Few shows in TV history are more associated with geriatric viewing than the 1986-95 lawyer drama Matlock. It starred folksy Andy Griffith as a lawyer whose down-home mannerism hides a brilliant legal mind. Or at least, that’s how I understand it; I’ve never seen an episode. The fact that anyone under 60 knows anything about
The first scene of the new Fox and Global series Murder in a Small Town is set at that most sacred of Canadian television landmarks: the diner from The Beachcombers, Mollys Reach. Seated inside, shooting a first date scene, are two actors representing several generations of Canadian acting royalty: Kristin Kreuk, the Vancouver lass who went from Edgemont to Smallville to Beauty and
The new series Murder in a Small Town opens with the most Canadian scene ever. Cassandra, played by Vancouver-born Kristin Kreuk (Smallville, Burden of Truth), meets Karl, played by another Vancouver native, Rossif Sutherland — he of the famous half-brother Kiefer and the late, great actor Donald and wife Francine Racette. Cassandra and Karl are
Earlier this week at their annual upfront in New York, the Fox Network announced their planned schedule for the 2024-25 season. Unlike CBS, Fox’s new offerings are not based on existing I.P.’s or simply spun off from current franchises, so points for originality in an age where playing it safe is the new norm. The
As Douglas Pucci reported Tuesday on The Programming Insider, hardly anybody watched Fox’s broadcast of the 75th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Part of the tune out could be blamed on confusion. The Emmys usually air in September at the start of the TV season. It was pushed back four months due to the actors’ strike,
Christina Applegate brought down the house last night at the 75th Annual Emmy Awards. The former Married…with Children star and Dead to Me actress walked on stage accompanied by host Anthony Anderson. She was greeted with a standing ovation. Applegate, using a cane, had tears in her eyes. The 52-year-old actress, who began her TV
I always resented the series M*A*S*H. This had nothing to do with the merits of the multiple Emmy Award-winning series, or the fact that, when my career began at TV Guide Canada shortly before the series ended, it was a pain having to shift keys and type an asterisk every time in between capitalizing the
Was he born in California or Canada? Even Hart Hanson is not 100% sure but here is what we do know: he has created hit TV shows in both countries, including the longest-running drama ever at Fox, Bones. Pt. 1 of this two-part conversation looks at his start in Canada as a writer on the final