Tolan (centre) does shtick PASADENA, CA–There are stars and showrunners who come to press tour every year and just go through the motions. Then there’s Peter Tolan.The writer/executive producer has contributed to some of TV’s funniest shows, including The Larry Sanders Show and Rescue Me. He’s currently the showrunner of Fox’s mid-season entry Rake (premiering
Fringe favourite John Noble (left) joins Tom Mison on the Dec. 9 episodeof Sleepy Hollow. Key Fringe showrunners are behind the new Fox fantasy Always alert John Doyle at The Globe & Mail had this story way back last August at the most recent TCA press tour: unknown Canuck creates one of this season’s most
Pirini Scleroso, all cleaned up Finally some good news for people on TV named Ford.NBC announced today that they are on board as a full broadcast partner in the new shot-in-Toronto comedy Working the Engels.The series, created and written by sisters Katie and Jane Ford, stars SCTV legend Andrea Martin as the matriarch of a
Martindale last Sunday at the Beverly Hilton. Robert Voets/CBS For years, Margo Martindale dreamed of becoming a sitcom star. That dream appears to be finally coming true on The Millers (Thursday nights at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and Global).The 62-year-old actress was one of dozens of CBS stars who took part in recent international
LL Cool J (left) and Chris O’Donnell mistake this Torontonian for Rob Ford BEVERLY HILLS, CA–“This an amazingly international group!”Ted Danson said it during his press conference Friday. The CSI star is one of dozens of actors and actresses meeting with reporters from all over the world at the Beverly Hilton this weekend.CBS’ International Press
Mr. Big meets Mr. Big in Brampton NEW YORK–Chris Noth is a very funny man.The actor, who plays rascal governor Peter Florrick on The Good Wife, told reporters attending the CBS International Press Junket this week in New York that he’s “glad to be bad.”Actually, Noth was half kidding, which he did throughout the lively
It’s no mystery; Canadians love Murdoch Monday’s early season overnight ratings were an eye opener on several fronts.First, they continue to show tremendous growth for a series given up for dead just two years ago. Murdoch Mysteries returned to CBC–a network off the radar all summer–with an overnight, estimated 1.4 million viewers. This on a
Fox (right) with his sitcom son Connor Romero on The Michael J. Fox Show Hockey obsessed? Michael J. Fox? That would be yes.When a few Canadian reporters shared a table with him last summer during press tour the talk shifted immediately to the game. Fox describes the annual NHL playoffs as something of a “religious