PASADENA, CA–Men of a Certain Age is one of those TV shows critics seem to love but gets a lot less coverage than, say, The Big Bang Theory. It is almost designed to be ignored, about three men (played by Ray Romanno, Scott Bakula and Andre Braugher) who are aging outside the 18-49 demo. TV
PASADENA, CA–Day Two at the semi-annual TCA press tour started with a laugh. Working hard at that was the cast from the new comedy series Childrens Hospital, which began as a series of short webisodes but now airs on “Adult Swim” on Turner Broadcasting’s Cartoon Network.Among the cast of the medical spoof were Rob Corddry, Megan Mullally, Canadian Malin Akerman and Henry
PASADENA, CA–Critics are often exposed to all manner of cold blooded creatures on the TCA press tour. It was true Wednesday at several sessions, but especially at the National Geographic Wild press conference for Wild About Snakes. A live python was brought out after the session to pose with critics. The four-year-old snake weighed around
Little Mosque: hockey proof Hey, I’ve been wrong before. The trio of CBC Monday debuts held their own against the World Junior Hockey Championships semi-final. Little Mosque on the Prairie returned at 8 p.m. with a robust 593,000 viewers, followed by the second season premiere of 18 to Life at 436,000 and the new reality show Village
Jaffer (left) and Coach: Their purple moment Talk about harsh reality. Murtz Jaffer’s Reality Obsessed returns to TVTropolis tonight for a third season–smack opposite the finals of the World Junior Hockey Championships.As noted here before, the WJHC, especially with Canada in the final (facing Russia), is the Death Star of Canadian TV, crushing everything in
Sutherland senior: where’s Jack Bauer when you need him? With The Tudors done beheading all of Henry’s wives, CBC gets back into the historical epic game with The Pillars of the Earth. The 10-hour miniseries begins tonight at 9 p.m.I wrote a feature last week on Pillars for The Canadian Press, you can read that
A moment of silence, please, for Little Mosque, 18 to Life and Village on a Diet. CBC’s worst nightmare came true as the Canadian juniors will square off against the United States tonight in a semi-final rematch of last year’s final of the World Junior Hockey Championships.Last year’s junior hockey final was the Death Star of Canadian
Oprah Winfrey is about to OWN Canada.That’s the buzz as her new network, OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) launches tonight at midnight on cable in the United States. Canadians are going to have to wait a while as Corus owns the rights and plans to preview it for a few months on W before re-branding VIVA as