We’re approaching the scariest time of the year on television. No, not the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs — that’s The Leafs scariest time of the year. Late October has always brought out the scariest TV treats. That’s true again this year and there is plenty to choose from. TCM ends the month
New wave of lockdowns got you down? Super Channel is out to cheer you up by hosting their second annual virtual version of the Canadian Film Fest. The curtain went up Thursday, April 1st, but the festival continues Friday, April 2nd and Saturday April 3rd and then for two more weekends after that. In all,
Ahoy Hearties! Sunday marks the return of the No. 1 scripted series in all of cable in America, When Calls the Heart. Super Channel is the exclusive home of the series in Canada on their Heart & Home channel. The 8th season sees the cast and crew, including Erin Krakow as school teacher Elizabeth Thatcher
Here’s a true story right out of a Christmas movie: Dylan Pearce is trying to decide between four Christmas movie scripts. He asks him mom, Mary, to read them and give her opinion. She picked “Christmas with a Crown,” premiering Sunday on Super Channel Heart & Home. “This story just jumped out to her,” Pearce
It is Thanksgiving Day in America, so pass the turkey and turn up the football. It is a bit weird seeing those giant balloons and marching bands parade past Macy’s in Manhattan in front of no one except NBC cameras. Not to mention Rockettes wearing matching masks, or Santa waving madly at absolutely no one,
Over a year ago, at the end of August, 2019, I visited the set of Condor, a well-produced spy thriller based on the book and movie “Three Days of the Condor.” The press event was a second season set visit plus interviews with star Max Irons — son of Jeremy — above. Both he and
This has been a tough year for film festivals. Since March, the global pandemic has shut down or greatly limited audiences in cinemas and given organizers of various festival gatherings nothing but headaches. Super Channel president and CEO Don McDonald felt he had a fix for that. He and the premium specialty network enjoyed a
A Canadian drama about drug smuggling mennonites? Based on true stories? That could never last, right? Well, yes and no. CBC order it then cancelled it after a short, six-episode season. It’s now three years later and two other networks — Super Channel in Canada and WGR in the United States — are premiering a