Looking for some last minute Christmas gifts for the TV fan in your family? I offered several suggestions, mainly DVD box sets and books, in a story for The Canadian Press this week. You can read that entire story here.Among the DVD sets I single out is Shout Factory’s Mr Magoo–The Television Collection (1960-1977). The nearsighted cartoon
How did the biggest success story in Canadian television in years wind up getting cancelled after just one season?Combat Hospital was a monster hit in Canada. The big budget, Toronto-lensed co-production consistently drew 1.5 million viewers a week last summer on Global, but its failure to break through south of the border on ABC has apparently
That’s a wrap: Lauzon, Ferguson, Park and Corrin Happy to report there are plenty of laughs in this year’s annual Air Farce New Year’s special.Attended the Thursday night taping of the sketch comedy hour at the CBC Broadcast Centre in Toronto. (A second night of taping takes place Friday.) Was a little apprehensive heading in.
Alert a CBC therapist: Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays went out with a whimper. An overnight, estimated 145,000 caught the season finale Tuesday Dec. 6, below even the low season average for the critically acclaimed comedy.To put that in perspective, 196,000 watched the ‘tween sketch comedy That’s So Weird the same week on YTV–and that’s at 6:30
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson wanted my take on the recent Bell/Rogers/Leafs mega-deal. I point out that the TV business is way rougher than anything that takes place on the ice. Look for Bell and Rogers to go into the corners with the elbows up and expect a few concussions along the way.As for whether
I’ve heard about being right in the scene but this was ridiculous.Tuesday just outside Toronto on the set of the new NBC/Global drama The Firm, a small group of international journalists were given a tour of the production studio. The Firm shoots in a converted warehouse in Mississauga, Ont., the same facility where another eOne
TCM always remembers best. The 2011 tribute, which includes salutes to Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Falk, Jane Russell and James Arness, is already playing on the cable network. It is up to date so far, with shout outs to recently departed M*A*S*H star Harry Morgan and director Ken Russell. The well-chosen song Before You Go is
Quick–turn on your TV and watch the hour-long 22 Minutes Christmas special (8 p.m., CBC). The Halifax-based sketch com, in its 19th season, is having a banner year in quality and ratings. Tonight the gang goof on Dragon’s Den billionaire Kevin O’Leary (typecast as Scrooge). The hour is packed with guest stars, including Jim Cuddy