Strays star Nicole Power has gone from Kim’s Convenience to Kim Cattrall. The busy Newfoundland native, whose CBC series Strays is back Tuesday nights on CBC and CBC Gem, is currently finishing up the first season of another shot-in-Toronto series, Glamorous. The upcoming Netflix series stars Cattrall as a power player in the cosmetic business. Power’s
Earlier this week it was announced that plans are underway to mount an animated version of the classic Canadian TV series The Beachcombers. “We are super excited to bring these iconic Canadian characters to a whole new audience”, said Blair Peters, who produced such animated children’s shows as Being Ian and Kid vs. Kat. He’s
Whether or not you’ve been watching Summit 72 — the documentary series about Team Canada’s incredible summit series victory over the Soviet Union — don’t miss tonight’s final episode. The last hour takes you back fifty years to the eighth and final game — the one where Paul Henderson scored with 34 seconds remaining —
Monday night, the cast and crew of This Hour Has 22 Minutes took over the Glenn Gould Theatre at the CBC Broadcast Centre. The occasion was the first-ever Toronto taping of the sketch series, which normally is based each week in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Toronto episode airs tonight at 8/7c on CBC and CBC
As Joel Keller writes in Decider, “The Empress tries to fill the sexy costume drama hole that Bridgerton has left between seasons.” The sexy costume drama stars Devrim Lingnau as Elisabeth, the willfully independent young Empress of Austria, who ruled from 1854-1898. It was back in a much simpler time when inbreeding led to dynasties and
Another milestone in Canadian television is reached with the 50th anniversary of the launch of The Beachcombers. Canadians coast-to-coast were still buzzing over Team Canada’s last-minute heroics over the Soviet Union in the Summit series when The Beachcombers premiered on CBC Television on October 1, 1972. The series starred Bruno Gerussi as log scavenger Nick Adonidas
The castle lights, as they used to say on The Hilarious House of Frightenstein, are growing dim. This month brings a bevy of Halloween-themed goodies, including the usual “Shocktober” movie marathon on brioux.tv sponsor Hollywood Suite. As usual, check back throughout the month as this listing will be constantly updated. UPDATED Oct. 19 SAT.OCT. 1
My Television Critics Association pal Alan Sepinwall is the main voice behind the latest list of the Best TV shows of all-time as compiled by Rolling Stone magazine. Before he became Rolling Stone’s TV critic, Alan used to work for the New Jersey Star-Ledger. That’s the same newspaper that was always thrown at the bottom