CBS Late Show host Stephen Colbert took his show live Wednesday night to denounce the shocking catastrophe on Capitol Hill earlier that day. “Remind me… are we great again yet?” seethed an angry Colbert, back doing his show from home as California surges through a record number of COVID-19-related deaths. Colbert’s 14-minute opening rant spoke
Sunday night’s Emmy Awards were the best Emmys Ever — especially for a Canadian. The so-called “PandEmmys” were over an hour old before anything other than Schitt’s Creek claimed an award. The shot-in-Toronto series swept all the major primetime comedy awards — the first time this has ever happened — on its way to becoming
Did you ever go on a theme park ride and wished you hadn’t? Maybe something went wrong. Maybe you got stuck at the top of the Wild Mouse at the Canadian Nationa Exhibition back when you were ten and had to walk all the way down on the side of the metal support structure. Maybe
It takes a real late night talk show host to truly appreciate the genius that was Fred Willard. Monday night on his “Live at Home” show, Kimmel paid a heartfelt tribute to Willard, who passed away Saturday at the age of 86. Kimmel spoke of growing up a fan of Fernwood 2Nite (1977-78), the brilliant
Well, we got through another month. Hell, these guys were in isolation for six seasons. Here’s how to get through the next 30 days: Wednesday, April 1 Diggstown (CBC) Season and, judging by the ratings, likely series finale. Big Brother Canada (Global). Due to COVID-19, this eighth edition of the ultimate isolation reality show is
Talk about making lemonade out of coronavirus. The late night talk show hosts have all been working from home lately, setting examples as comedians in isolation getting their own coffee. Miss Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon’s act? Now you can see him at home with his kids crawling all over his head. Wondering what Seth
Monday was NHL Trade Deadline Day, the annual ritual where eleventy million-billion commentators put on a clean shirt and yammer on for 13 hours about a fourth line centre being swapped for a 5th round draft pick and two emergency back-up goalies. In sharp contrast yesterday was the coverage of the celebration of life for
Wednesday night was a nostalgic night, but also an extraordinary night in broadcast network television. There were two half season finales on CBS and Fox: Survivor and The Masked Singer. With the best storytellers in comedy and drama having migrated to cable networks such as HBO and streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and