By Rachel Krueger One of the things “Glee” has going for it is its wacky normalcy. With the possible exception of Finn and Mr Schuester, none of the characters is Hollywoodily attractive. They look like they legitimately go to high school. And I hesitate to say that Lea Michele is “normal-looking” because that has become […]
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Really, Kory Teneycke, that’s all it took?
By Frank Moher Seriously, Kory Teneycke, that’s all you’ve got? Avaaz.org gets 80,000 of the left’s more suggestible adherents to sign its petition against SunTV, manages to rebrand your nascent operation “Fox News North,” and raises $110,000 in the process, and you step down? That’s all it took? Do you think your spiritual forefather, Roger […]
Sun TV: Teneycke’s cat and dog show
By Alison@Creekside Here’s Korncob Kory Teneycke on CBC’s Power and Politics on Friday, stating that his baby, Quebecor’s Fox News North, never asked the CRTC for a must-carry licence—the kind that would require cable and satellite providers to include the channel in their basic package: “We are not nor have we ever asked for mandatory […]
Sun TV vs. Avaaz and Atwood: who’s the real hate-monger?
By Frank Moher Sure we should wonder what Stephen Harper was doing having lunch with Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes in New York last year. And of course the CRTC was right to refuse Quebecor a Category 1 specialty TV licence for its proposed SUN TV News Channel, which would force cable and satellite companies […]
Lindsay Blackett strays from the script
By Frank Moher So, Lindsay Blackett was just performing a public service when, at the Banff World Television Festival, he called Canadian TV “shit”? Apparently so. As the Alberta Minister of Culture and Community Spirit told the Calgary Herald earlier this week, his intention was to create “a national discussion” about Canadian TV’s crapitude. But […]
Old spice, new approach
By Jodi A. Shaw Either the media gods have been listening to my pleas or there’s a refreshing new trend in advertising these days. Over the last few months, TV commercials have not only been advertising products and services, but have been encouraging something a little more surprising: gender equality. Amazing! I first noticed it […]
Betty White on Saturday Night Live: not cute
By Frank Moher The show hasn’t reached my time zone yet, but by all Twitter accounts Betty White is killing it on “Saturday Night Live” tonight. But all this amazement that she can still do the job is a bit misplaced, no? For one thing, she’s only 88-years old. My buddy Antony Holland, whom some […]
Kate Gosselin: Go dancing with your kids, now
By Jodi A. Shaw Dear Kate Gosselin: What a long, twisty road you have travelled! I first met you when the smiling, laughing faces of your sextuplets caught my eye as I channel-surfed one lazy afternoon. I confess, I fell in love with your children and spent many afternoons looking in on your family. But […]
9/11 honour and dishonour
By Frank Moher As it becomes increasingly clear that the official explanation of 9/11 is insupportable and won’t stand the test of time, I thought it might be apropos to establish a media “Honour” and “Dishonour” roll, recording those news organizations who have or haven’t done their job in reporting the story. The idea here […]
What the hell, Conan? TBS?
By Frank Moher TBS? TBS? All over Canada, Conan O’Brien fans are asking: What the hell is TBS? And how the hell are we going to watch Conan? A quick check shows that the cable network to which O’Brien today declared allegiance — Turner Broadcasting System — is nowhere available in Canada; no, not on […]
