I’ll give this to CBC, who yesterday announced that their 2026-2027 slate will include 50 original series from Canadian storytellers: this isn’t just the same old boring list of retreads. There are no spinoffs or re-brands. The slim lineups of new shows emerging from the recent US upfronts earlier this month were just more 9-1-1
Can the Montreal Canadiens ride a plucky rookie goalie all the way to the Stanley Cup final? First, Jakub Dobeš and his teammates will have to get past their NHL Eastern Conference Final opponent, the Carolina Hurricanes. Puck drops Thursday night at 8pm on CBC, Sportsnet and TVA and on TNT and truTV in the
World’s collide as the talky half of Jay and Silent Bob meets Murdoch Mysteries. Yes, it turns out that Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith’s pal since Clerks, is a superfan of the CBC historical whodunnit Murdoch Mysteries. He was turned on to the series by his buddy, Matt Goehring. Mewes binged 18 seasons and 300 episodes in six months.
With lottery-lucky Toronto Maple Leafs sidelined throughout these NHL playoffs, Rogers-owned Sportsnet had just three of seven hometown Canadian teams to bank on in Round One of these Stanley Cup playoffs. Only one team, the Montreal Canadiens, advanced. (They open the second round against the Buffalo Sabres tonight at 7 p.m.) How much does Sportsnet
With the recent passing of Dinah Christie at 83 we go back into the vault for my 2014 conversation with the beloved Canadian entertainer. Always a welcome presence on television in the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s, Christie was a touchstone for many boomers. I used to rush home from school to see the CHCH charades
One of the shining stars of Canadian television in the 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s was Dinah Christie. The This Hour Has Seven Days and Party Game performer died Friday, April 10 at 85. The London-born actress-singer came to Toronto with her actor parents at the age of two. In the “born out of a trunk”
Who’s a good boy? All the puppies on the new CBC/CBC Gem series Must Love Dogs, that’s who. Premiering April 20, the 10 episodes feature a couple I met last December at the CBC Broadcast Centre in Toronto – Brady Oliveira and Alex Blumberg. They live in Winnipeg and are very dedicated to rescuing and finding
It takes more than 22 Minutes to amass 700 episodes of a Canadian TV series — or any North American series for that matter. Saturday Night Live, after 50 years, is inching towards 1000 episodes. (It’s at 991.) The Ed Sullivan Show, from 1948 – ’71, was a really big variety shew for 1,068 Sundays.