From the Canadian Press: Link: Jerry O’Connell loves North Bay, talks new TV show ‘Carter’ How many American TV stars could come up to Canada and belt out our national anthem at a hockey game without a teleprompter? Jerry O’Connell performed the task — without missing a word — while working on his new series … Continue reading Links: Carter, Season 1
From John Doyle of The Globe and Mail: Link: Now on Facebook: Chateau Laurier is a 10-minute, perfect Canadian drama with familiar themes Set in the famous Ottawa hotel, but filmed in Toronto – it looks like the Fairmont Royal York – events are set in or about 1912. A young woman, Hattie Bracebridge (Kate … Continue reading Link: Now on Facebook: Chateau Laurier is a 10-minute, perfect Canadian drama with familiar themes
From John Doyle of The Globe and Mail: Link: Rick Mercer embodies Canada, without the smugness On Tuesday, after 15 seasons and 277 episodes, The Rick Mercer Report will cease to be. There will be an hour-long episode (CBC, 8 p.m.) with highlights from across the years, and one last rant from Mercer. Frankly, it’s … Continue reading Link: Rick Mercer embodies Canada, without the smugness
From John Doyle of The Globe and Mail: Link: A message to new CBC president Catherine Tait: Commit to great TV, not the ordinary Far be it from me to join the lineup of pundits offering advice and analysis to Catherine Tait, the incoming CBC president. But, in the matter of CBC English-language TV, there’s … Continue reading Link: A message to new CBC president Catherine Tait: Commit to great TV, not the ordinary
From John Doyle of The Globe and Mail: Link: Canadian TV now: Squeezing out a few good ones Awards season isn’t over. Not in this neck of the woods. It’s Canadian Screen Awards Week. Days and days of shindigs for this and that, mostly in the TV racket. On Sunday, the big awards gala live … Continue reading Link: Canadian TV now: Squeezing out a few good ones
