Comments on: Canadian Television, Two Months In

By: WC

WC — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:17:01 +0000

Old episodes of Trailer Park Boys, Codco, This Hour has 22 Minutes and SCTV. They must be running in syndication somewhere, if not, what a waste…

By: D. Allen

D. Allen — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:56:53 +0000

I resent wasting time on commercials and “have a need to know” what’s up. So I’m absolutely positive that “The Agenda” and Steve Paikan have the best TV fare anywhere. I’ve even learned to rely on the wisdom of Jordan Petersen. Mind you, I do catch Mark Kelly and “Connect” regularly too. Mark is such a personable C’dn with good journalistic skills. Evan Soloman and “Power and Politics” have introduced me to the insightful and cut-and-dried Rosie and Allison Crawford who toil in the dirty games played by those in power who waste our dollars on power-games. I notice that CSPAN (no commercials) also offers some good programming and try to catch “Beyond Politics” where one learns a lot about non-partisanship and life-stories from Catherine. We all can benefit from this. As I would much rather read a C’dn book than watch TV, I do catch book reviews and Alan Gregg’s TVO interviews regularly. I have an addiction to his program. Later in the day I’ve learned that George S. has more to offer than Jon S. Remember, I haven’t made a commitment to watch more C’dn content, I just don’t like much that TV offers anymore. TVO has some really great programming and so does Bravo. There is not enough Rick Mercer or Ron James who both could evolve into more than they have been .. esp. ADD troubled James who is brilliant in putting his natural abilities to work. I can’t tell you how good it is that we have some non-commercial TV. Is it possible to pay more taxes and support excellent C’dn arts programming without the crap of advertising? I would support that. We are all living in a sick marketing milieu and it’s not healthy…way worse than poutine and C’dn ice cream will ever be.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:07:00 +0000

I highly recommend the very enjoyable Canadian show, Endgame! Shawn Doyle is so entertaining as Arkady Belagan, a chess grandmaster, trapped in a Vancouver hotel by agoraphobia, brought on by the violent death of his fiancee. He uses his genius to solve crimes from the penthouse suite. I watch it on Showcase.ca.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 05:07:19 +0000

I always enjoy Kenny vs. Spenny, which is now in reruns. I am not sure if that quite falls into the non-fiction category. I have heard good things about Single White Spenny but have not tried it out yet.

By: Sheena

Sheena — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:18:26 +0000

I am always trying to consume a lot of Canadian content. Not sure why really, but I guess I dislike the fact that our pop culture is essentially American culture. And it infuriates me when I see CNN on television screens at the gym and in the mall when we have our own news stations. But I digress. I started watching “Insecurity” (https://www.cbc.ca/insecurity/) from the CBC since I loved “Get Smart” as a child, and I found my self giggling a lot. But who knows.. all this Canadian content might just be lowering my standards. *shrug*

I also love Being Erica as well. I’m glad to see lots of people do.

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:13:03 +0000

Try the old series “Intelligence” and “The Border”

There’s a new series, “King” We love it!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:11:06 +0000

What about jPod? Have you seen that one?

By: Hellen

Hellen — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:50:11 +0000

Some of my favourite shows – Flashpoint, and The Listener,.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:04:02 +0000

Flashpoint. Even the Americans enjoy that show.

By: Isabelle Remy

Isabelle Remy — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:34:50 +0000

Not fiction, but great TV watching: Dragon’s Den on the CBC.