From John Doyle of The Globe and Mail: CBC drama on Canada’s health-care system is scary and uplifting Keeping Canada Alive (Sunday, CBC 9 p.m.) is a new six-part factual series that is breathtaking in its scope – 60 camera crews shooting in 24 cities across 10 provinces and one territory in a single 24-hour period … Continue reading Link: CBC drama on Canada’s health-care system is scary and uplifting
It’s hard to get more stereotypical Canadian TV industry than this: The Social’s social media is anti-social to Canadian performers. The daytime talk show, which “was conceived and developed to deliver a unique Canadian voice to the CTV daytime schedule, in addition to providing custom opportunities for CTV’s advertising partners,†launched with some fanfare about its use of social … Continue reading Next on The Anti-Social …
From John Doyle of The Globe and Mail: CBC’s Still Standing gets laughs in small-town Canada This is the sort of Canadian concept-show that could go horribly wrong. It’s a retro-CBC premise and on paper it reeks of CBC dutifully fulfilling its public broadcast mandate and showing Canada to Canadians. But there is a delightful … Continue reading Link: CBC’s Still Standing gets laughs in small-town Canada
From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail: The magically mad mash-up of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell The TV adaptation, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Sunday, The Movie Network/Movie Central, 8 p.m.), is by turns a delight and terribly annoying. It is also very male, and underlines the fact that the book, the premise … Continue reading Link: The magically mad mash-up of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
From John Doyle of The Globe and Mail: Canadian TV, as we know it, is dead A person needs to keep a close and constant eye on the Canadian TV racket. Look away for a minute and shocking events unfold. In the blink of an eye, every pundit in this great country has pontificated already. … Continue reading Link: Canadian TV, as we know it, is dead
