There was a lot of talk about how groundbreaking One Big Happy was at the January TCA press tour. The NBC sitcom, which premieres Tuesday night, stars Calgary-born Elisha Cuthbert as an uptight lesbian who decides to have a child fathered by her lifelong friend, Luke (Nick Zano). Then Nick goes and meets a curvy
HOLLYWOOD–Last week, I wrote about how Shark Tank’s Canadian tycoon, Robert Herjavec, was focused on winning the mirror ball trophy on the 10th anniversary season of Dancing with the Stars. Last night, Monday, I found out not only is it tough to win the competition, but it’s tricky to even get a ticket into the
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.–Ever watch TV with a thousand people? That’s sort of like the experience of attending PaleyFest. The eight day festival–billed as “where TV Fans Get Their Fix”–concluded Sunday with screenings and cast panel Q&As featuring Jane the Virgin (available in Canada exclusively on shomi and in the U.S. on The CW) and FX’s American Horror
“I am now a professional dancer—words that I thought would never come out of my mouth. All my friends think I am nuts.” That’s Robert Herjavec talking. The former Dragon and current Shark will add dancer to his C.V. when the 20th edition of Dancing with the Stars commences Monday, March 16 at 8 p.m.
Seven hundred and forty-three thousand estimated, overnight viewers across Canada watched Saturday’s Hockey Night in Canada tilt between The Toronto Maple Leafs and the St. Louis Blues. That might be the lowest HNiC 7 p.m. start number ever, or at least since digital tallying. In our weekly radio chat, AM900CHML’s Scott Thompson started things off by
It seems to me there is a great movie in the Sam Simon story. I never met the man–one of the three credited creators of The Simpsons–but he appears to evoke a passionate response with people who did know him (including comedy writer Ken Levine; check his terrific blog in the coming days for a promised
The Last Man on Earth is one of my favourite new comedies. Fox has it Sunday nights at 9:30 p.m. ET. It is off to a promising start on Fox but so far no Canadian network has picked it up. It stars Will Forte as the bearded mook who somehow, two years after a world-wide virus outbreak,
Last year I had the pleasure of moderating a panel at Prime Time in Ottawa, an annual Canadian TV industry pow-wow in our nation’s capital. Michael Hennessy and the folks at the Canadian Media Production Association host a gathering of 600 or so producers, broadcast executives, lobbyists and others who basically travel from all across