In the very early days of television, there was nobody bigger than Sid Caesar. On Saturday nights in the early 1950s, Caesar’s program, Your Show of Shows, prompted millions of Americans to buy this new-fangled device called a television set. Your Show of Shows, a rollicking variety that combined satire (mostly unfamiliar to American audiences)
With Joni Mitchell’s return to Canada the big draw, Sunday night’s 2026 Juno Awards played to an overnight, estimated average minute audience of 765,000 CBC viewers. The public broadcaster’s research department pegs that as up 11 per cent over 2025. Not bad considering multi-nominated Justin Bieber was a no-show. Sunday’s two-hour-plus music industry showcase also
In this special episode, we go beyond the scandal and into the storytelling of one of the most infamous moments in Olympic sports history with the cast of Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story. Hear all star comedy cast members such as Mark McKinney, Andrew Phung, Emma Hunter and others answer tough questions such as
Are Canadians ready to see a six episode series about Canada losing to the United States? This seemed to be the acceptance hurdle facing creator Anthony Q. Farrell (The Office) and New Metric Media (Letterkenny, Shoresy) in mounting Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story, streaming now on Paramount+ and GameTV. Hear this however. Hate
Variety broke the news Monday that, with Season One just ended and Season Two fully shot but yet to be scheduled, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has been cancelled by Paramount+. The news came as a shock to many, including original Star Trek skipper William Shatner, who turned 95 Monday. He tweeted his disappointment, lamenting that
No, that’s not Wilford Brimley on the right in the tie. That is me, in 2018, back when I was invited by executive producer Peter Mitchell to lark about Murdoch Mysteries for a few lines as an early 20th century ticketmaster. The fake stomach was, well, all me at the time. The Lanny McDonald moustache
Is the network sitcom drought finally coming to an end? St. Denis Medical is hale and hearty in its second season. Stumble, the cheerleader-centred comedy on NBC is flying high. But the best sign of a revival of the sitcom comes with another NBC series, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (Monday nights on
The folks at CBC Radio Noon Quebec in Montreal asked me to weigh in Wednesday on whether or not Don Cherry should be awarded the Order of Canada. Ontario premier Doug Ford and others are calling for this. Shawn Apel was the radio host; you can hear our exchange here. I have to admit I