This year we are introducing a new feature as part of our annual My TV Awards: The Honorary Award. This distinction, announced separately from the rest of the winners, is awarded to one person each year to celebrate standout achievement in any given category. This year’s winner was an unparalleled presence on television in […]
Congratulations to all this year’s winners. Technical Awards Best Technical Accomplishment (directing, lighting, sound, cinematography) – Damages Best Costumes – Mad Men Creative Awards Best Writing for a Drama- TIE – David Hudgins: “Hello, Goodbye” (Friday Night Lights) – Jane Espenson: “Briar Rose” (Dollhouse) Best Writing for a Comedy – Michael Glouberman: “Racial […]
“This is the funny thing about growing up. For years and years, everybody’s desperately afraid to be different in any way. And then, suddenly, almost over night, everybody wants to be different. And that is where we win” – Mitchell (Modern Family)
In the incredibly artificial world of Ugly Betty it makes total sense that her holier-than-thou, do-gooder thing would completely disappear to be replaced by ruthless ambition and general heartlessness if she’d been born with perfect teeth. Not because pretty people are evil (though the Betty powers-that-be beg to differ), but because Betty’s always been a […]
From week one of Project Runway‘s 7th season I’ve had a standout favourite. However, this is the first time ever that my favourite seems to be everyone else’s too. Seth Aaron is not only a front runner (a Bryant Park shoe-in, not to mention my forecasted winner) but a fan favourite and the designer most […]
My Theatre: My TV’s new sister site, My Theatre premiered recently with reviews of Toronto’s new hit My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding, a Conneticut Repertory Theatre Comedy of Errors and the national touring production of The Lion King. You’ll also find a link to Jude Law’s wonderful Hamlet-themed SNL monologue and a first-hand account […]
It’s a rare occurrence when two of my great loves come together: Television and Shakespeare. The best example is the comedy Slings &Arrows, about the antics of a Canadian Shakespeare company. PBS airing Ian McKellan’s King Lear as part of their “Great Performances” series and his subsequent Emmy nomination is another wonderful example. When Hey […]
Last week I saw the touring production of The Lion King at The Boston Opera House. It was okay. I say it was only okay not because it was anything less than a thoroughly enjoyable musical experience but because the piece itself is capable of being so much more. During its extended stay in Toronto […]