Jennifer Robertson: The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down

You’ve dabbled in the reality genre before, but what was the process like of transitioning from being an actor to being a host? I loved being a reality show host — especially on a show that’s super-positive. I don’t personally have a lot of interest in the reality shows that are just undercutting people.…

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Ricky Stanicky

In this new comedy, three 30-something pals hire an unhinged actor (John Cena) to impersonate the imaginary friend they’ve all been using to get out of work, family commitments and trouble since childhood While psychology’s take on the benefits and drawbacks of having an imaginary friend have varied over the years, most research has broadly…

halo

Season two of Paramount’s big-budget sci-fi thriller finds Master Chief battling both the Covenant hordes and his new commander, while grappling with the loss of his closest ally Change is rampant on the second season of Halo. Onscreen, there is a new guy in charge of the Spartan program, after the untimely departure of Dr.…

What to Watch This Week: February 24 to march 1

From a new Walking Dead series featuring some familiar favourites to the debut of Deal or No Deal Island, we round up our top 10 shows to watch this week 1. Sense and Sensibility – Saturday, February 24, W Network Hallmark Channel Taking a cue from Bridgerton, this unique Hallmark Channel adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense…

The New Look

A sumptuous historical drama from the creator of Damages explores the rise and fall of various fashion icons amidst the carnage and impossible choices of the Second World War The story of how designer Christian Dior and his contemporaries launched modern fashion in Paris is a fascinating tale in itself. But set against the horrors…

ShŌgun

Like Game of Thrones in feudal Japan, the latest adaptation of James Clavell’s 1975 novel centres on a shipwrecked Englishman who washes ashore and shifts the balance of power amongst a rogues’ gallery of warlords As a bestselling novel, James Clavell’s Shōgun achieved high praise from critics as well as readers, while annual sales of…

Elsbeth

Good Wife favourite Elsbeth Tascioni goes from kooky attorney to kooky detective in a spinoff that wears its Columbo on its sleeve Two shows on which she was featured are over now, but you can’t keep Elsbeth Tascioni down. The eccentric, high-spirited lawyer portrayed by Carrie Preston, who won a Primetime Emmy for the role…

THE COMPLETELY MADE-UP ADVENTURES OF DICK TURPIN

Apple TV+’s new farce turns one of 18th-century England’s most feared outlaws into a charmingly inept wannabe who bumbles his way into the pages of history When you experience the delight everyone appears to take in the creation of The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin, the comedic perspective on a not-so-lovely guy, it is…

Feud: Capote Vs. the Swans

The new season of Feud recounts how spilled secrets ricocheted through New York high society At the height of his fame, acclaimed writer Truman Capote surrounded himself with society’s most elite women — rich, glamorous socialites that he nicknamed the “Swans.” Capote befriended the beautiful and distinguished Babe Paley, Slim Keith, C.Z. Guest, Ann Woodward…

What to Watch This Week: February 17 to 23

From Dolly Parton’s Pet Gala to a new Toronto-based Law & Order series, we round up our top 10 shows to watch this week 1. United States of Scandal – Sunday, February 18, CNN | Series Premiere CNN CNN anchor Jake Tapper hosts this six-part series examining what drives someone to break the rules — and…

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