Just as my kids have never known life without The Simpsons, few Canadians have known life without Lloyd Robertson.Canada’s Most Trusted News anchor signs off for the last time tonight on the CTV National News. He’s been a TV newsman since before CTV was on the air, on televison since the mid-’50s.I had the pleasure
On this week’s podcast with CHML’s Scott Thompson, we get into the dreaded DC–Digital Conversion. If you woke up this morning, turned on your set and got snow, you either forget to pay your cable bill or you are officially now an analog castaway. Canada has made the switch. A moment of silence, folks, for
Lord knows I’m not a fan of the Geminis. Too many awards over too many nights devalues the Canadian television industry salute. It seems you just have to be a Gemini–or a Pisces or an Aries or a Leo–to win a Gemini.Case in point: at Wednesday’s night two of three Gemini ticket sales opportunities, George
Two and a Half Men returns Sept. 19 When does the new season start? It’s the question I hear the most as soon as September rolls around. A few shows, such as Suits, have already snuck onto specialty channels. Tonight marks the Showcase debut of Warehouse 13, a shot-in-Toronto fantasy drama that has been airing
News that Wade Belak was found dead in as Toronto hotel room came as a total shock to those close to him at CBC’s Battle of the Blades.The former NHL enforcer and one time Toronto Maple Leaf was an early recruit for the third season of the CBC reality series. Blades, which is set to
I recently flew 4300 kms to Dawson City, Yukon, to work a story but it’s also a kick when I can simply walk to a TV location. That happened earlier this year when Mike Holmes was just three blocks away ripping apart a house for his HGTV series Holmes Inspection (returning for a second season
August 31 is D-Day in Canada–as in Digital TV Transition day. It’s the last day you’re supposed to be able to watch over-the-air broadcasts through an old school antenna.Really, if you haven’t addressed this by now, well, hate to break it to you but the Dumont network is no longer carrying Gleason.At any rate, not
The sleepy-looking guy in the white beard will be me Tuesday morning around 8:10-ish as I get dragged before the camera on CHCH’s Morning Live. I’ll be there to yak about the upcoming fall TV season. ‘CH has two new fall imports, both from The CW: Hart of Dixie stars Rachel Bilson as the top