Lieut. Governor David Onley with Speaker Dave Levac Everybody wants in on the act this season on Murdoch Mysteries. Tonight at 9 p.m. on CBC, Ontario’s Lieutenant Governor, David C. Onley, will guest star as Sir Oliver Mowat, one of the provinces most famous and successful politicians.Onley says the scenes were shot last summer in Toronto,
Seed stars Adam Korson and Carrie-Lynn Neales: Take two I’ve been following the TV numbers racket for years in Canada but am left scratching my head over the past few days. The one that really seems, if you’ll pardon the pun, inconceivable: the soft opening of Seed Monday night on City. According to the overnight
Marthe Bernard and Mark O’Brien: not talking If you missed last month’s fourth season premiere of Republic of Doyle, you’re about to miss it again. It’s on opposite tonight’s Super Bowl (CBC, 9 p.m.). Hey, you never know, the game could be out of reach by then. (And, well, kudos to CBC for not wasting
Take that, puck haters. NHL hockey roared back Saturday as CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada enjoyed a record return. An overnight, estimated 3,317,000 viewers watched the Leafs defeat the Canadiens in the prime time 7 p.m. game, with 1,473,000 watching the afternoon tilt between the Winnipeg Jets and the victorious Ottawa Senators. Later, another 1,471,000
Was asked to weigh in on the new Canadian Screen Awards Tuesday night on The National. Eli Glasner wisely edited out my crack that I thought the old awards were called the Geminis because only two people watched.The Geminis and the Genies are being combined into one big awards wank. CBC will carry the gala
Yannick Bisson has reason to smile Premiere week is over. How did CBC do?The first week of January is a big one for CBC as the public broadcaster tries to take advantage of a more-or-less down week in network television to sneak on its 2013 series premieres. The network headed into the beginning of the
Once my head clears from what has been an emotional week, I’ll have tons to share about a favourite series that comes back tonight for a fourth CBC season: The Republic of Doyle. I was in St. John’s late last year as Allan Hawco and the rest of the cast were putting the final touches
Looking for what to watch this New Year’s Eve?Taped in Toronto earlier this month, the 20th annual Air Farce New Year’s Eve special (8 p.m. ET, CBC) goes Stephen Harper Style. A slimmed-down Craig Lauzon goes Gangnan as Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a “Farce Films” sketch. Henderson gives Lauzon a thumbs up as Grapes The