If you’re looking to party hearty on a budget this weekend check out Sherri Woodstock II, happening Saturday night at the Horseshoe Tavern on Queen St. West in Toronto. Thanks to her mom, Debbie, sister Kayla and the rest of her close-knit family, the spirit of Toronto Sun spark plug Sherri Wood lives on in
Heading down the 407 today to yak with Mark Hebscher and Donna Skelly on CHCH’s Live @ 5:30. The topic is the travesty that is the Geminis and how those pinheads could salute the best in Canadian TV and completely shut out the final seasons of two of Canada’s finest comedies ever, Corner Gas and
A lot of Web TV content originating from the States is geoblocked. Here’s one you can access north of the border and it’s from a major network, NBC Universal: CTRL. It streams on NBC.com, Hulu.com and USANetwork.com and can be viewed in Canada here.The 10-part series, broken into five-minute webisodes, stars former Arrested Development Bluth
Okay, I take it all back. Anne Heche is funny and fabulous. (So are these hi-def Letterman clips off YouTube. Even the GatorAid ads are extras.)
I hate the Geminis. Every year without fail they nominate something so howlingly lame Canada is exposed as a nation that salutes every damn thing it produces.This year it is Testees, nominated as Canada’s Best TV Comedy. Wow. “Canada Nuts For Testees.” Be proud, eh?Maybe it is the duel nature of the Geminis to combine
Nobody is on the fence about thirtysomething. You either love it or hate it.The ABC drama is released for the first time today in a DVD boxed set (thirtysomething The Complete First Season, Shout! Factory, $59.95, get more info here). The plan is to release all four seasons of the series in six month intervals.Right
Here it is, the second Box Score web TV review. The TCA press tour pushed this back a bit, but here’s a review of Fox’s More To Love, the beefy Bachelor show that’s into its third week already (Tuesdays at 9/8c on Fox and Citytv).A week after ace camera dude Juan Fanzio followed me around
The Toronto Star picked up my Canadian Press story today on This Beat Goes On and Rise Up, two terrific back-to-back documentaries on the Canadian music scene. Part One begins next Thurs., Aug. 27 at 9 p.m. on CBC’s “Doc Zone” with the series playing over the next three consecutive Thursdays.Read the Star feature here.The