It’s been eight years since Variety published an article about the diminished ranks of television critics in US newspapers, replaced by wire copy or nothing at all. I wrote a reaction with the Canadian perspective, which at the time I said was even more dismal than our southern cousins. Guess what? It’s worse now, and worsening. … Continue reading Where have all the critics gone?
From John Doyle of The Globe & Mail: Hey Nova Scotia, way to kill a cultural achievement! First, they came for the comedians and storytellers. Well, okay, actually, first they dismantled the system that allowed them to work and the culture to flourish. In Nova Scotia, there is a hell-uva fuss going on. As there … Continue reading Link: Hey Nova Scotia, way to kill a cultural achievement!
From Eric Deggans of NPR: Clone Drama ‘Orphan Black’ Returns As Complex And Complicated As Ever For fans of BBC America’s majestically complicated drama Orphan Black, it might be the toughest task they face all year: Explaining to newbies what the heck is going on just before the new season starts on Saturday. (Spoiler Alert: … Continue reading Link: Interviews a-plenty on Orphan Black
From John Doyle of The Globe and Mail: CBC’s Secrets of the fifth estate is no mere sizzle reel In television time, 40 years is probably about half a millennium. Over four decades, a great deal has changed in TV. There’s a lot more TV in existence, for a start. But one show that has, … Continue reading Link: CBC’s Secrets of the fifth estate is no mere sizzle reel
From Bill Brioux: Throwing the book at Canadian television The professionals in the room were still buzzing over a fuse colleague John Doyle lit in the Globe and Mail. John asked a very direct question: Where are Canada’s “Golden Age†TV shows? Well, you can find them in the pages of this book. It’s a 60-page guide commissioned … Continue reading Link: Throwing the book at Canadian television
