Was up north painting the unplugged cottage and a bit behind on posting, so missed this milestone from Sunday: the 50th anniversary of the first Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. Carson’s official debut on Oct. 1, 1962 only survives on a short audio clip. As has been noted here before, the first 10 years of
I’ve been up at the unplugged cottage, sanding and painting, so was not in front of my laptop Sept. 28 to do the 40th annual salute to St. Paul. A few catch up musings: Henderson’s goal was, without a doubt, the most electrifying thing I ever saw on TV. It is hard to put in
Thursday marks the sixth season return of Canada’s most-watched TV series: The Big Bang Theory. The CBS/CTV comedy shows no sign of slowing down even after two full seasons of nightly syndication.There’s also two of the most promising new network dramas premiering tonight: Last Resort and Elementary (“New Holmes. New Watson. New York”), although I
If you’re into the new “All Star” season of Dancing with the Stars, I’m recapping every episode this season for The Star.com. Poor Pammy Anderson got booted off Tuesday night’s excruciatingly long and boring first results show. Anderson’s marriages didn’t seem to last as long as that two-hour episode, padded out with appearances by Justin
That’s me, right, with Crystal, the star of NBC’s new comedy Animal Practice. Pretty sure that’s the first time I’ve had the star of a network series sit on my head.Animal Practice is one of three new network comedies premiering Wednesday night, the other two being Guys With Kids and The Neighbors. Guys With Kids has
The Mindy Project (above) is one of three new network shows airing tonight. The new and returning premieres are:8 p.m. Dancing with the Stars Results Show (ABC, CTVTWO) 8 p.m. NCIS (CBS, Global) 8:30 p.m. Ben and Kate (Fox, City) NEW 9 p.m. NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS, Global) 9 p.m. New Girl (Fox, City) 9:30 p.m. The Mindy Project (Fox, City) NEW 10 p.m.
Josh Groban and the late Jimmy Kimmel. Todd Wawrychuk/ABC Nobody was paying me to watch The Emmy Awards last night, so I missed the cold opening and Kimmel’s monologue. I caught up Monday morning on YouTube, however. That was the best way to go, because YouTube, unlike CTV, had it with the sound on–a big
The 64th Annual Emmy Awards air tonight beginning at 8/9c on ABC and CTV. Who will win? A bunch of shows and stars. The usual suspects, I’m thinkin’. More of a reason to watch is to see Jimmy Kimmel as host. Here’s hoping he lets it rip, that he takes the mickey out of this