Dust off your Davy Crockett coonskin cap: July 17, 2015 marks the 60th anniversary of Disneyland. Walt Disney’s original theme park down in Anaheim, Calif., opened on that July day in 1955 and Michael Schwartner and his cousin Christine Vess were the first two kids to visit. I had the good fortune to visit the
Hola! Yes, I was in Chile and Argentina in May, invited by CTV to cover this third season of The Amazing Race Canada (Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET). It truly was an amazing experience as I write in this wire story posted today at The Canadian Press. In the photo above, snapped by my old
I finally figured out this fascination with awards show nomination announcements. It is catnip for talk radio stations. Who did and didn’t get nominated is the perfect conversation starter for radio hosts. Take Charles Adler, the popular Winnipeg-based host of AM680’s CJOB, heard across Canada in syndication. Charles had me on his show Thursday to talk
UPDATED: See bottom of this post. Quick–is anybody looking? CTV has waited until the dead of summer to sneak Spun Out back onto its schedule. The Toronto-based sitcom, featuring Paul Campbell and Dave Foley, was supposed to return last February in the coveted post-Super Bowl slot. CTV was amping up the launch until, five days before the
There are so many terrific dramas on TV these days it seems impossible to keep up with them all. One such series is Masters of Sex, back for a third season on Showtime, The Movie Network and Movie Central starting Sunday at 10 p.m. ET. If you’re missing Mad Men, this series might satisfy your ’60s
Are you like me–gripped by Pan Am Games fever? A lot of us would rather take one of those HOV lanes the hell out of town than face the Gardiner over the next two weeks. CBC head of sports programming, Trevor Pilling, believes all the negativity will disappear once the Games get underway. It all
If you absolutely have to know how the Amazing Race Canada Media Challenge went Tuesday, check out the video above. My always thinking reality show expert teammate Murtz Jaffer had us followed all day by his camera pal “Ash.” The results aren’t pretty, and please, for the love of God, do not watch all 26-plus minutes.
The Amazing Race Canada sprinted back to television with an overnight, estimated audience of 2.03 million viewers for Wednesday’s Season Three premiere. CTV claims that makes it the most-watched premiere of any series this summer and the No. 1 Canadian premiere of the 2014-15 season. Viewers saw the 12 new teams take off from Quebec