Johnny, Ed and Frank Okay, ignore that last post. My bad. It clearly states at the Gemini site that the list of the Top 25 shows as chosen by critics singles out Canadian television shows produced over the past 25 years. SCTV concluded its run in 1984, putting it just outside the reach of
Just because I hate the Gemini Awards doesn’t mean you have too. In fact, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the awards, the producers of the annual Canadian TV industry salute have set up a site where you can vote on your all-time favourite Canadian TV shows.Voters can choose from 25 shows chosen by “top critics
The ET Canada team. Credit: Central Image Agency So I get this invitation to come to 148 Cumberland Street in the heart of Yorkville, walk past the fancy restaurants and come upon a Green P parking pavilion. Who knew P stands for Party this week in Toronto.That’s where Global set up their stealth red carpet party
Long time NBC news correspondent Edwin Newman always spoke with the authority of someone who knew the right words. He used language with precision, a TV guy with an old school dedication to the craft of copy writing. There was something welcome and relatable about his look, too, more Ed Asner or Edward G. Robinson
Want to ask Conan O’Brien a question about his new show? Conan launches Nov. 8 on TBS and CTV. The still-bearded talk show host has set up a Facebook link allowing fans to quiz him on the new series. Questions you might want to submit: “Are you keeping the beard?” “Is Max Weinberg still your bandleader?”
Norman Jewison and George Anthony Brian Linehan would have liked this morning’s simple but sincere Toronto International Film Festival salute. The celebrated celebrity interviewer, who died in 2004, was honored at the dedication of the Brian Linehan Research Library, tucked onto the fourth floor of the brand new Bell Lightbox. TIFF’s new showcase is a
Man, that Slawko Klymkiw has pull in high places. The executive director of the Canadian Film Centre had the skies part and the rain stop for Sunday’s annual CFC BBQ, held as usual out at the old E.P. Taylor Winfields estate in uptown Toronto. The skies threatened but the rain held off throughout the outdoor
“The underworld has a new hero,” it says in the ads for Lost Girl, which premieres Sunday night at 9 p.m. on Showcase. The Gothic, supernatural series stars Anna Silk (middle right, with co-stars Zoie Palmer and Kris Holden-Reid) as a kick-ass Succubus named Bo who stays young and pert by draining the life fluids from