When you’ve been busy creating, writing and starring in TV shows and films for a couple of decades, who has time for a hobby? That’s been the case for Mark McKinney. The son of a diplomat moved around a lot as a lad and says comedy has always been his hobby. Together with Dave Foley, Kevin
First of all, this is how you do a broadcast network upfront headline in 2024: “Star-Studded New Series, Returning Hits, and Live Events to Anchor CTV’s 2024/25 Schedule” Notice the words “buzzworthy” or “overflowing” do not appear anywhere. Kudos to CTV’s PR team for breaking with tradition and toning down the mega-hype. Despite challenging times
Guest stars can often add a little zing to a sitcom. Think of all the terrific people who were showcased for an episode or two on, say, Arrested Development or even The Big Bang Theory. Adding a big name or two, however, can’t turn “Ka-KA!” into gold. This week: two contrasting examples. On Tuesday night’s
Perhaps the most impressive thing about the Kids in the Hall picking up right where they left off – 27 years after their last sketch season ended – is their total embrace of doing it at 60. The series opens with Scott Thompson menacing through a yard sale. He’s all tarted up in grey-ish dreads,
Reviews for the new Kids in the Hall series premiering Friday are embargoed until Wednesday, but I think I’m allowed to say that I laughed out loud a few times recently, and I may or may not have been watching screeners. The eight episode series, shot last year in Scarborough, Ont., (in the same studio
I’m sometimes asked to name the best TV show ever to come out of Canada. The first that jumps to mind every time is SCTV. The SCTV of Canadian drama, however — although it was also funny as hell — is Slings & Arrows. As usual, it takes a foreign network to tell us it’s
Superstore is a new comedy airing Monday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC. It’s uncool on purpose, one of those bench player sitcoms you kinda know networks throw on in the winter while they’re developing something better. That doesn’t mean it’s not worth a look or that it might not even be somebody’s favourite