On February 22, it was announced that CBC’s The Porter led all shows at the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards with 19 nominations. Two days later came news that this same well-reviewed series about Black Canadian railway workers fighting for job protection in 1921 was cancelled. The series was co-created by and featured veteran actor and
As producer-actor Arnold Pinnock relates in the latest episode of Brioux.tv the podcast, it took 13 years to get The Porter to the station. Set 100 years ago in the early 1920s, the Canadian railway drama tells the story of train porters Junior Massey and Zeke Garrett (Ami Ameen and Ronnie Rowe Jr.) and their
Rob Ford, Pamela Wallin and Mike Duffy were all obvious targets as the Air Farce aimed their F-Bombs in another New Years Eve special taping, held Thursday and Friday in Toronto. I’ve been to at least a dozen Farce tapings, most with my son, Dan, and it is now as much a part of Christmas
Pinnock (second from right) helps his new Farce family drop the F-Bomb Joining a comedy troupe that has been in business for 40 years has to be daunting. Arnold Pinnock proves he is up to the task in the annual Air Farce New Years special, airing Sunday at 8 p.m. on CBC.The look back at
How did the biggest success story in Canadian television in years wind up getting cancelled after just one season?Combat Hospital was a monster hit in Canada. The big budget, Toronto-lensed co-production consistently drew 1.5 million viewers a week last summer on Global, but its failure to break through south of the border on ABC has apparently