Was out on the Toronto set of Rookie Blue several months ago and had a nice chat with Gregory Smith. The Toronto-born actor yakked about juggling acting with a directing assignment on the hit Global/ABC series, which returns for a fourth season Thursday night at 9 p.m.This marks two years in a row Smith has
Alex O’Loughlin jumps to Fridays next season on Hawaii FIVE-0 This is the week Canada’s private network programming executives play shop till you drop.Together, they’ll drop between $600- to $800 million picking up American network programming for their 2013-14 schedules.It all happens over a few jam-packed days spent in Los Angeles screening rooms and hotels.
It is curious how bad news gets delivered in this country.Shaw/Global sent out a release Monday that made it sound like a good thing that the only Canadian-produced drama they currently have on the main network–Bomb Girls–had been axed.“We are pleased to share,” reads their release, “that we will be creating a Bomb Girls two hour TV
Toronto player Kat Yee gets the boot on Big Brother Canada Big Brother Canada got off to a successful start this past week thanks to Big Mother. Shaw wisely chose to simultaneously launch their new homegrown reality series Wednesday night on the “mother” network, Global (straight out of their 2 million+ Survivor simulcast), as well
Mariano: thinks Blue Jays will top his Sox Fire up the tiki torch and pass the Doritos. The 26th edition of Survivor premieres tonight at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Global. The 90-minute episode will introduce 20 castaways, 10 past favourites and 10 new “fans.”I spoke with ultimate Survivor champion Boston Rob Mariano earlier
Nice to see Michael Skupin make it all the way to the final three on Sunday night’s season finale of Survivor. The 51-year-old did a face plant into a fire pit nearly 12 years ago on the second edition of Survivor and had to be airlifted out of the Australian outback. For some reason, he
He’s alive! It’s alive! CTV orders a second season of Saving Hope Back last June when CTV launched Saving Hope, officials at the network insisted it could go it alone should broadcast partner NBC ditch the series.True to their word, CTV not only officially renewed Hope Friday, it boosted its second season order to 18
I was thrown in the slammer today on the set of Rookie Blue. The Global/ABC cop show is in production on a fourth season, with 13 new episodes scheduled to begin airing next spring. The cast and crew were working on episode five today as I toured the massive stealth studio in Mississauga, just a