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Telly With Melly: Iron Chef Gauntlet debuts on Food Network
Alton Brown gives me hives. As the host of Cutthroat Kitchen, he smirkingly auctions off opportunities to sabotage competing chefs — like forcing someone to cook in a mini kitchen, wear a dog cone...
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Telly With Melly: Alison Sweeney returning to Days of Our Lives
Of all the soap operas on television represented by an hourglass, one stands apart: Days of Our Lives. And now the series — which debuted in 1965, or more than 13,000 episodes ago — appears to be...
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Pop Forecast for April 24: The Circle, Genius 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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Video Games for Good
Your kid is holed up in the basement, alone in the dark except for the glowing screen and the alien invaders from their favourite video game. Don’t worry; an alternative to space war is on the way....
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Telly With Melly: Parents, teens bond over shows, says Netflix study
As a very wise man once rapped, parents just don’t understand. But, says Netflix, watching the same shows as their teens might help them do so a little bit better. The online streaming service released...
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Telly With Melly: Genius series tracks life of Albert Einstein
The word “genius” gets thrown around a lot. Figure out how to get a thousand Twitter followers? Genius! Pull off some tousled tresses to rival Gigi Hadid’s? Genius! Calculate sales tax whilst jostling...
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Telly With Melly: Canadian TV ratings for April 10-16
Hey, did you know that Canadians like to watch hockey? I know, shocking. But it was particularly clear a couple of weeks ago, when the first round of the NHL playoffs aired. The various games and...
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Global Voices: The human face of climate change
As the Brooklyn streets went dark and flooded with water, pummelled by the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy, Lizbeth Lucero watched her mother pace the apartment — and pray. In the weeks that followed, her...
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Handmaid’s Tale TV series feels darkly contemporary
David Barber In The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood creates a disturbing, dysfunctional world run as a strict patriarchy. Rigidly stratified by class and function, this society has rich, powerful men...
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Pop Forecast for May 1: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and more
MOVIES Big release on May 5: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Big picture: The Avengers are getting long in the tooth, and Justice League is still getting its cinematic act together, while the X-Men’s...
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Jacques Goldstyn’s Bertolt a kids book of solitary pleasures
Bernie Goedhart Bertolt Jacques Goldstyn Translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick Enchanted Lion Books Ages four to nine Spring may have technically sprung on March 20 this year, but for many Canadians the...
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Telly With Melly: Roseanne reboot, American Gods
Everything ’90s is new again. And the latest news that’ll have you cumbersomely texting on your flip phone is that a reboot of classic sitcom Roseanne is in the works. Rather than just being inspired...
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Telly With Melly: Greenleaf midseason finale, Green Gables rebrand
It’s a red light for Greenleaf on Wednesday, May 3,, as the OWN melodrama airs its midseason finale before going on hiatus. The series, about a predominantly black megachurch and the family that runs...
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Telly With Melly: Most promising TV pilots for 2017-18 season
It’s May, and for TV lovers it’s the most wonderful time of the year. New shows are bubbling with possibility, like babies who get by on their cuteness before the reality of how much money and effort...
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Telly With Melly: Canadian TV ratings for April 17-23
Well, colour us happy. The Blacklist and its main character Red Reddington were white-hot in the Canadian TV ratings a few weeks ago — and justifiably so. After eight weeks off the air, the series...
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Telly With Melly: Science of Stupid, Truth & Iliza, Private Eyes
Stupid is as stupid does, but HOW does stupid do what it does? Such is the question posed on Science of Stupid, National Geographic Channel’s investigation into tomfoolery. It returns for season 4 on...
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Pop Forecast for May 8: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword 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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Global Voices: Prison bars shouldn’t be barrier to maternal bond
Amid the constant crackle of radios and chatter of inmates, surprising sounds linger in the prison halls. A baby’s coo. A mother’s gentle soothing. The creak of a rocking chair, rhymes recited from a...
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Telly With Melly for May 9: Black-ish spinoff follows Zoey to college
No need to feel blue, Black-ish fans. While the family comedy will air its Season 3 finale this week, a spinoff series centred around eldest daughter Zoey (Yara Shahidi), will likely land at ABC in the...
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Telly With Melly for May 10: Modern Family’s backstage drama
In its eight-season run, Modern Family has won more than its share of Emmys, Golden Globes and various Very Important Accolades. But could we soon be living in a post-Modern world? Drama has been...
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