Peter Dinklage According to message boards at fan sites, Sean Bean and Peter Dinklage were the consensus choices to play Ned Stark and Tyrion Lannister, two key roles in Game of Thrones (premiering Sunday night at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Canada). Both have fantasy cred, with Bean especially memorable in Lord of the
The federal leaders election debate got debated with Scott Thompson on this week’s CHML radio podcast. Tuesdays english language debate drew a robust viewing audience: CTV 1,371,000, CBC 1,142,000, Global 597,000. Just 72,000 watched on TVO, moderator Steve Paikin’s home base.Strong numbers, but you know, almost as many people watched the premiere of Canadian Pickers
She’s best known as Jack Bauer’s danger girl daughter on 24, or as a Maxim pinup girl, or as Leaf captain Dion Phaneuf’s main squeeze. But I still think of Elisha Cuthbert as the young teen from Popular Mechanics for Kids.She was headlining that cool little ‘tween magazine show along with some kid named Jay Baruchell
I tried the old Kennedy/Nixon radio vs. TV test with Tuesday night’s Canadian Federal Leader’s Debate. According to pundits at the time–50 years ago–Richard Nixon sounded presidential and won that first televised presidential debate if you only listened in on the radio. On TV, however, his five o’clock shadow and flop sweat did him in and
Some people think there’s too much junk on TV. Here are two guys who want to see more.Scott Cozens and Sheldon Smithens (above) are the hosts of Canadian Pickers, a new scavenger series premiering tonight at 10 p.m. on History Television. The two Calgary-based antique enthusiasts root through stuff collected by individuals all across Canada
Hats off to the marketing and publicity folks at Shaw Media for indulging in a little old fashioned ballyhoo. If you bought any groceries over the weekend in a major Canadian city, chances are your goodies were divided on the checkout conveyor by a cardboard knife courtesy Top Chef Canada. The series, a homegrown spinoff
Let me make one thing perfectly clear: The Kennedys is not a documentary.There’s been a lot of, “I knew Jack Kennedy…and you’re no Jack Kennedy,” going on in response to this controversial miniseries, which premieres Sunday night at 9 p.m. on History Television. (A hot potato in the States, it bowed last week on Reelz). Not just TV critics
A few years ago, people wondered what planet Mike Tyson was on. Tonight, for the premiere of his new reality series Taking on Tyson (9 p.m. Thursday), he’s on Animal Planet.The former heavyweight champion is the key figure in this astonishing six-part series which shows Tyson fully engaged in his very unusual hobby: training pigeons. No