After 31 years as host of The Fifth Estate, plus another decade winning Emmys for CBS and NBC News, award-winning investigative journalist Bob McKeown is ready to retire. The Ottawa native never shied away from his assignments, especially when it came to reporting on football and head injuries. Back in the ’70s, he was a CFL
Tyler and Jordie Schwartz started their business of selling retro toys and gifts in 2007 as the Canadian Leg Lamp Company. The idea came after shooting their fan film “Road Trip for Ralphie,” an homage to the kid from the 1983 classic, “A Christmas Story.” Next they introduced Moose Mugs from “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”
CTAM, the Cable and Telecommunication Association for Marketing, held their 2024 Canada Broadcaster Forum this Wednesday in Toronto at Meridian Hall. Education Co-chair Brad Danks, CEO of Outtv, invited me to moderate one of the panels. The theme of that panel was Adapting to the Future: Canadian Companies Meeting the Challenge,” which sounded optimistic to
Near the end of Bill Brioux’s podcast interview with legendary TV writer Ken Levine, Bill asks his guest what TV he’s watching these days. Levine – whose writing credits include M*A*S*H, Frasier, The Simpsons, Everybody Loves Raymond and many others – could only come up with baseball and Jeopardy! I feel your pain, Ken. The
When Jess Salgueiro auditioned in person for the role of young single mom Eve on Frasier, she had to do it in front of a pair of sitcom legends: star and producer Kelsey Grammer and director Jim Burrows. Pressure? Yes and no says the actress, who was born in Winnipeg, Man. She figured there must
That’s Iron Mike Tyson eying my ears like they were big juicy pork chops. (Thanks to TCA colleague April Neale for the timely photo op.) Back in 2011, at a Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif., the former heavyweight champion was a guest at an OWN Network launch party hosted by Oprah Winfrey.
Looking for something to stream you can hum along to? You can do no better than Music By John Williams, streaming now on demand on Disney+. The documentary is directed by French filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau (Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind) and produced by many of the people whose films Williams has enhanced, including Steven Spielberg,
Early last month, when I wrote about the death of Canadian talk show host Mike Bullard, it reminded me of a turning point for one of the biggest late night stars in America: Conan O’Brien. Now 61, O’Brien was 40 early in 2004 and after a decade at 12:35 a.m. secure enough in his job