When it premiered late last summer, Only Murders in the Building quickly became the most watched comedy ever on the US streaming service Hulu. (It streams in Canada on Disney+’s Star platform.) No surprise then, that a second season of the clever murder-mystery-comedy, starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selina Gomez as crime-solving podcasters, was
You almost have to send in Naval Special Warfare combat forces to sort out what’s going on with SEAL Team in Canada. Ever since CBS handed the series over to its sister streaming service Paramount+ three Sundays ago, Canadians have been frustrated in their attempts to stick with Season Five beyong the fifth episode. The
UPDATE: Follow this link to fresh intel on the fate of SEAL Team in Canada. Attention, grunts: SEAL Team, the CBS military drama now in its fifth season, has orders to ship out of Global stat. After Sunday’s episode, David Boreanaz, Irish-Canadian actor A. J. Buckley (Pure) and company have orders to abandon the Global
“We knew this was coming,” actor Michael McKean tweeted upon news of the passing of Peter Scolari. “Doesn’t make it easier. RIP my friend.” Scolari, a native of New Rochelle, N.Y., died Friday at 66 after a two year battle with cancer. The actor was best known for two roles: playing opposite Tom Hanks in
It was a privilege to contribute to The Toronto Star’s special coverage of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a story online now and in print on Saturday. The idea began about a month ago with a message from Kevin Newman. Back on September 11, 2001, he was days into his new job
No doubt viewers will remember Jon Stewart’s impassioned plea before the U.S. congress on behalf of the first responders. These were the people who fearlessly did their jobs at ground zero on those horrible days 20 years ago this September. Now a Canadian-made documentary, shot over five years and chronicling the fight to gain compensation
Podcasts. I’ve got one; you’ve got one, everybody’s got one. They’re fun to guest on, as well, as I found out this week when I was welcomed aboard Bad Pilots. That’s the podcast where my son Dan Brioux, and co-host Aidan D’Aoust, watch pilot episodes of TV shows and take a deep dive into just
Talk about Double Jeopardy! I have to agree with my friend Bill Carter, the former New York Times TV critic, who tweeted that this week’s Jeopardy hosting announcement from Sony Pictures Television was “A guidebook for how to mess up succeeding a legend.” It wasn’t that, on Wednesday, Mayim Bialik and Mike Richards were officially