Jaime Weinman

Where did all the major network shows about black families go?

I know I am the ten thousandth blogger to embed this video, but come on. It is, quite rightly, today`s top story.

It’s Winter Schedule day at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and Diane at TV-Eh has the press release the CBC sent out today...

I haven’t written much about The Simpsons since my screed against "comedy writer jokes," so here’s a more positive subject for...

In my Finian’s Rainbow piece , I quoted Terry Teachout ’s line "I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more musically satisfying Broadway...

I don’t really believe, any more than you do, that Oprah Winfrey ending her show means that Oprah is actually ending her show. She...

‘Finian’s Rainbow’ stands out at a time when hit musicals tend to lack memorable songs

The Wire gets so much praise from people who don’t actually like television , and has spawned so many David Simon quotes about why...

Edward Woodward, best known as the Equalizer, has died at the age of 79 . Here’s an audio clip of him singing my favourite song in...

Posting will be light for the next week or so, but I’ll keep things updated with some filler clips (tm) and some links/posts when...