Sometimes when critics try to tell people to watch certain shows it just comes off like your parents telling you to eat your vegetables. I lost count of all the columns I wrote about how brilliant Arrested Development was. Did those columns save that show? They did not.Still, there’s no harm in trying. Sunday Star entertainment editor Garnet Fraser
Every fall, people fertilize their lawns, get ready for back-to-school and winterize their cars. I write fall preview issues. Did the task this year for the Toronto Star’s Starweek magazine. They don’t post this sucker on-line, you have to actually go out and buy a newspaper. See how that works? Starweek editor Gord Stimmell has all
Apprentice contestant Stephanie Castagnier, winner of a 1997 Chevy Lumina Who knew there was a Canadian contestant on The Apprentice?Donald Trump didn’t mention anything about Montreal-native Stephanie Castagnier when I visited him in New York last month. Found out this week and caught up with her on the red carpet at one of the Global rooftop parties thrown
“Did somebody see my playbook?” If you’re looking for weekly Survivor recaps here at TVFMF, I’m afraid I’ve taken my Tiki torch and stepped off the Survivor Experts Panel. Got back into it for that 10th anniversary, 20th edition all-star edition last winter/spring but just too swamped with fall preview deadlines and other details to
Johnny, Ed and Frank Okay, ignore that last post. My bad. It clearly states at the Gemini site that the list of the Top 25 shows as chosen by critics singles out Canadian television shows produced over the past 25 years. SCTV concluded its run in 1984, putting it just outside the reach of
Just because I hate the Gemini Awards doesn’t mean you have too. In fact, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the awards, the producers of the annual Canadian TV industry salute have set up a site where you can vote on your all-time favourite Canadian TV shows.Voters can choose from 25 shows chosen by “top critics
The ET Canada team. Credit: Central Image Agency So I get this invitation to come to 148 Cumberland Street in the heart of Yorkville, walk past the fancy restaurants and come upon a Green P parking pavilion. Who knew P stands for Party this week in Toronto.That’s where Global set up their stealth red carpet party
Long time NBC news correspondent Edwin Newman always spoke with the authority of someone who knew the right words. He used language with precision, a TV guy with an old school dedication to the craft of copy writing. There was something welcome and relatable about his look, too, more Ed Asner or Edward G. Robinson