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Body Language Decoded reveals clues about your Valentine
Pat St. Germain Worried your Valentine is just not that into you? Their eyes may hold a clue, but you’d be wise to look farther down. No, not there. Keep going. “Where we point our feet is actually a...
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Plenty of Valentine’s Day programming on TV
As Valentine’s Day descends once again with its filmy promises of forever love, you’re likely to feel either meh or bow-chicka-wow-wow. Luckily, there’s a TV show for that. Regular series are airing...
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Living in a digital bubble
Search engines can seem like magic. You have a question; the Internet has the answer. But not all search results are equal. Everything, from your location to previous searches and your social media...
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Carnival Paradise debuts Carnival’s first cruises to Cuba
It’s official: Carnival Cruise Line will start offering the line’s first-ever cruises to Cuba, departing this summer aboard the 2,025-guest Carnival Paradise. Beginning on June 29, 2017, Carnival...
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Cape Breton enjoys ‘Trump bump’
Flannery Dean Cape Breton seems an unlikely beneficiary of the so-called, “Trump bump,” but then again the words “unlikely” and “Trump” feel almost like synonyms now. Regardless, the political angst...
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Telly With Melly: Billions, Transparent streaming online this week
Here’s a rundown of what’s new online this week (Feb. 15-21): Billions As Number Two wisely counselled Dr. Evil in an Austin Powers movie, a million dollars isn’t exactly a lot of money these days....
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Telly With Melly: Big Brother Canada, Workin’ Moms and more
Not only is George Orwell’s classic novel 1984 seeing a resurgence in popularity, but TV’s Big Brother franchise is back on screens as well. The Canadian version of the CBS reality show will return for...
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Murdoch Mysteries by the numbers
Murdoch Mysteries is a many splendoured thing. Set in Toronto at the turn of the 20th century, the TV drama stars Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch, a dapper detective who uses burgeoning forensic...
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Telly With Melly: Canadian TV ratings for Jan. 30-Feb. 5
In a world fraught with uncertainty, it’s nice to know that some things stay the same — like the Big Mac, Lego and Jennifer Aniston’s hair. You can also count on the Super Bowl to top TV ratings, and...
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Telly With Melly: Britney Ever After, Guy’s Grocery Games, W5
She’s sold millions of records, won a Grammy award, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was named as the top-earning women in music by Forbes in 2012. Tonight marks another seminal moment...
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Telly With Melly: Big Little Lies, The Good Fight
“Things aren’t what they seem.” It’s the go-to description for small-town TV mysteries. The plot for Twin Peaks: Things aren’t what they seem in the death of Laura Palmer. The plot for Riverdale:...
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Pop Forecast for Feb. 20: Collide, Bates Motel, The Luyas and more
Chris Lackner “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” Bob Dylan sang. But these days, a guide through the seemingly endless flurry of pop culture offerings is just what we need....
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Black history not ‘us and them’ proposition
Standing in front of an auditorium of mostly white faces, the president of the Ontario Black History Society asked a group of elementary students what they knew of Black History Month. A precocious...
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Telly With Melly: Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, This is Us and more
American Masters On the anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination, American Masters airs the documentary Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, from directors Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack. The two-hour...
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Telly With Melly: Days of Our Lives, Louis C.K.
It’s a good day for hourglasses and those who love them. Days of Our Lives, that sudsiest of soap operas, has been renewed for its 52nd season. NBC announced the pickup a month after General Hospital’s...
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Telly With Melly: Canadian TV ratings for Feb. 6-12
For a show that one high-profile hate-watcher has called boring, unfunny and really bad television (with an exclamation point, always with an exclamation point), Saturday Night Live isn’t doing too...
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Telly With Melly: The Simpsons, Empire, Say Yes to the Dress
Woohoo! Baseball’s Hall of Fame will celebrate The Simpsons on May 27, marking the 25th anniversary of the show’s classic Homer at the Bat episode. Wade Boggs and Ozzie Smith, who voiced animated...
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Telly With Melly: Lethal Weapon, First Dates, The Stanley Dynamic
Lethal Weapon renewed Lethal Weapon is reloading for a second season. Fox renewed the TV drama based on the like-named film franchise this week, a no-brainer considering that U.S. ratings have risen to...
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Pop Forecast for Feb. 27: Logan, Chicago Justice and more
Chris Lackner “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” Bob Dylan sang. But these days, a guide through the seemingly endless flurry of pop culture offerings is just what we need....
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Telly With Melly: When We Rise, Taken, The Voice
Top of mind and in a turbulent chapter, the modern LGBT rights movement in the U.S. is the focus of a new miniseries for ABC. When We Rise sprawls over eight hours and four nights, and hails from...
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