Here is why Jonathan Torrens is the perfect Canada Day Weekend podcast guest: As a producer, he is behind two new Canadian TV comedies: Pretty Blind, starring Jennie Bovard as a legally blind but supremely independent library worker (premiering July 8 on AMI); and 0-60 Driving Academy, steering headlong into a second season on Bell Fibe. Then
The Bell Media Upfront25 held Thursday at Meridian Hall in Toronto may be the best Canadian upfront I’ve ever attended. Bell does it old school. They rent the biggest hall, fly in the most stars and crank up the open bar for the ad community. They have the advantage of going last and thus can
For 70 plus years, the third week of September has been the traditional time when new and returning shows flood onto fall TV schedules. This fall, it’s a trickle, with broadcasters making due with prime time versions of daytime game shows, more reality stunt shows and — gasp — scripted fare from Canada. Is it
The Toronto Maple Leafs take their annual march to Elimination Day as another Stanley Cup playoff race begins. Simply can’t watch another collapse? There are plenty more shows this May. Please check back all month long as more entries are added. UPDATED May 24 SUN/MAY 1 I Love That For You (Showtime; Crave). Former SNL
Another sign that the world is unfolding as it should: Puppers beer is back. Yes, the dark golden lager enjoyed by Hicks and Hockey players alike on the Crave comedy Letterkenny is making a return to the stores. You can find it in select Sobeys, beer stores and the LCBO in Ontario in time for