From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail: Love and marriage (and breast implants) “Little Mosque has done reasonably well for CBC, and rightly so. It’s meant to be hokey, homespun humour and meant to reveal Islam to us. But for it to work best, it has to be a featherweight concoction. Tonight’s episode is … Continue reading In the news: Little Mosque on the Prairie tonight
From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail: Winning viewers with (cringe) viewers “Bathroom Divas: So You Want to Be an Opera Star? (Saturday, Bravo!, 9 p.m.) is reaching a crucial stage this week. Only four singers remain and this week they are paired with a partner to sing duets and are judged on their … Continue reading In the news: Bathroom Divas
From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail, includes mentions of the Rick Mercer Report and This Hour Has 22 Minutes: A quality show that deserves an after-Idol glow “As this season progresses, its strengths emerge again. It’s still light, but skittish and crisp, asking a little more of the viewer. Tonight’s episode underlines all … Continue reading In the news: Robson Arms’ post-American Idol episode
From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail, mostly about the Oscars, but also a segment on Saturday’s Robson Arms: Oscars are all about the small screen “The [Robson Arms] episode manages to be broadly comic but poignant, a testament to the writing skills of the creators and the cast.”
From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail, also includes blurbs on tonight’s Rick Mercer Report and This Hour Has 22 Minutes: A cold, hard reason to stand up for Canadian TV “In this climate of cultural snobbery, I suspect that the best argument in favour of the survival of the Canadian Television Fund is … Continue reading In the news: The economics of Canadian TV