CTV continues to change Canadian television. Not content to produce series in Canada for simultaneous release on both sides of the Canadian/US border, now it is premiering series in international markets first. The Listener is a genre series that is not only eligible for mainstream viewing, but has also taken on almost 180 international markets [...]

The talk show is a venerable and long-standing TV content filler. The challenge for erstwhile hosts is to develop a theme, or a schtick, that rejuvenates the form so viewers turn their eyeballs in their direction. Johnny Carson had his sidekick and his stand-up comedy experience and it went on for a record run. David [...]

One of the sturdy myths of Canadian television holds that only the CBC can produce quality drama that sells internationally. Commercial broadcasters, despite their regulatory obligations, are painted as stingy with originality and quality, producing instead lowest common denominator content that rarely garners Gemini or Emmy awards. CTV’s Flashpoint proves otherwise.

TIME MAGAZINE called it one of the best dramas on television today. Newsday went one further, declaring it the best show on TV. Mad Men? Six Feet Under? Dexter? None of the above. They were talking about the Sci-Fi Channel’s first bona fide original series Battlestar Galactica. Like no other television show, BSG captures the [...]

What if you could go back in time and relive events in your past? Would you do things differently? And if you did, would it change the present? A new CBC series, Being Erica, taps into these universal questions, offering us all the chance to reflect on what we’ve done in our pasts and if [...]