy). What’s next? Dyeing her hair gray and replacing Lisa Laflamme on the CTV News? Sabrina
Eleven years ago, in 2012, Tony Bennett put on a show for TV critics in Pasadena, Calif. The legendary singer, who passed away Friday in New York City at 96, was brought to the Television Critics Association during a January press tour by PBS. The U.S. public broadcaster has often treated reporters to a musical
In its second week, Season 2 of The Lincoln Lawyer, starring Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Neve Campbell, drove to the No. 1 spot on the weekly Netflix Canada TV list of most-watched shows. In the US, The Lincoln Lawyer also ranked first, edging out Quarterback, That new docuseries features in-season profiles of NFL pivots Patrick Mahomes
It doesn’t take long for Emma Hunter’s frisky DJ Nora to jump back into action on Moonshine (CBC; The CW). As Season Three begins, she’s having sex in a car with her police officer boyfriend (played by James Gilbert). Sorry, America. You won’t see that scene in the U.S. Hunter’s auto erotic antics, as well as the
For many young Canadians growing up in southern Ontario and western New York in the early days of television he was simply known as “Uncle Bill.” Bill Lawrence, the original host of CHCH’s Tiny Talent Time, suffered a heart attack and passed away Friday, July 14. He was 91. For decades, Lawrence was a very
The new bank heist film “The Out-laws” starring Adam Devine, Nina Dobrev, Ellen Barkin and Pierce Brosnan premiered at No. 1 worldwide on Netflix and in the No. 2 spot in Canada July 3-9. Canadians bucked the trend and went with “Nobody,” the film starring Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul) as a beefed-up dude bent
Los Angeles is not a place where age is celebrated. The Hollywood sign remains, and the quaint, small-town-y Farmer’s Market and, sure, the Chinese Theatre and Musso and Franks. But this is a city of face lifts, and LA just got its Eye fixed. CBS Television City Studios, aka the cube behind the tube, is