VANCOUVER–Once Upon a Time, it was easier to get on to a sound stage in Vancouver–and then along came Once Upon a Time.The Sunday night ABC/CTV drama shoots next to the upcoming CTV “howdunnit” Motive, so the CTV publicity team went knocking on doors to see if a gaggle of Canadian journos could bust into
November has been a travel blur. I’ve been criss-crossing Canada like Justin Trudeau, checking out new TV production sets in Vancouver and Halifax.CHML’s Scott Thompson tracked me down at Vancouver’s Fairmont Hotel for our weekly radio chat. The Vancouver landmark offers patrons something I’ve never seen before–dogs you can borrow to take for a walk.
The Phantoms: these young actors sweated for their shots On the one hand, it is easy to see why this CBC TV-movie The Phantoms (premiering tonight at 8 p.m.) has a lot of folks spooked.There’s the tragic, true life story. A van carrying 15 passengers, mainly members of a small town New Brunswick high school
He’s alive! It’s alive! CTV orders a second season of Saving Hope Back last June when CTV launched Saving Hope, officials at the network insisted it could go it alone should broadcast partner NBC ditch the series.True to their word, CTV not only officially renewed Hope Friday, it boosted its second season order to 18
Bachelor Canada babes Kara and Gabrielle with theCanadian Bachelor Father figure Tonight’s the night when “The Women Tell All” on The Bachelor Canada (9:30 p.m. on Citytv).Last week, when I was in picturesque Victoria, B.C., for the taping, it looked like they might show all, too. With all those crazy high heels and skirts hiked
I’m not the biggest fan of Family Guy, which marked its “freakin’ sweet” 200th episode Sunday. The episode found Brian breaking Stewie’s time machine, sending the entire series into a backwards spin.The reason I’ve never been sold on the show is that it seems to be made by folks with no life outside of television.
L/Cpl P.A. “Ross” Brioux (right) My dad, Ross Brioux, is a World War II veteran. A member of the Canadian Provost Corps, he served in France and Germany in 1944-45.Whenever I ask about his war stories, I get tales of hockey. Dad, now 97, actually enlisted with the Provost Corps because he heard they had
My buddies from Yellowknife, the buzz boys of Ice Pilots NWT, take off again tonight at 10 p.m. on History.The fourth season premiere catches up with the series just as three plane crash tragedies have rocked the Yellowknife community. Buffalo Air has its own scare as a pilot is forced to make an emergency landing