Clear the runway–the Air Farce is back for another New Year’s Eve special. All seven members of the comedy troupe–including originals Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson and Luba Goy–are back this year for the one hour special, which airs at 8 p.m. and again at midnight. I attended night two of the taping earlier this month and
Anybody want to buy a vowel? Could there be a more telling sign of the sea change in the Canadian TV biz than the painting over of the letters “C, T and Vey” outside Bistro 990? For years, the cozy Bay Street bistro was a favourite haunt of CTV power wielder Ivan Fecan. As 2010 comes to a close, the Fecan
Looking out toward the harbor from The Citadel in Halifax Cover television, see the world. Who knew?One of the great thrills of 2010 has been being offered the chance to go to so many exciting places and do so many interesting things. I’ve never traveled so often and so far in my life, 12 different
Man, I’ve been sick as a dog over Christmas. I was so delirious from fever I actually thought for a moment that, starting Jan. 19, CTV had scheduled the performance show of American Idol to air Wednesdays on CTV and then–in order to avoid a conflict with their simulcast of The Big Bang Theory–they had bounced
Always loved this Larry Fritz illustration, which graced the cover of TV Guide for the week of December 24, 1955–exactly 55 years ago today. Back when signals were pulled in from all over on rooftop antennas–for free. Apparently they still work. Off to Cloverdale to start my shopping. For those of you not wrapping gifts tonight by the Yule
When it comes to Christmas and television, Diane Werts literally wrote the book. (“Christmas on Television”; order your copy here.) Not only does the TV Worth Watching editor know all about the various holiday specials and TV movies made over the years, but today on Facebook (shouldn’t it have been on Twitter?) she posted the above clip from this
TCM always does such a beautiful job with their end of the year “In Memoriam” videos. As you can see above, this year is no exception. An eye opener, thanks to some clever scene selections, is that three people in “Airplane” passed away in 2010–Peter Graves, Barbara Billingsley and Leslie Nielsen. Don’t fret that Blake Edwards
Roger Abbott, unidentified fan and Don Ferguson at Friday’s Air Farce taping “At least we know this is one way to get into your blog.” That was Roger Abbott’s very perceptive crack as the above photo was snapped at Friday night’s taping of the Air Farce New Year’s Eve special. The taping took place at a