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Debra Arbec leaving CTV Montreal for CBC Montreal: Fagstein
My Gazette colleague and man about the Montreal media Steve Faguy reports on his blog, fagstein, that Debra Arbec is leaving CTV Montreal for CBC Montreal. Yipes! That’s a jump to a significantly lowe-...
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Kathryn Greenaway steps up to tweet So You Think You Can Dance and so should you
Former professional dancer and Gazette Arts & Life writer/reviewer Kathryn Greenaway cannot resist So You Think You Can Dance, American or Canadian versions. She’ll be tweeting the new season...
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CTV unveils 2011-12 fall schedule with news of Anderson Cooper’s new daytime...
CTV announced its fall 2011-12 season Thursday in Toronto with 16 news, including Simon Cowell’s new performance competition show The X Factor, and a one-hour weekday talk show hosted by Anderson...
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Tristan D. Lalla Refused Entry at Saint-Sulpice Bar
The bouncer who refused to allow Tristan D. Lalla and friends into the Saint-Sulpice bar on St. Denis St. last week obviously wasn’t a gambler. (Click here for Gazette story.) If he had been, he...
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Will Bell Media snap up NHL rights in 2014?
Sitting Saturday night watching Coach’s Corner during the first intermission of Hockey Night in Canada – what can I say, I don’t have a life – I was listening to Don Cherry rant on about head-shots and...
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Would Tout le monde en parle work in English Canada?
Ben oui! Of course it would. I have, over the years, bent the ear of executives at both CBC-TV and CTV trying to convince them that they should buy rights to the made-in-France TV format for the talk...
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All God’s Creatures . . .
We often talk about discrimination and the mistreatment of LGBTQ people here, or sometimes about the mistreatment of people in general. A lot of people are suffering because of the inhumane actions of...
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Cirque du Soleil and Bell Media Launch New Media Company
Cirque du Soleil is teaming up with Bell Media to create a new company called Cirque du Soleil Media. This new company, to be headed by Jacques Méthé, will develop Quebec-based media content, not only...
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Talk-show Tango April 16: Tom Cruise, Mark Wahlberg, New Order, Of Monsters...
Oy. I was going to try to make up some sort of excuse but … I forgot. I was a bit verklempt from all the Boston terribleness. Apologies. Oh wait, I just gave an excuse after saying I wouldn’t. Bad...
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Talk-show Tango May 22: Jesse Eisenberg, Dana Carvey, Elisabeth Moss and...
How ’bout a wee song? Here’s this to serenade you into your late-night planning. These guys are on Leno tonight. LATE NIGHT TONIGHT Late Show with David Letterman (11:35 p.m. ET on CBS) Wednesday:...
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Talk-show Tango June 18
Late. But done. Counts for something, right? Hello? LATE NIGHT TUESDAY Late Show with David Letterman (11:35 p.m. ET on CBS) Tuesday: Don Rickles, Nick Cannon, Tom Keifer The Late Late Show with Craig...
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Talk-show Tango June 26: Elijah Wood, Whitney Cummings, Bill Hader, Ryan Bingham
LATE NIGHT WEDNESDAY Late Show with David Letterman (11:35 p.m. ET on CBS) Wednesday: Jamie Foxx (White House Down), Marc Maron, Wale The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (12:35 a.m. ET on CBS)...
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Talk-show Tango June 27: Johnning Depp and… Channing Tatum again?
LATE NIGHT THURSDAY Late Show with David Letterman (11:35 p.m. ET on CBS) Thursday: Johnny Depp (Lone Ranger), comic Adam Newman, Dawes The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (12:35 a.m. ET on CBS)...
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Talk-show Tango July 10: Salma Hayek, Adam Sandler, Olivia Munn, Mireille Enos
More Grown Ups 2 (Salma Hayek, Adam Sandler). Bit of Newsroom (Olivia Munn!). A touch of The Killing, with a sprinkling of World War Z (Mireille Enos). All good. LATE NIGHT WEDNESDAY Late Show with...
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Talk-show Tango Aug. 13
LATE NIGHT TUESDAY Late Show with David Letterman (11:35 p.m. ET on CBS) Tuesday: Matt Damon (Elysium), Hanni El Khatib (R) The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (12:35 a.m. ET on CBS) Tuesday: Kat...
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Talk-show Tango Aug. 27
LATE NIGHT TUESDAY Late Show with David Letterman (11:35 p.m. ET on CBS) Tuesday: Anderson Cooper, Olivia Munn (The Newsroom), Robert Randolph & The Family Band The Late Late Show with Craig...
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Fall TV 2013 debuts: Sept. 25: Michael J. Fox Show, Modern Family, etc.
So… Third day into the big fall TV preview week. How you holding up? Best to pace yourself. Not too much macaroni and cheese, Doritos, Coke Classic. Or wait, maybe that’s just me? Anyway, go for a...
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Fall TV 2013 debuts: Sept. 26: Grey’s something or other, Crazy Ones, Glee,...
Here is the season debut schedule for tonight. You have your work cut out for you. And that’s not even counting the shows I FORBID YOU TO WATCH like returning series Two and a Half Men and Grey’s …...
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Fall TV 2013 debuts for Sept. 29: Meet the Family, Masters of Sex, LEGAL...
Homeland lovers unite! OK, yeah I know you discerning TV watchers are all obsessed about the season finale of Breaking Bad and sure, I’m right there with you, but for the first time, regular TV...
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Fall TV 2013 debut Sept. 30: Package Deal
Yeah, more new TV. Well, thank goodness it’s just one new show. But seriously, are you as exhausted as I am? Wait, you’re not organizing your life around this avalanche of new TV? What? What? Oh right,...
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