Monday on Kimmel: a bizarre cartoon… Toronto mayor Rob Ford will guest Monday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live with–wait for it–Gonzo from The Muppet Movie. I kid you not. Gonzo mayor meets Gonzo muppet. I got the run down from Jimmy Kimmel Live executive producer Jason Schrift, who found a few minutes Sunday to take
Fimmel (centre) surrounded by the main cast members of Vikings Michael Hirst has become one of the leading storytellers in historical TV drama. The English screenwriter, who penned Elizabeth (1998) before writing virtually every word over four seasons on The Tudors, is now responsible for everything you see on Vikings. The Canada-Ireland historical drama returns
Taylor (far right) with Russell, Keidrich Sallati and Rhys Shhh. There is a Canadian on The Americans. She’s our own little spy on the spy series, which returns Wednesday night for a second season on FX Canada.She’s Holly Taylor, the 16-year-old actress who plays Paige Jennings, the daughter of the two Russian spies posing as
Colantoni, middle, is flanked by (l-r) Ward, Allen, Canning and Casey I tried to interview Enrico Colantoni a few months ago on the set of his new series Remedy but he was just too damn busy. The made-in-Toronto medical drama premieres tonight at 9 p.m. ET on Global.The man stopped by to say hi when
Hindle (right) says I remind him so much of director Bob Clark it’s spooky OTTAWA–A few observations about the second and final day of Prime Time in Ottawa.First, it was fun catching up with Canadian acting dean Art Hindle. He is full of great stories, including one about how he was all set to do
Gerry Dee (left) is in and at Prime Time OTTAWA—This was my first time attending the annual industry confab Prime Time in Ottawa. Some observations from a rain-soaked TV critic:Gerry Dee performed at the Thursday night post-sessions show and joked that he never knew about this convention until he was asked to participate–which made me
Prime Time in Ottawa sounds like a Canadian comedy from the ’80s–like Not My Department or Learning the Ropes. Instead, it is a Canadian TV and film industry conference and schmoozefest that has been going on in the nation’s capital since those two shows were on the air. Maybe it began in response to them!Presented
Tonight at 11:30 p.m. ET, Jimmy Fallon becomes the sixth host of The Tonight Show. But is it still, as they called it during the Johnny Carson years, “the late night place to be?” Tonight started in New York, with original host Steve Allen. at the Hudson Theatre. Allen came up with the template–the desk,