HALIFAX, N.S.–No, it’s not Trailer Park Boys 3.It’s Jonathan Torrens, Mark Forward and yours truly on location outside the Armed Forces curling rink where CBC’s Mr. D is shot in Halifax.Torrens plays vice principal Cheeley on the comedy, which returns for a second season in January. Stand up comedian Forward plays librarian Mr. Leung. The series
HALIFAX, N.S.–They make TV in strange places across Canada. Mr. D, the CBC comedy which returns for a second season in January, houses its main schoolroom sets on the surface of the CFB Halifax Curling Club.The sitcom stars Gerry Dee as a seat-of-the-pants school teacher. On this Wednesday morning, during the last week of shooting, Dee
“When does the new TV season start?” It’s the No. 1 question I get asked these days.The good news is you can find out exactly when your favourite network prime time TV shows, as well as the brand new offerings, officially begin their runs right here at TV Feeds My Family. Simply click on the
True Blood showrunner Alan Ball put a bow on his hands-on involvement with the series with Sunday’s Season Five finale and the dude pretty much let ‘er rip. There was plenty of sex, violence and especially blood in the episode, which to my eye played like a campy old Batman episode as if directed by
Coppers Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones) and Maguire (Kevin Ryan) One of the most impressive sets I’ve ever been on is the one for Copper. The pre-forensic cop show premieres Sunday night at 9 p.m. in Canada on Showcase.I had an opportunity to visit the Toronto set back in early May. The producers, Cineflix and BBC America, have
Saluting Silk. I tried to dress classy like Looking for Lost Girl? Showcase’s favourite succubus can be found Saturday at Fan Expo in Toronto. Anna Silk (Bo), Kris Holden-Ried (Dyson), Ksenia Solo (Kenzie), Rick Howland (Trick), Zoie Palmer (Lauren) and KC Collins (Hale) will all be live and in person, appearing together on a panel in Hall G from 12 to 1 p.m. and signing autographs from
After a few weeks off, CHML’s Scott Thompson had plenty of questions. First he wanted to know all about my recent trip to Dieppe. I was in France for the memorial celebrations surrounding the 70th anniversary of the WWII invasion (see previous postings). David O’Keefe, the Montreal historian who spent 15 years digging into declassified,
From Tuesday’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: At the age of 50, Roger Clemens has signed on to play for a minor league team in Texas. You can tell he’s getting up there. Today he tested positive for Activia. Follow @BillBriouxTV