Nobody is on the fence about thirtysomething. You either love it or hate it.The ABC drama is released for the first time today in a DVD boxed set (thirtysomething The Complete First Season, Shout! Factory, $59.95, get more info here). The plan is to release all four seasons of the series in six month intervals.Right
Here it is, the second Box Score web TV review. The TCA press tour pushed this back a bit, but here’s a review of Fox’s More To Love, the beefy Bachelor show that’s into its third week already (Tuesdays at 9/8c on Fox and Citytv).A week after ace camera dude Juan Fanzio followed me around
The Toronto Star picked up my Canadian Press story today on This Beat Goes On and Rise Up, two terrific back-to-back documentaries on the Canadian music scene. Part One begins next Thurs., Aug. 27 at 9 p.m. on CBC’s “Doc Zone” with the series playing over the next three consecutive Thursdays.Read the Star feature here.The
Appearing on CHCH’s Live @ 5:30 this afternoon (at, yes, 5:30) to talk about the best and worst shows for fall. Regular hosts Mark Hebscher and Donna Skelly are both taking the day off, so I’ll be quizzed by my old pal Lawrence Diskin, who also produces the show. My picks for best new comedies
CHML’s Scott Thompson and me, Bill Brioux–two mad men talking about Mad Men. You can listen in here. Specifically how the acclaimed AMC series seems to have broken through to a large U.S. audience in Season Three. Think CTV might be singing a new iTune and wishes it had picked it up now? Think again.
If you’ve been checking in on this blog for any time now (and thanks, both of you), you know that Mr. TV Feeds My Family is a bit of a film nut. Those annual winter trips to Syracuse, N.Y. for Cinefest are for hard core, gotta be on 16mm, devotees of early sound and silent
Figures. Just when CTV drops Mad Men, it becomes a hit.The Emmy-, Golden Globe- and TCA-Award-winning AMC drama drew 2.76 million viewers for Sunday night’s Season Three debut according to overnight Nielsen estimates. That’s the highest U.S. number ever for a single episode and 33% higher than last season’s AMC opener.Last season’s 13 episodes averaged
“I’m shocked,” said Matt Weiner, when I told him CTV had dropped Mad Men in Canada.The creator and executive producer of the coolest show on TV had no idea CTV was no longer carrying his hit series when I spoke with him late last month on the first day of press tour.Weiner and several stars