Canadian TV

An archive of blog entries about Canadian TV programmes and production

La Mante
News

Netflix acquires La Mante; TVNZ goes Danish; Sky Italia’s Django; + more

18 October 2017 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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  • Trailer for Channel 4’s The End of the F***ing World

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Mr Robot - Season 3
Streaming TV

What have you been watching? Including Mr Robot, Travelers and Halt and Catch Fire

17 October 2017 Rob Buckley 12 Comments

It’s “What have you been watching?”, my chance to tell you each week what movies and TV I’ve been watching recently and your chance to recommend anything you’ve been watching. TMINE recommends has all the reviews of all the TV shows TMINE has ever recommended, but for a complete list of TMINE’s reviews of (good, bad and insipid) TV shows and movies, there’s the definitive TV Reviews A-Z and Film Reviews A-Z. 

The wave of new US shows is dying down at last, so WHYBW has returned to its usual day of Tuesday. In the past week, I’ve reviewed the whole of season 1 of Mindhunter (Netflix), as well as the first episodes of Valor (US: The CW) and Ghost Wars (US: Syfy; UK: Netflix), and passed third-episode verdicts on SEAL Team (US: CBS) and Wisdom of the Crowd (US: CBS).

There have been a couple of other new shows, though. The reboot of Dynasty (US: The CW; UK: Netflix) has just started, but you can work out for yourselves if you like that, since I’m not touching it. However, I will be reviewing Superstition (US: Syfy) tomorrow, you lucky people, as well as passing a third-episode verdict on The Gifted (US: Fox; UK: Fox UK).

Now I did promise you all a review of Alias Grace (Canada: CBC; UK: Netflix). However, I got about 15 minutes into the episode, before the various attempts at Irish and American accents proved so grating that I couldn’t get any further. Sorry about that. Hopefully you can get over it to enjoy this somewhat cheap looking adaptation.

After the jump, the usual regulars: The Brave, Great News, Marvel’s Inhumans, Me, Myself and I, Professor T, Star Trek: Discovery and Will & Grace. We’ll also be talking about the return of both Mr Robot and Travelers, as well as the final ever episodes of Halt and Catch Fire. I couldn’t be bothered watching any more Valor though.

See you in a mo.

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Mr Mercedes
News

Mr Mercedes, Ransom renewed; Survivor’s Remorse cancelled; Apple’s Amazing Stories; + more

11 October 2017 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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New US TV shows

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Will and Grace
US TV

What have you been watching? Including Bad Blood, 9JKL and Will and Grace

4 October 2017 Rob Buckley 12 Comments

It’s “What have you been watching?”, my chance to tell you each week what movies and TV I’ve been watching recently and your chance to recommend anything you’ve been watching. TMINE recommends has all the reviews of all the TV shows TMINE has ever recommended, but for a complete list of TMINE’s reviews of (good, bad and insipid) TV shows and movies, there’s the definitive TV Reviews A-Z and Film Reviews A-Z. But it’s what you have you been watching? I bet it’s better than what I’ve been watching. And I watched a lot

Week one into the new US TV season and I reckon I’m keeping up pretty well. Admittedly, I’ve had to ditch Boxset Monday and move WHYBW? from Tuesday to Wednesday to do it, but I don’t think that’s going to cause too many fainting fits.

This week, I’ve reviewed (and even previewed) the first episodes of:

That’s not the whole gamut of new shows, mind, and still to come this week are my reviews of Kevin (Probably) Saves The World (US: ABC), Ten Days in the Valley (US: ABC) and The Gifted (US: Fox; UK: Fox UK). I’m also planning to have a look at Alias Grace (Canada: CBC; UK: Netflix) and Absentia (AXN), and I might even give 4 Blocks (Germany: TNT Serie; UK: Amazon) a whirl if I have the time.

On top of that, there are a few other new shows – but I’ll be dealing with them after the jump, along with the regulars, both old and new. So follow me over the page to where I will cast my eye over the latest episodes of The Brave, Get Krack!n, Great News, Halt and Catch Fire, The Last Ship, Lethal Weapon, Lucifer, My Myself and I, Professor T and Star Trek: Discovery, as well as fill you in on new arrivals Bad Blood, 9JKL and – what’s this? – Will and Grace. Is that right?

(Yep, I dropped Bang and The Good Doctor. What you gonna do?)

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Scanners
News

Scanners TV series; The Mist cancelled; Party of Five reboot; + more

28 September 2017 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

International TV

Canadian TV

  • Ger Ryan, Sylvia Ross, Stephen Oates et al join CBC’s Little Dog

UK TV show casting

New UK TV shows

US TV

US TV show casting

New US TV shows