TV critic by day, paid assassin by night. Because, really, is there a difference? Over the next three weeks, TV Feeds My Family will be more up in the air than usual. First stop is Los Angeles, with a visit to the set of The Event and a few other Citytv offerings. Next week, it is off
Went down to Union Station in Toronto Saturday to pick up my daughter Katie and who was there to meet us but Erica Strange. The CBC Tuesday night drama Being Erica was shooting a scene in front of the Toronto landmark. Cast and crew, including star Erin Karpluk (checking out a scene on a monitor, left), had
Is you child feeling left out of the vampire craze? Are they looking for something in a jugular vein? Teletoon has commissioned their first live-action TV-movie and series: My Babysitter’s a Vampire. The movie, which was shot this past April in Toronto and Dundas, Ont. (mmm, tax credits), premieres tonight at 7 p.m. on Teletoon. (Teletoon?
Wednesday numbers (overnight estimates): Dragon’s Den topped 1.5 million, SYTYCDC just under a million, The Tudors 828,000, Shattered 284,000.CTV’s Criminal Minds (over 2.4 million) topped Global’s Survivor Nicaragua (2.25 million) although Survivor won the night in the 18-49-year-old demo. Citytv’s Modern Family (956,000) is sticking close to a million-a-week clip. The Defenders (1,444,000) seems entrenched at 10
The full colour ad in yesterday’s Toronto Star showed Erica at the corner of Hope and 2nd Chance Streets. But how many second chances does one series get?Tuesday, Being Erica sunk to an overnight, estimated 362,000 viewers. Across Canada. Lone Star country.Yes, it’s a tough timeslot. Dancing with the Stars is huge Tuesday nights on
What if God was one of us Gleeks: Agron, Colfer and Rivera I guess I was looking for a miracle from Tuesday night’s extra spiritual episode of Glee. Executive producer Ryan Murphy has faith in himself, I’ll say that. Setting up his high school musical as a pop parable on modern day spirituality is a tall
Pearson gets Weird with Hartnett, Spencer and Lorette Wanna hear something weird? You don’t have to be a ‘tween to enjoy That’s So Weird. The YTV sketch series returns for a second season tonight at 6:30 p.m.Spoke with writer/showrunner Gary Pearson last week about the second season. Pearson is a seasoned comedy hand who has worked
Blades battlers Theo Fleury and Jamie Sale Mondays are so competitive in Canada, so hats off to Men with Brooms which cracked the half million mark the first night out. The CBC sitcom premiered to an overnight, estimated 582,000 viewers across Canada. It might have been higher if I hadn’t reviewed the second episode instead