If you’re heading into the long weekend, have your beer poured and are clicking around trying to find the Toronto Blues Jays tonight on Rogers Sportsnet, here’s a little heads up. Try looking over on AppleTV+. The Jays are being showcased tonight exclusively on the home of Ted Lasso, Severance and Jon Stewart. It’s all
FRI/JULY 22 The Grey Man (Netflix). Directed by the Russo brothers, this $200 million spy thriller stars Ryan Gosling as a top CIA agent who becomes the subject of a man hunt with a former colleague (Christ Evans) in hot pursuit. Ana de Armas, Wagner Moura, Billy Bob Thornton, Alfre Woodard, and Regé-Jean Page also star.
The folks at AMI-tv know how to get my attention — send food in a box. A big white one arrived last week with ingredients to make a pasta dish, which even I should be able to figure out. It’s all in aid of drawing attention to the Season 2 premiere of Dish with Mary,
If you’re wondering why you can’t find tonight’s Blue Jays vs. Angels game on Sportsnet, it is because it is only available on AppleTV+. This isn’t your dad’s Major League Baseball. The streaming home of Ted Lasso, Severence and The Morning Show now has a full lineup of MLS baseball doubleheaders every Friday night. They’re
Earlier this year, at the start of AMC’s virtual press day for Television Critics Association journalists, Bob Odenkirk opened the executive session by thanking critics for supporting the series. It was always easy to endorse. Better Call Saul may be the best drama on television today, the last in a fine line of advertiser-supported cable
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has turned his attention of late to 20th century subjects such as Muhammad Ali and Ernest Hemingway. Besides the usual mix of historians and voice-over performances by actors, this has allowed for those stories, through film clips and other recordings, to be told by the actual subjects. This week, Burns and
Fans of the original “French Chef,” Julia Child, take note: Julia, an eight-part comedy series about the pioneering TV chef, premieres Thursday on HBO Max and in Canada on Crave. Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley) stars as the public broadcasting legend, with David Hyde Pierce as Child’s husband, Paul. Hyde’s fellow Frasier alumni Bebe Neuwirth (Madam Secretary)
My late mother-in-law Teresa used to have many colourful expressions. One was, “Busy as a dog licking two pots.” This pretty much describes TV showrunner Peter Mitchell this past year. The veteran writer/executive producer has overseen CBC’s Murdoch Mysteries for over a decade and last year took on the added assignment of overseeing Hudson &