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New U.S. TV Season May Be Doomed
Check out the semi-brilliant article in this week's New York Magazine about the new incoming American TV season.I've been viewing most of the new pilots and all I can say is there isn't much out there...
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Legendary Motorcar Debuts On BNN
A classy new Canadian reality TV series is all set to debut Thursday Sept. 19 at 9 p.m.It's an extremely well made show following respected classic car collector Peter Klutt around as he hunts down and...
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The Next Step Is Already A Hit
Mt taxi speeds through the busy streets of Scarborough as I'm trying to explain to the taxi driver why I'm going to a recently shuttered high school."It's for a new TV series shooting there," I...
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Naked Reality TV Is Here
Let's just say all the long stemmed anchors on Naked News are cheeky devils and be done with it.In fact I was unaware that Naked News was still functioning.Fourteen years ago it was a true novelty --a...
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How Do You Spell Emmys? B-o-r-i-n-g!
How can a show like the Emmy be so boring and patly predictable?I haven't seen the ratings as yet but this snore fest meandered on for hour after hour of Dale Carnegie speeches and self promotion.The...
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On TV Is It Content Or Time Slot?
Big collision of the new TV season was supposed to be the battle between CBS's NCIS, the top rated series and newcomer S.H.I.E.L.D.In one corner there was the highly publicized new series featuring a...
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Living Dolls Is A Gem
Awhile back at a journalism class I was teaching a student asked me for a definition of "Counter Programming".Well. the best example I can think of is the fine new documentary Living Dolls which...
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Yannick Bisson Back Again As Murdoch
So there I was at the CBC fall TV launch chatting up Yannick Bisson, the engaging star of the long running Inspector Murdoch Mysteries.And I naturally asked him "Do you remember the first time I...
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Republic Of Doyle Back For Season Five
As far as Canadian series go Republic Of Doyle which starts its fifth season Wednesday night on CBC is positively ancient.It's usually a cause for celebration when a  home grown series gets to season...
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Chandra West Shines In CTV's Played
"Yes, I'm glad to be back," laughs Chandra West who shines in the new Toronto made police series Played which debuts Thursday October 3 at 10 p.m on Bravo.After all Toronto is the place where the...
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Heartland Still Has Its Heart
How to review a series as long lasting as CBC-TV's Heartland?The family friendly hour drama has been ambling along for seven seasons dishing out dollops of sentimentality and captivating impressionable...
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Cloudstreet: Something Different On TV
When people talk about the new TV season they usually refer to new American TV series.Well, when TV began it was supposed to open a window to the world.So how about sampling just one new Australian TV...
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William Fichtner Scores Again In Crossing Lines
"Admit it," challenges a friend."Would you be at all interested in the new  TV series Crossing Lines if William Fichtner wasn't the star?""But he is," is my response. And as far as I'm concerned after...
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The New TV Season Lays An Egg
First impressions of the new TV season? It's predictable and ratings are flat.But there are a few good new shows to catch including The Blacklist and S.H.I.E.L.D.This was the TV season NBC was expected...
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Deadly By Design On Doc Zone
I know it's fun sampling all the new American series before some get pink slipped.But save just an hour for a real novelty: TV for the mind.The new documentary is titled Deadly By Design and reveals...
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Walk The Walk: Stories Of Hope
It's the new season and already I'm being inundated by angry TV viewers who want to know where the great new Canadian series might be.Well, I've got one for you that is chock full of surprise and...
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Now Let Us Praise Jack Miller
When I telephoned the Toronto Star's news desk to report the passing of Jack Miller aged 85 there was an awkward silence."I don't think my generation would be interested," the temporary reporter said...
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Myth Or Science: A CBC-TV Winner
"Yes, I'm back again," giggles Dr. Jennifer Gardy on the line to promote the new TV special Myth Or Science: The Quest For Perfection.It runs on CBC-TV's The Nature Of Things Thursday October 17 at 8...
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When TV Goes To The Dogs
Some of them are photographed wearing the very latest fashions.Another casually plays the piano. Still another only eats gourmet dinners.All are canines of the four legged category and in the merry new...
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Ice Pilots NWT: True North TV, Eh?
Canadian TV producers have definitely demonstrated that ice sells.As in Ice Pilots NWT which returns for its fifth season of frigid fare Wednesday Octtober 23 at 10 p.m. on History.Now don't you dare...
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