With Joni Mitchell’s return to Canada the big draw, Sunday night’s 2026 Juno Awards played to an overnight, estimated average minute audience of 765,000 CBC viewers. The public broadcaster’s research department pegs that as up 11 per cent over 2025. Not bad considering multi-nominated Justin Bieber was a no-show. Sunday’s two-hour-plus music industry showcase also
In this special episode, we go beyond the scandal and into the storytelling of one of the most infamous moments in Olympic sports history with the cast of Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story. Hear all star comedy cast members such as Mark McKinney, Andrew Phung, Emma Hunter and others answer tough questions such as
Are Canadians ready to see a six episode series about Canada losing to the United States? This seemed to be the acceptance hurdle facing creator Anthony Q. Farrell (The Office) and New Metric Media (Letterkenny, Shoresy) in mounting Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story, streaming now on Paramount+ and GameTV. Hear this however. Hate
Variety broke the news Monday that, with Season One just ended and Season Two fully shot but yet to be scheduled, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has been cancelled by Paramount+. The news came as a shock to many, including original Star Trek skipper William Shatner, who turned 95 Monday. He tweeted his disappointment, lamenting that
No, that’s not Wilford Brimley on the right in the tie. That is me, in 2018, back when I was invited by executive producer Peter Mitchell to lark about Murdoch Mysteries for a few lines as an early 20th century ticketmaster. The fake stomach was, well, all me at the time. The Lanny McDonald moustache
The folks at CBC Radio Noon Quebec in Montreal asked me to weigh in Wednesday on whether or not Don Cherry should be awarded the Order of Canada. Ontario premier Doug Ford and others are calling for this. Shawn Apel was the radio host; you can hear our exchange here. I have to admit I
Full disclosure: I am generally so busy trying to keep ahead of all the TV series premieres that I do not have much time to watch the latest movies. We did watch “One Battle After Another” a few days ago and while we were both entertained and loved the performances (especially the mix of established
“Comedy is tragedy plus time.” Over the years, that famous quote has been attributed to several people: original Tonight Show host Steve Allen; Carol Burnett; Bob Newhart; even Woody Allen. All knew funny, that is for sure. The quote came back to me when I happened upon a YouTube video from the 82nd Annual Academy