Denis Leary knew he was handing Michael J. Fox another Emmy nomination when he asked his pal to shoot five episodes of Rescue Me this season. When I was down in New York on the set of Rescue Me in April, Leary joked that Fox would walk off with another statue. “F-in’ guy, already has
If you missed last night’s historic Paul McCartney/David Letterman summit, here are a few clips. It is cool to see Letterman behave like a fan. He got in his share of dumb guy questions, such as, “Were you guys nice to Ringo?” But he did managed to get McCartney to share a few less-traveled stories.
Why read reviews of TV shows when you can watch them–along with video clips of the show being reviewed? That’s the idea behind Box Score, my brand spankin’ new video feature. The first review, a look at the return of Hell’s Kitchen (Tues., July 21 at 8/7c on Fox and Citytv) is up right now
An extra day spent bringing the cottage into the 21st century (Light switches! Breaker panel!) has me behind in TVFMF postings. But if you find yourself streaming more and more video off the web, and searching for original content, here’s a link to a piece I wrote for the Toronto Star (it ran in Sunday’s
As anyone who reads this blog or read me at The Toronto Sun knows, I’ve never been a fan of Degrassi: The Next Generation. I was too old for the first series, which always looked fairly slapped together to me, like it was shot through a silk stalking with a leg still in it. The
How much did Channel Zero pay for the acquisition of Canwest’s Hamilton E! station, CHCH? Well, with other stations in Canada being shopped around for a dollar these days, the guess is that Channel Zero got a bargain that pretty much lived up to their name.The purchase still needs to be approved by the CRTC
Colleague Eric Deggans told me several years ago he knew how to save Michael Jackson’s recording career. Deggans, the TV/media critic for the St. Petersburg Times of Florida, isn’t just a TV scribe, he’s a former music columnist, so when he talks music, I listen.When Jackson’s 2001 album Invincible came out, it did not have
Mr. TVFMF doesn’t write enough here about his favourite TV channel–Turner Classic Movies. The U.S. cable net–celebrating its 15th year–is a film buff’s dream, smartly programmed with the deepest studio vault in television, and lovingly presented. It is a model for all other specialty channels.We’re already seven days into this month so wanted to point