Proof that Saturday Night Live is still appointment television in Canada came this past weekend. In much of the country, the 52nd season premiere of the series — and first ever on Bell/CTV — was bumped 16 minutes by a college football game overrun in the US. Hard to say if that will tackle CTV’s
Shocking revelation time: I was once a contestant on Big Brother Canada. Granted, it was a PR stunt where members of the press were gathered in the Big Brother house, so not for days and days although it seemed like it for the seven-and-a-half hours it took to kick me out. One of the other
If you saw Season Three of Shrinking on AppleTV, you probably got a kick out of seeing Michael J. Fox return to regular series television. Fox plays Gerry, a Parkinson’s patient Harrison’s shrink character Dr. Paul Rhoades meets at an appointment. In a release Tuesday it was explained that the “candor and chemistry” between the
The Television Critics Association, of which I am a long time member, has named the Crave drama Heated Rivalry and AppleTV’s Widow’s Bay as among the best shows of the past season. Heated Rivalry, also seen stateside on HBO Max, won for Program of the Year at the 42nd annual TCA Awards. (See an acceptance
There are billions of reasons why, come the fall, CBC will break with tradition and will no longer be carrying NHL games on Saturday nights in Canada. It all comes down to one multi-billion dollar NHL rights deal ending and another just beginning, The old deal, signed in 2013, saw Rogers’ Sportsnet end CBC’s grip
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
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
The other day I got a message from a writer at The Canadian Press asking my thoughts about the re-casting of one of the leads on Hudson & Rex. Seems fans are doggone upset. This is the Canadian series about a cop and his canine. If you are regular viewer of this Citytv series, you