PASADENA, Calif. — Wednesday at TCA ended with a session on the next big streaming service: HBO Max. The venture is backed by the full power of Warner Bros. Studios and all its subsidiaries. It comes with everything from “Casablanca” to Cartoon Swim. The service launches in May – but not in Canada. Too many
I can’t think of a single Buck Henry appearance or writing credit on TV or at the movies that didn’t make whatever it was better. That includes Captain Nice, an otherwise wretched series from 1967. The silly superhero spoof, created by Henry and starring a young William Daniels, made me laugh. What do you want,
My take on Sunday night’s 77th Annual Golden Globes? I liked host Ricky Gervais’ nasty, grumpy edge. He has to say things that are beyond wrong at this stage just to top himself. Slamming Felicity Huffman for making license plates and Martin Scorsese for being short are just jokes. The peevish blast at Apple for
Wednesday night, Norman Lear and Jimmy Kimmel go back Live in Front of a Studio Audience. The 97-year-old television showrunning legend and the ABC late night talk show host return with a second live special. This time they will again re-stage a brand new presentation of a script from Lear’s pivitol ’70s sitcom, All in
“Hey Lady!” is a phrase you expect to hear brayed from the late Jerry Lewis. Fitting, then, to hear it is now the title of an upcoming comedy series starring the equally hilarious Jayne Eastwood. It was announced Tuesday that Eastwood will be starring in the CBC Gem series Hey Lady! The eight episode digital
Recently, I upgraded my cell phone. This process always involves my daughter Katie, who, being a designer at Shopify, is much more plugged in to this world. She walks me through a few options with the following priorities in mind: what’s the best device for the money on the market today; what are the latest
Heavy is the head that wears the Crown. That’s the message in Season Three of The Crown, the Netflix series chronicling the life and times of HRH Queen Elizabeth II. I have to admit I never watched the first two seasons of The Crown. I thought it was about dentistry! Actually, I was simply always
Don Cherry often boasted that his first intermission segment on Hockey Night in Canada drew higher ratings than that week’s actual game. How true that statement was over the many years is a matter for Numeris to verify. One thing is for sure, however — it will be true this Saturday night. Curiosity is building