Why the guy from UPS thinks I’m Rupert Murdoch The 2012-13 primetime network television season officially begins Monday, right after Sunday’s Emmy Awards.My UPS and FedEx delivery guys already know that. They’ve been bringing boxes, padded envelopes and other mailers to my door non-stop since the start of the month.This is the time of year
I’d never make it as a Flashpoint sniper. My aim is off.Take this post for example: too late to remind folks in the East, but if you’re in Central or Pacific time, you can still catch the final season premiere of CTV’s flagship Canadian drama.There are 12 more episodes, with the series building to one
It’s not that The Mob Doctor or Revolution are bad shows. They’re just so, well, meh.The Mob Doctor, which debuts tonight at 9 p.m. on Fox (it snuck on a day earlier on CTV, where it will occupy the old Desperate Housewives slot), has an engaging enough cast. Jordana Spiro (Must Love Dogs) plays Grace,
The folks at the Toronto Star have asked me to recap this week’s first three episodes of Season Three of The Voice. You’ll find the night one recap here among The Star’s on-line blogs. UPDATE: Here’s the Night Two recap.This is the “blind audition” part of the show, where judges Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Cee
Yes, it’s finally time to Go On.The 2012-13 TV season doesn’t officially begin for another week-and-a-half, but some new shows are already sneaking onto schedules. Tuesday night, for example, Matthew Perry’s new comedy Go On (9 p.m., NBC, Global), Guys With Kids (9:30 p.m., Global) and The New Normal (9:30, NBC/CTV) all air in their
Charlie Sheen can still draw a crowd, on press tour and on TV BEVERLY HILLS, CA–Looks like CTV’s gamble on Charlie Sheen’s new series Anger Management may just pay off.The Canadian network scooped the series despite rival Rogers’ deal with FX for FX Canada. Anger Management is distributed internationally by Sony, so CTV made a
The return of Sheen. Blue skies? Storm clouds? Will Charlie Sheen’s new FX comedy Anger Management be a hit?FX sure hopes so. Tonight’s opener (9 p.m. ET/PT) is the first of ten episodes ordered. If audiences still love Charlie, and the series ranks among the top cable offerings this summer, an order for 90 more
The cast and crew gather on the set for one last shot. Class dismissed Closure is hard to come by on a TV series. For the folks behind Flashpoint, it arrived this week.I was on the set Monday in Toronto when the main cast members gathered for their final scene together. Can’t spill the details–the