BEVERLY HILLS, CA.–And so it begins. The first bit of swag arrived at 8 a.m. this morning here at the Beverly Hilton–orange juice from Anderson Cooper. Another Television Critics Association press tour has commenced.It was sent to the 100 or so TV critics, newspaper columnists and bloggers ensconced here for the next dozen days as
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of media guru Marshall Mcluhan. The man wrote the book on Understanding Media. If only he had lived long enough to explain the Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour.
Attention, Canada: time to get Drunk and on Drugs.The Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour finally arrives tonight at 9 p.m. on Showcase Action. This is the mad series created by those three Trailer Park Boys, Mike Smith, J.P. Tremblay and Rob Wells. I visited the set over a year ago as they were
Yesterday I was coming home from New York through the Toronto island airport when I hear my named called in the customs lineup. For once this was a good thing.Turns out it was Brodie Fenlon, a former colleague at the Toronto Sun. In fact I think we were both shit canned downsized the same day.Somebody
Elwy Yost was such an unlikely TV star. With that big round head, bushy moustache and over-sized glasses, he looked more like a butcher or detective or some other character actor from one of his favourite films from the ’30s or ’40s. The former host of TVO’s Saturday Night at the Movies passed away Thursday in
Love him or hate him, that guy Harper is ratings gold.Murdoch Mysteries soared to an overnight, estimated 700,000 viewers Wednesday night on City stations across Canada. That has to be a record audience for the four-year-old series.Prime Minister Stephen Harper shot his cameo last October as Sgt. Armstrong, a desk cop from the 1890s. In one
NEW YORK, N.Y.–Nothing to do with television, but can I give a shout out to the New York Public Library? This block-long card catalogue cathedral with the giant marble lions out front is celebrating its 100th year just a few blocks from Times Square in Manhattan. I had the good fortune to enjoy elegant Bryant Park,
Flashpoint beat both Combat Hospital and Rookie Blue in the battle of the shot-in-Toronto Can-Am dramas the week of July 10-17 across Canada. For how Dan for Mayor, Hiccups, So You Think You Can Dance Canada and everything else did last week, jump to the weekly Brioux Report here at Toronto.com.