I’m half Scotch (and half water) so looking forward to tonight’s first of a week long visit to Scotland by The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. The late night talk show airs at 12:37 a.m. on CBS and Global.Ferguson’s visit to Paris last season was wonderfully eclectic and intimate, very low key, fly on
Is Bill Pullman the next Leslie Nielsen? Pullman has landed another gig playing the president of the United States in 1600 Penn, one of the new Friday night comedies that has just landed on NBC’s fall schedule.Monday morning at the annual NBC “upfront” presentations to advertisers, NBC announced seven new comedies will join its 2012-13
The ladies of Wisteria Lane play their last hand. ABC/Ron Tom Desperate Housewives threw in the cards after eight frothy seasons with the ending Marc Cherry always had in mind. Viewers into prime time soaps will have to content with guilty pleasure Revenge next season, with CGB also canceled. (Although the grandaddy of them all,
“Cancelled?? Whaaat??” Just last month, CTV was bragging it had the “No. 1 new series of the season” with Missing, which hit a high of 1.8 million Canadian viewers in April. Now Missing, along with many other U.S.network shows, are not just missing but finished. The Ashey Judd drama was cancelled along with almost two
“Screw Wheel and Jeopardy–we’ve got the Cup!” Hey–good news! CBC apparently found millions of dollars!That was the impression at Thursday’s “Dancing Past the Budget Cuts with the Stars” 2012-13 Launchapalooza at the public network’s downtown Toronto broadcast centre.The extravagant happening began around noon in a cavernous 10th floor sound stage. That’s one big advantage CBC has over
Air Farce fans expecting a night of comedy from Luba, Simply Luba are in for a dramatic surprise.Luba Goy’s one woman show opened Wednesday at the Berkeley Street Theatre in Toronto and runs though May 26.I went to the sold out opener expecting more shtick, more of a Carrie Fisher “Wishful Drinking” kind of celebrity
Meriwether (right) with showrunners Jake Kasdan and Peter Chernin New Girl started strong when it began last fall, with adorkable Zooey Deschanel becoming everybody’s instant crush. Ratings have sliped a bit in the States, but seem to be holding steady in Canada heading into tonight’s season finale (9/8c on Fox and City).For me the reason
I’ve seen the Luba Goy one woman show before and it is hilarious. Luba wasn’t on stage, she was showing off art in her house and holding court during a delightful interview on the Danforth. Nonetheless, any occasion with Luba is a one woman show. Her true life stories are funny and fascinating and you