Before Late Night with David Letterman and within a year or two of Saturday Night Live and SCTV there was a little show that firmly planted the irony flag on the comedy landscape: Fernwood 2Nite. This offshoot from the equally groundbreaking Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman deconstructed talk show television in a way rarely seen on
For the past month I’ve been joining Arlene Byson on SiriusXM’s “Canada Talks” for a weekly chat about what’s new in television. This Monday, Arlene (right) wondered if groundbreaking shows such as Breaking Bad are chipping away at broadcast network ratings.There is no doubt that Walter White and Company have had an impact. One look at
If this is Tuesday, it must be time to get a PVR. This is one of TV’s biggest battlegrounds, and things are heating up this fall with Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. entering the fray.Can the comic book B-Team behind the superheroes from The Avengers take down the mighty agents of NCIS? This battle of the