Television
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Love him or hate him, you can't deny the fact Aaron Spelling was one busy mofo. In fact, he holds the Guiness Word Record for most prolific television producer. Here are my ten favourite Aaron Spelling productions. Beverly Hills, 902107th HeavenMelrose PlaceOk, that's three. I reviewed the entire list of
Ask a Torontonian to name a weatherman and he'll likely say Harold Hosein. Ask me about the weather and I'm likely to slip into a Harold Hosein accent and tell you to bring an umbrella or sweater. For seventeen years Hosein's been on City-TV, standing on that roof or street
I mentioned I watched the post-game celebration the other day as Hurricane after Hurricane took their turn with the Stanley Cup. I watched the CBC feed and took note of the "Fuckin' Right" Ray Whitney yelled when he hoisted the mug. It was raw emotion upon reaching a difficult goal
Sure, I'm in my thirties now but I still make an effort to catch the MTV Movie Awards every year. This is the first year I actually taped it off of MTV and not MuchMusic. There's an MTV Canada now, did you know that? I watched the first half last
We can talk about the great shaving racket, but we should really be talking about the great Mighty Machines racket. "Mighty Machines" is a show my kids watch on Treehouse TV. It's the biggest scam going. They basically film construction crews at work, sanitary engineers collecting garbage, buses stopping at
The Camdens, a Christian family living in California, have been in our face for a decade. Perhaps they haven't been in your face, but they've been in mine. I live with a fan of their televison show. I'm not going to lie, I've seen a number of episodes from the
As you may have read today, ABC is now streaming full episodes of many television shows, totally free until June 30. "Lost" is on the list, as is "Desperate Housewives". Unfortunately, if you reside outside the United States as I do, you're outta luck. Or are you? Here's a simple
I have to confess something which very well may result is the loss of my Canadian citizenship. Despite the fact it's been on the air for fifteen years and is a bonafide cult Canadian success story, I have never watched an episode of "The Red Green Show". It's not like
Pearl Jam will be the musical guests when Lindsay Lohan hosts "Saturday Night Live" on April 15. It's a rare television appearance for Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready and Matt Cameron. Speaking of PJ, they'll be soon in town for a couple of Toronto gigs at the
Occasionally, I'll catch on to a television series too late. A good example occurred last year with the series "Lost". By the time I realized it was something I'd probably dig, they were a good four episodes deep and I refused to compromise. If I'm going to follow a series
About an hour ago, MTV premiered in Canada. Sure there was that digital channel a couple of years ago, but this MTV replaces talktv on your dial and airs from inside the Masonic Temple. There's just one thing you should know about our MTV before you flip on over. There's
Thinking about watching "Star Wars" in the late 70s and early 80s triggered another memory that had been supressed for some time. I've suddenly remembered Jeremy, the star of a stop-motion animated television show I used to watch on TVOntario. I was super young when I used to watch Jeremy,
It's been over two years since I celebrated the return of Tony Soprano. In that entry, I had the audacity to complain that it had been over a full year since I last saw a new episode of "The Sopranos". In July of 2004, I got the bad news. HBO
I keep a mental list of flicks I really want to see. At the top of my list right now is "Murderball", the documentary that got rave reviews last year and has been rewarded with a nomination for best doc at the Academy Awards. "Murderball" looks great and is right
Television shows seemed better when I was a kid. After school, I could become immersed in crap like "The Facts of Life", "Who's The Boss?", "Growing Pains" or "Silver Spoons". Then, there were old-school favourites like "The Dukes of Hazzard", "WKRP in Cincinnati", "Three's Company", "Night Court" and "The A-Team"
Few comedians make me laugh as consistently as Norm MacDonald. From his work on "Saturday Night Live" to his priceless appearances on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien", his role as Death on "Family Guy" and his work in many an Adam Sandler comedy, he's one funny mofo. The fact he's
For the second time in as many days, the CBC has messed me up with their scheduling. First they threw that extra zero in the mix and now I tuned in the Leafs game at 18:40 only to find out it's in the first intermission. Let me get this
I'm often watching CBC Newsworld at 22:00 EST. That's usually when they air "The Passionate Eye" or "Rough Cuts", two of my favourite documentary series. An overwhelmingly high percentage of the time it's something fantastic. Taryn and I get a kick out of the advertisements that run during these
I have vivid memories of a class trip to the Runnymede Public Library I took in 1983. We were assembled in a room on the second floor and shown a program on video cassette. The show we watched was "The Kids of Degrassi Street". I would soon discover other episodes
The Leafs host the Devils tonight at the ACC with the puck set to drop at 19:35 EST. Meanwhile, a half hour earlier in Vancouver, our World Junior Championship team takes on Finland. What's a hockey fan to do? Some things are obvious. The juniors are getting a 30
In addition to listing their official selections for movies of the year, AFI also lists their TV programs of the year. I just wrote about only seeing one of their ten movies but I can also cop to watching but one of their ten television programs. The one I did
Watching "Arrested Development" these days is bitter sweet. It's sweet because it's so damn funny and smart but it's bitter because I know the end is near. Or is it? There's word that Showtime is in talks to pick up the comedy. Nothing's certain but just knowing they're talking about
As pathetic as it might sound, Taryn and I spent last night watching "The Secret Mulroney Tapes" on CBC. The program was nothing more than unedited conversations between former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and journalist Peter C. Newman, but it was surprisingly entertaining, especially the hate-on Mulroney has for Pierre
The funniest show on television has just been cancelled. Fox cut the third-season order on the Emmy-winning "Arrested Development" to 13 episodes which means we don't have many moments remaining with the Bluth family. The ratings are so bad, Fox won't let the show near November sweeps so we'll have
Earlier in the month, I wrote about the six shows I watch. Based on a number of positive reviews and a premise I dig, I decided to take the plunge and watch a new series last night. I tuned into "Weeds", airing on Showcase here in Canada. I really liked
