Fire up the Tiki torch and pass the Doritos. On Tuesday, CBS hosted a virtual press conference with members of the Television Critics Association. Announced were details about the 50th season of TV’s most-successful competition reality show ever, Survivor. This season, which was filmed as usual on the islands of Fiji and hosted by Jeff
Barbara Williams has done well for herself in the wacky world of Canadian television. Her first media job was as a receptionist at the all-news radio network CKO. She quickly rose up the ranks, eventually becoming President of Shaw Media, COO of CORUS and for the past seven years Executive Vice President of CBC. This
While it probably helps, you don’t have to be a fan of anything Disney to be astounded by the new documentary Disneyland Handcrafted. You do, however, have to subscribe to Disney+ or have access to YouTube. The full documentary is available now on both platforms. The project is culled from a treasure trove of well-preserved,
This week on CBC Radio stations across the country, I was asked to comment on “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” The two-part documentary, directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, premieres this Thursday and Friday on HBOMax and Crave. Each regional radio host started by asking me to explain who Brooks is for
I used to play hockey in a senior men’s league in Georgetown, Ont. And when I say seniors I mean fifty-five and up. There were some surprisingly spry 80 year olds in the group. I no longer play but I’m still on that granddad group’s email chain. One just wrote about the sensational Crave hockey-based
Last week, we welcomed back the CBC drama Saint-Pierre with a conversation with the stars, Allan Hawco and Josephine Jobert. In Part Two of my coverage of the Monday night series, meet Robina Lord-Stafford. Not only does she have one of the coolest names in Canadian television, she is also, along with Hawco, the co-creator
Today, January 12, marks 60 years since the caped crusader hit the small screen. On that date in 1966, TV’s original Batman landed with a Bam! Pow! Splat! For me and other eight-year-olds in schoolyards across North America, it was a mind-blowing moment. I can still recall the excitement of watching the very first episode.
At the start of this conversation recorded before Christmas at the CBC broadcast centre in Toronto, Allan Hawco reminded me that I’ve been tailing him for 20 years — back to the launch of Republic of Doyle in 2005. Hawco and French costar Josephine Jobert are back with 12 new episodes of Saint-Pierre, the highest-rated sophomore series