CTV engaged in some good old fashioned brinkmanship today with their surprising announcement that they have secured rights to the upcoming Charlie Sheen comedy Anger Management.The network teased last Thursday in an email to critics that a “Blockbuster Hollywood Star” was going to make a surprise on-air announcement Monday in a commercial break between 9
Caught up with Allan Hawco, Sean McGinley and the chummy Republic of Doyle gang Friday in Toronto. Six of the main actors from the series assembled for press sessions at the Duke of Wellington pub buried deep within First Canadian Place. The pub setting was fitting for the CBC series from St. John’s, which returns for
Boardwalk Empire brings its second season to a close tonight (9 p.m., HBO/HBO Canada). Visited the set this past summer and marveled at how this gigantic outdoor boardwalk exterior was tucked away behind an enormous wall of boxcars in an industrial corner of Brooklyn, N.Y. Walking that boardwalk set, it’s all there–ice cream parlors, hardware
Call Me Fitz winds down its second season tonight at 8:30 p.m. on HBO Canada. Had a great chat with star/director/producer Jason Priestley last September over lunch in Toronto and he was still pumped from all those Gemini nominations and wins for the series.We started out talking about how it must be a drag how
Have to admit I was new to the charms of the amazing Nadia G when I sat down to screen a Bitchin’ Kitchen Christmas. The hour-long special airs Saturday at 7 p.m. on Food Network Canada. The punky Montreal food princess has been the star and creative force behind her Bitchin’ Kitchen series for two
CHML’s Scott Thompson wants to know why the holy trinity of animated Christmas specials–Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer (1964), A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)–continue to draw big ratings 45 years after they premiered. Last week’s re-broadcast of Rudolph on CBS (it originally aired on NBC) drew an overnight audience
Maybe its just me, but this looks awesome. That’s B.C.-native Will Sasso (Mad-TV) as Curly Howard. Does he nail it? Sointenly! Fellow Canucklehead Chris Diamantopoulos, from Toronto, plays Moe. Diamantopoulos seems to be specializing in playing famous people; he previously played Robin Williams in the TV-movie about Mork & Mindy and played Frank Sinatra in
The award for the most phallic network TV promotional item of all time goes to the publicity team over at Global. They win for the giant metal dildo they sent critics this week to promote Bomb Girls (premiering Jan. 4 at 8 p.m. ET).Bomb Girls is not about Global senior VP Barb Williams’ picks for