It sure doesn’t feel like Christmas. People in Toronto aren’t out shopping for T-shirts–they’re wearing them. It’s such a green Christmas, I don’t know whether to trim the tree or cut the grass.Thank goodness It’s a Wonderful Life is on tonight at 8 p.m. (NBC and CTV). I used to borrow a 16mm print of this
Scott Thompson at CHML wanted to know what I was up to in Vancouver earlier this week. I spilled the beans that I was there with a few other reporters to interview the cast of Alcatraz, a new drama coming to Fox and City Jan. 16. Got to spend hours on the prison set at
Winner Sophie Clark with Jeff Probst It looked like Hockey Night in Canada was the most-watched show in Canada last week–until BBM recalculated Sunday’s Survivor take.The original overnight, estimated tally for the 8 to 10 p.m. two-hour finale was 2,063,000 Global viewers, the 10 to 11 p.m. reunion show 2,272,000.Don’t snuff out that tiki torch
Dugay (left) with Exeter legend Jim Allison Tonight, the puck drops on the second of four episodes of the new documentary series 24/7 (10 p.m., HBO and HBO Canada). These episodes feature the New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers, the two teams that will meet for the NHL Winter Classic Game Jan. 2 in
VANCOUVER–I was on the set of a new big budget U.S. network drama yesterday–but I can’t say the title.Seems the small group of Canadian journalists who toured the North Shore Studios sound stages Tuesday were the first ones on the scene. Can’t scoop our American brethren you know.I’d love to break out the details but
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Stephen Harper today appointed Canada’s first Minister of Television. In a surprise move, Brampton, Ont., resident Bill Brioux was named to the newly-created post. Mr. Brioux has watched television for many years and is also set to appear on an upcoming episode of Mr. Harper’s favourite Canadian series, Murdoch Mysteries. He’s also alleged
Brand in front of Save-On-Meats neon sign VANCOUVER–Happen to be back in B.C. this week so thought I’d check in on a place I didn’t have time to visit when I was here a few weeks ago–Save-On-Meats.Smart move. Had the best corn beef sandwich ever at this Gastown marvel, a 55-year-old butcher shop and deli
Way back when I used to work for TV Guide, there was a great deal of evidence that–hard as we all worked on feature stories–folks mainly bought the little magazine for the listings. Specifically, many readers would take the mag, sit down, and highlight all the movies in the week ahead that they wanted to