My guest this episode is an executive producer who helped guide Schitt’s Creek to a canoe full of Emmy and CSA awards. He’s currently one of the executive producers on another wonderful sitcom, Son of a Critch, shockingly ignored — nomination wise — at this year’s Canadian Screen Awards. Yes, it is Andrew Barnsley and he’s just
Over the weekend, CBC opted not to cover two close, deciding games in the third round of the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup. Their priorities instead: the annual Canadian Screen Awards Friday and the final two hours of the reality competition series Canada’s Ultimate Challenge. The results are in and they are about as punishing as
Here is something I’ve been sitting on for months: the CBC sitcom Son of a Critch is about to join an American network schedule. The St. John’s, Newfoundland, based series, currently on production on a third CBC season, will debut on The CW this summer. In our podcast episode from January of this year, Brad
The Canadian Screen Awards main gala was broadcast Sunday night on CBC. The hour-long industry salute, which was hosted by Samantha Bee and featured one of the biggest names in sports and entertainment (Ryan Reynolds), drew an overnight, estimated 136,000 viewers. Yes, that is out of all viewers across Canada ages 2+. The lead-in Sunday
The Canadian Screen Awards were handed out last week in Toronto. There were many worthy winners and even more talented Canadians in the film and television industries who deserve all the accolades that come their way. My take, however, is that the flood of categories and escalating number of nominations diminishes the value of each
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
It is trophy season once again as the annual Canadian Screen Awards super spreader marathon is in full swing. Demand for the award itself has been so high Canadian Tire has completely sold out of ice scrapers and hockey pucks. The glut of statue swapping began last Monday with The Broadcast News Awards, hosted by
My late mother-in-law Teresa used to have many colourful expressions. One was, “Busy as a dog licking two pots.” This pretty much describes TV showrunner Peter Mitchell this past year. The veteran writer/executive producer has overseen CBC’s Murdoch Mysteries for over a decade and last year took on the added assignment of overseeing Hudson &