Victor Garber as a playing card and a television classic that one angry letter-writer saw as an affront to an entire nationality.

In brief: Jack was a musical extravaganza based on the four Jacks in a deck of cards, and it featured Victor Garber embodying hearts. Another Jack, Star TV critic Jack Miller, praised it as fun, melodic, and unpredictable, “a musical experience that flies in several directions without ever losing either itself or its pace.” We’d [...]

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In the 1940s and 50s, when comic books surged in popularity, a great number of superheroes had origin stories rooted in the fear of nuclear power gone wrong. Whether via spider bite, cosmic storm, or experiment gone wro…

Get ready Entourage fans, a movie version of the hit HBO show is now 100% confirmed!! In a recent interview, Mark Wahlberg finally confirmed the movie adaptation rumours saying, "I am more focused on making that movie than my own…

I have this thing, where my brain retains all manner of seemingly useless information (at the unfortunate expense of forgetting time-sensitive things like, say, deadlines or appointments) seemingly indefinitely. I can remember stuff I read in OWL magazine as a…

Get ready for Friends 2.0!! According to reports, Courteney Cox and David Arquette are developing a new comedy series that "explores the ups and downs of relationships across a group of friends, spanning 10 years." The project is tentatively titled,…

Living in Calgary, the chance to participate in tv-show tapings are often few and far between, but in a few weeks, this city that I call home, will have one of this country’s biggest shows filming right here in Calgary! Canada’s Got Talent has announced that this Calgary will be one of the stops during [...]

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When you see a Daily Show clip on TreeHugger (or on any other site, really), you know what to expect: Jon Stewart ‘blasting’ a Fox News pundit or Republican politician for doing something ridiculous. Jon Stewart …

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Consider these two anecdotes: a) Fox Broadcasting Company is the host of this year’s Emmys. It’s planning to cover Nokia Hall, where the ceremonies will take place, with solar panels as part of the company’s “Green It! Mean It!” c…

Parents, beware… A new study shows that watching just nine minutes of SpongeBob SquarePants can mess with children’s brains!! According to reports, the "high-pace" of the show teaches young kids little self-control and makes them want to eat more snacks,…

Hulk Hogan has a new show coming out about micro-wrestlers!! The new show, Hulk Hogan’s Micro Championship Wrestling, debuts this week on TruTV and focuses on the former wrestling star trying to bring a Florida-based group of little wrestlers to…

A Sex and the City prequel is coming to a television set near you!! The CW Network has picked up, The Carrie Diaries, Candace Bushnell’s most recent novel in the Sex and the City book series, that follows Carrie Bradshaw’s…

Jersey Shore Season 4′s infamous ‘twinning’ twins, Erica and Brittany Taltos, are hoping to extend their 15-minutes of fame by getting their own reality show!! The University of Florida students have confirmed that they’re in the process of speaking with…

It seems only fitting that I write a blog post about William Shatner today.  After all, it marks the 45th anniversary of the debut of the original Star Trek series. While a lot of the original cast has faded into the deep dark beyond, the one and only Captain Kirk has seemingly never left the [...]

Dear Oprah,
I just don’t know where to begin.
I can’t find my words because I respect you so much. You’re a woman pioneer who has done much to advance the status of women globally. You’ve donated millions of dollars to various organizations, and have u…

Mark Wahlberg has done a lot of things in his life, but he’s about to tackle two completely new business ventures at the same time… reality television and running a restaurant!! Mark, who recently announced he and his brothers are…

There aren’t a lot of Canadian shows like Lost Girl.  It’s dark, brooding, exciting and it’s whole plot doesn’t revolve around making fun of Canada. With nary a mention of a gas station, mosque or hockey,  yes, Lost Girl is a rare find indeed.  Part of what makes the show so unique, is its star [...]

Don Cheadle gives us a sneak peek at Captain Planet’s plans for Earth with a great sketch from Funny or Die. The planet-saving superhero arrives in time to save a few trees, but has some plans of his own. Heads up, the language is a bit NSFW, but if …

Now that T.I. is a free man, VH1 has announced the rapper is signed-on for a post-prison reality show!! According to VH1, "The show will follow T.I. as he re-adjusts to life as a free man after being incarcerated for…

My reality tv addiction has been well documented.  There are a few that I have never bought into though – Big Brother, America’s Got Talent, anything involving cupcakes AND Dancing with the Stars.  I’ve seen enough crappy dancing at all…