Martineau (left) with City News VP John Hennin Gord Martineau is in no hurry to leave City-TV. “I’ve had this conversation with my wife,” says Martineau, who earlier this week celebrated 35 years as City-TV’s nightly news anchor. “You’re never going to retire,” she concluded. “Right on,” he agreed. “I wouldn’t know what to do–I’d
Humble, Not-so-Humble, and Fred This time of year, I become radio-active. Beyond my usual weekly radio chats with Scott Thompson at CHML (and, occasionally, Mike Miller of Lima, Ohio’s WIMA), other hosts at other stations come calling for an expert take on the new TV season.But John Doyle is usually too busy so I end
The folks at the Toronto Star have asked me to recap this week’s first three episodes of Season Three of The Voice. You’ll find the night one recap here among The Star’s on-line blogs. UPDATE: Here’s the Night Two recap.This is the “blind audition” part of the show, where judges Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Cee
Yes, it’s finally time to Go On.The 2012-13 TV season doesn’t officially begin for another week-and-a-half, but some new shows are already sneaking onto schedules. Tuesday night, for example, Matthew Perry’s new comedy Go On (9 p.m., NBC, Global), Guys With Kids (9:30 p.m., Global) and The New Normal (9:30, NBC/CTV) all air in their
Jeff Probst will try to outwit, outplay and outlast his opponents on the island of daytime talk shows. The Jeff Probst Show begins Monday at 2 p.m. on Global, with Katie, starring Katie Couric following at 3 on City and The Ricki Lake Show at 4 back at Global. Anderson Cooper launches his second season,
Made the scene Sunday at the Canadian Film Centre’s annual Toronto International Film Festival BBQ. The spread was held once again at Stately Wayne Manor, a.k.a. E.P. Taylor’s old Windfields Estate in Toronto, with CFC executive director Slawko Klymkiw presiding. The usual CanCon suspects were there, including: Rick Mercer (below right), celebrating his 10th season
If you’ve been keeping up with Weeds for all seven seasons, congratulations, you’re a better fan than I. The Toronto Star asked me to weigh in on the eighth and final season premiere, which just aired in Canada last Tuesday.A lot had gone on since I’d last visited Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) and her suburban
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson wanted to know what the heck I was doing in Halifax last week. I explain that I was there on the set of the CBC teacher comedy Mr. D. Scott wanted to know if Gerry Dee’s hair was really that blond. This is why Scott gets the medium sized bucks.We