Hats off to the marketing and publicity folks at Shaw Media for indulging in a little old fashioned ballyhoo. If you bought any groceries over the weekend in a major Canadian city, chances are your goodies were divided on the checkout conveyor by a cardboard knife courtesy Top Chef Canada. The series, a homegrown spinoff
Let me make one thing perfectly clear: The Kennedys is not a documentary.There’s been a lot of, “I knew Jack Kennedy…and you’re no Jack Kennedy,” going on in response to this controversial miniseries, which premieres Sunday night at 9 p.m. on History Television. (A hot potato in the States, it bowed last week on Reelz). Not just TV critics
A few years ago, people wondered what planet Mike Tyson was on. Tonight, for the premiere of his new reality series Taking on Tyson (9 p.m. Thursday), he’s on Animal Planet.The former heavyweight champion is the key figure in this astonishing six-part series which shows Tyson fully engaged in his very unusual hobby: training pigeons. No
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson seemed concerned that Katie Couric is leaving CBS News. Reports this week confirm that, after five years as anchor of The CBS Evening News, Couric is ready to try something else, perhaps a talk show. She will stick around long enough to cover the royal wedding.Who can replace Katie, Scott
Time flies when you’re having fun watching a TV show. Tonight marks the second season finale of Republic of Doyle (9 p.m., CBC). It seems like the series had just returned and boom, it is over again. Damn these shortened CBC seasons.Many shows suffer a bit of a sophomore slump and writer/producer/star Allan Hawco’s breezy St.
The Borgias won the Canadian specialty ratings Holy War Sunday night. The Canadian/American/Hungarian drama drew 575,000 overnight, estimated viewers to Bravo! for its 10 p.m. premiere. That was the largest audience for a TV series on Bravo! since 2004. U.S. broadcaster Showtime also had their prayers answered by the Jeremy Irons-led papal saga. The Borgias
Have you noticed that all the big noise Canadian TV premieres are suddenly all over on specialty? Wipeout Canada gets off to a flying start Sunday on TVTropolis, Top Chef Canada comes to a boil April 11 on Food Network, The Kennedys start their campaign next Sunday, April 10 on History Television and the $40M+ historical drama The Borgias launches
Do Canadians have the cajones to tackle the Big Red Balls of Wipeout? Find out Sunday night at 8 p.m. as Wipeout Canada premieres on TVTropolis. I was one of a posse of journalists who were lucky enough to be flown down to the outsourced site of this zany reality stunt show–in Beunos Aires, Argentina. What the heck,