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I Remember Lauren Bacall
It's funny but I almost do not count Lauren Bacall as a Golden Age movie star.She's not in the same category as the truly Goldens I've interviewed including Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis, Loretta...
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Don't Drive Here: Must See TV
The scariest TV I've watched this year?It's the series Don't Drive Here which returns for Season 2 on Discovery Monday August 18 at 10 p.m.I sat down to watch the first new episode after a...
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Grasslands: A Canadian TV Event
Only a few years ago a new Canadian TV special as important as Grasslands would have enjoyed pride of place on CBC-TV.But the public network is in free fall and the other "Canadian" networks are busy...
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Tackle My Reno Jump starts New HGTV Fall Schedule
On Canadian TV the fall season starts early.This week HGTV which is one of the success stories of Shaw Media unveils its new lineup.At first I thought I'd never even heard of Tackle My Reno starring...
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I Remember Joan Rivers
I'm trying to recall the year I was assigned by The Toronto Star to profile great stand up comedienne Joan Rivers.Rivers was in town promoting her jewelry on the Home Shopping Network --a task she...
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Canadian TV Content Died A Long Time Ago
Who is the CRTC fooling with its latest regulatory hearings?Canadian content has been in peril for the past two decades and the CRTC has only hastened its demise.The CRTC is currently is currently...
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Best New American TV Series Already Running
So there I was Monday evening watching the second installment of the best new American TV series.And it's 9:59 and the telephone rings.A constant reader of this column has the same question in her mind...
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Saving Hope: The New Canadian TV Season Begins
There is a new Canadian TV season about to break although you'd never guess it by the waves of American series washing up at Global and City.The term I'm using is "Pride of Place".And it's CTV which...
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Gotham: First New Must-See TV Hit
I have a big problem with the first new TV hit of the Fall 20124 TV season.Gotham's hour long pilot which revs up on CTV Monday night at 8 is so good it's difficult to imagine that kind of near...
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How To Get Away With Murder: A Must See
Thursdays at ABC this fall is best described as "Shondra Land."As in Shondra Rhimes who has three back-to-back hour dramas: the venerable Grey's Anatomy, last year's hit Scandal and the new Viola Davis...
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747: The Definitive Guide Is Just That
This is going to be a blockbuster of a Sunday with new and returning TV series busting out all over.But save some time --the best of the night is surely Discover Channel's 747: The Definitive Guide...
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Backroad Bounty A Home Made Hit
I really enjoyed chatting up Marty Gebel and Peter "Bam Bam" Bamford (that's his name), the two genial stars of the latest antiques roadshow series.The difference? This one is called Backroad Bounty...
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State Of Incarceration: Canadian TV At Its Best
Make no mistake about it --these are dark days for Canadian public television threatened by government cut backs and dwindling ratings.And then along comes a special so powerful and forceful it will...
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Gorilla Doctors: Only On CBC-TV
So there I was at a lavish pre-Thanksgiving dinner on my street and the talked turned to the supposedly increasingly irrelevance of the struggling CBC.I begged to differ, of course.But I now wish I'd...
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Royals & Animals: Makes Horse Sense
The very title Royals & Animals almost put me off this great new Canadian made documentary.But then I saw it was made by Montreal filmmaker John Curtin so I let my horse sense make my decision and...
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Last Chance To Catch Republic Of Doyle
"This is it. Doyle's end. I'm sad but I'm proud --you know, all at once."Star and creator Allan Hawco told me he'd decided to end CBC-TV's quirky hit Republic Of Doyle during the middle of last...
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Bargain Brothers: Great Canadian Reality TV
To hear Andrew MacIver tell it one day we was watching his favorite Canadian TV network --BNN --and there was a call for potential stars of a new reality series that would be all about a Canadian owned...
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Heartland: A CBC Winner For Sure
Sunday night marks a big anniversary for CBC-TV's perennial family drama Heartland.That's because with its 125th episode it will finally surpass CBC's Street Legal as the network's longest continuing...
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Murdoch Mysteries Welcomes Bat Masterson
No doubt about it --Murdoch Mysteries would be battling Heartland for the coveted title of longest running CBC hour drama.Heartland hit episode 803 on Sunday night to be followed by Murdoch Mysteries...
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