CHML’s Scott Thompson was still on this “CRTC kicks Bell bid in the Astral” story. The shock still hasn’t worn off and rumours continue to swirl, with news Rogers might be sniffing around for Astral parts.I applaud the CRTC’s decision to stand up for consumers and against media consolidation, as well as reports the Harper
UPA’s Rooty Toot Toot (1952) There does seem to be a disconnect between what I am writing about lately and what I am actually watching on TV. To that end: Kudos to TCM for showcasing classic animation last Saturday night. Robert Osbourne welcomed animation historian Jerry Beck and the two presented six hours of vintage
It was odd at press tour last August when HBO paneled back-to-back sessions on Ethel Kennedy and Alfred Hitchcock.Ethel premiered Thursday and is a loving scrapbook, a daughter’s valentine to her famous parents. Both Ethel, now 84, and Rory, the director and youngest of the Kennedy’s 11 children, were at press tour, treated like royalty
Attention, Nikitaverse: Nikita returns for a third season tonight at 9 p.m. on The CW and CTV TWO. The spy series, starring Maggie Q, is generally off the radar in the Criticverse, but it has its fans and they are loyal.That’s the report back from Dillon Casey who plays ex-Navy SEAL Sean Pierce in the series.
Paul, George, John and Ringo go through the window They’d probably bill it as “Beatles Night in Canada” if they weren’t afraid of being sued by CBC.Friday night at 9 p.m. ET, Hollywood Suite’s Sony Movie Channel has the Canadian television premiere of The Beatles’ 1967 TV special The Magical Mystery Tour.Now, how can anything
It’s a little known fact, but two Canadian mountain tops play pivotal roles in the story of a famous American family: the Kennedys. It’s all revealed in Ethel, a highly personal look at political matriarch Ethel Kennedy, wife of crusading senator, presidential candidate and ‘60s icon Robert F. Kennedy. The documentary premieres Thursday night at
The CRTC logo. Lookin’ more like a shield Hey, remember the CRTC? Apparently it’s ba-aack. On Thursday, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ka-powed BCE Inc’s $3.4 billion takeover bid of Astral Media, seen almost as a foregone conclusion just weeks ago. Sure, Bell would have to hand over some radio stations, observers figured, maybe
People are endlessly fascinated by someone else being humiliated on television. That might explain why Scott Thompson’s wife spent the weekend watching Breaking Amish. “She was mesmerized by it Bill, she couldn’t stop watching it for two hours,” the CHML host reports.I tell Scott about my visit to the creepy set of Panic Button in Etobicoke,