Does comedy really equal tragedy plus time? In the wake of ther Jian Ghomeshi incident, I put that question to several Canadian comedians while working on a feature for The Canadian Press. The story went up on the news wire Monday and you can read it here. It started when I began wondering how This Hour Has
Oops! Been overwhelmed by television down in Los Angeles and forgot to give as heads up on Monday’s season two premiere of Majumder Manor (the W Network). If its in your PVR, check it out and tune in again next week. The celebrity reality show features This Hour Has 22 Minutes comedian Shaun Majumder and
Yannick Bisson guests Tuesday night on an all-new This Hour Has 22 Minutes (8:30 p.m. ET, CBC). Bisson’s Murdoch Mysteries, which airs on Mondays, has been the success story of the season on CBC where it has quietly become the public broadcaster’s No. 1 drama. Surely an order for a seventh season will come any day. Bisson
This is brilliant. Spotted over at Denis McGrath’s Dead Things ON Sticks. Too funny. This Hour Has 22 Minutes returns Sept. 30 at 8:30 p.m., and, yeah, as McGrath suggests and as this timely, razor-sharp clip demonstrates, CBC should have ponied up to move Mercer, This Hour and Air Farce back sooner to goof on