Global’s PR department finally dropped the release I’ve been anticipating for weeks now — the “We’re kicking ass” release. “Global jumpstarts the 2021-22 TV season — scoring number one’s across the board,” it begins. The Corus Entertainment network declared itself the home of the No. 1 new and overall series,” CSI: Vegas, the No. 1
UPDATE: Follow this link to fresh intel on the fate of SEAL Team in Canada. Attention, grunts: SEAL Team, the CBS military drama now in its fifth season, has orders to ship out of Global stat. After Sunday’s episode, David Boreanaz, Irish-Canadian actor A. J. Buckley (Pure) and company have orders to abandon the Global
Tonight, Global lays down the law — Family Law (9 p.m. ET/PT). The hour-long legal drama stars Jewel Staite as lawyer Abigail Bianchi who barely holds onto her briefs after a disasterous court appearance. Suffice to say one should never show up late to defend a client after a boozy all-nighter. After being all but
What is vying with naming Mike Richards the new host of Jeopardy for Worst Call in Television for 2021? Global’s decision to announce, before it aired, that this would be the fifth and final season of Private Eyes. The Jason Priestley/Cindy Sampson Toronto-based detective drama has owned the summer of ’21, averaging over a million
Warning: stay off Fantasy Island. No, there’s not COVID outbreak, or any other hint of reality. This latest re-boot of an old series, which premiered Tuesday night on Fox and Global, is simply dull. The only fantasy is that today, in 2021, some network executives thought that another go at this escapist nonsense from the
Tonight at a “special time” of 9:30 p.m. ET, Private Eyes returns to Global for a fifth season. The surprise to everyone, including star, director and executive producer Jason Priestley, is that it is also the final season. I spoke with Priestley Wednesday for an upcoming episode of brioux.tv: the podcast. Look for him to
Global framed their 43 minute, virtual upfront presentation Wednesday with an old-fashioned “let’s put on a show” approach. Food Network Canada host Noah Cappe kidded around as the director of the virtual video, introducing Corus execs such as Doug Murphy, Troy Reeb and Barb McKergow. Hey, it’s been a long year in lockdown. Things opened
“Is regular network TV programming dead? These four Canadian broadcast execs say no, it’s evolving.” That’s the headline to a feature I wrote appearing in Saturday’s Toronto Star. Read the full story here if you’re a subscriber or, better yet, buy a copy. People have been writing the network TV obit for years. Tina Fey