The invention of the telephone is seen as a golden opportunity to steal information and ruin lives for yellow journalism kingpin Rupert Murdoch in this week’s exciting episode of Rupert Murdoch Mysteries (Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET on City). The detective (Yannick Bisson) catches Murdoch (Don Cherry) tapping a phone line (with a hammer), but when he drags his
From Wednesday night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: There’s talk that Lindsay Lohan’s mother, Dina, will be on the next season of “Dancing With the Stars.” Which explains the show’s new title, “Dancing With the Non-star Parents of Former Stars.”
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson wants to know why Big Brother (below), in its 13th season, was the No. 1 show on TV in Canada last week. Scott attributes this to what he calls “the train wreck theory.” I agree and bow here to Reality Obsessed expert Murtz Jaffer, who has explained the continuing success of these
The top three scripted TV shows in all of Canada last week were all shot in Toronto: Combat Hospital (above, with 1,507,000 viewers), Rookie Blue (1,380,000) and Flashpoint (1,369,000). Who says Canadians won’t watch Canadian programs? ‘Course, they were all beat by the return of the summer snoop opera Big Brother on Global (1,734,000).The Sunday return
So you’re asking yourself–what is the late Rodney Dangerfield doing in a shot with Yannick Bisson from Murdoch Mysteries? Well, hold onto your funding grants–that’s none other than our beloved Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, guest starring as Desk Sargent Armstrong in the July 20 episode “Confederate Treasure” (City, 8/9c).It kinda looks to me like Harper and
Flashpoint hit its target and then some in its fourth season opener Friday with 1.4 million viewers across Canada. In even better news, the Toronto-based cop drama (featuring Hugh Dillon, right) had a strong return in simulcast on CBS, where it drew 6.23 million viewers. That ranked it ahead of a repeat of CSI: New
Once again, Larry David does the impossible. He makes a hero out of Bill Buckner.Red Sox fans have never forgiven the long-retired first baseman for letting the ball scoot through his legs, costing Boston their first World Series in 70 years. It’s been 25 years and two Series titles later but still the man is
Canada’s No. 1 show: the performance finale of The Voice It was a slow week in television in Canada. Nothing cracked the two million mark and only two shows did better than 1.5 million–Combat Hospital and the performance finale of The Voice. Newscasts got a boost thanks to the visit of the Duke and Duchess