Posts Tagged ‘HBO’

Looking for substance in David Mamet’s Phil Spector

Jaime J. Weinman works to separate art from political awakening

by Jaime Weinman - Friday, March 22, 2013
Understanding the backlash against Girls

Why people hate the HBO show with low ratings and huge buzz

by Jaime Weinman - Tuesday, March 19, 2013
TV title fight: short vs. long

Why Girls, Bates Motel and New Girl are going with minimal title sequences

by Jaime Weinman - Tuesday, January 15, 2013
‘Girls’ star Lena Dunham on the perils of self-referential comedy

The star and creator of the hit HBO show on set in New York

by Rosemary Counter - Wednesday, January 9, 2013
A fix for Netflix

Its subscriber base is unrivalled, but without its own hit shows, can the video-streaming service survive?

by Jaime J. Weinman - Wednesday, November 21, 2012
TV makes history

Cue the mutton chops and corsets—networks are crazy about period pieces

by Jaime Weinman - Monday, October 8, 2012
L.A. Complex: Canadian TV that straddles the border

Cross-border series like The L.A. Complex show off Canada’s prime-time strengths

by Jaime Weinman - Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Jaime Weinman on ‘The Newsroom’

Have a listen to our TV critic chime in on why other critics are coming down hard on Aaron Sorkin’s new HBO show, and why HBO fans will watch the show regardless

by macleans.ca - Monday, June 25, 2012
In conversation: Shadowy Men’s Don Pyle

On playing hardball with HBO, saying no to the Pixies and what makes reunion shows work.

by Michael Barclay - Thursday, May 31, 2012
Having a Game of Thrones viewing party? Don’t forget the medieval grub.

Hard-core fans of the HBO fantasy show are preparing meals fit for dragon slayers

by Rosemary Counter - Thursday, March 29, 2012
Why the CBC should be more like HBO

Whatever their motives might be, the CBC’s antagonists are, on the whole, right

by Andrew Coyne - Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Can sci-fi be saved?

Movies like “Avatar” have been huge hits, but on the small screen, the genre’s not doing that well

by Jaime Weinman - Thursday, September 22, 2011
Intelligent viewers have spoken

A show once dubbed ‘grandparents’ TV’ is rocking the ratings wars

by Patricia Treble - Thursday, July 28, 2011
Running (shoe) joke

K-Swiss’s new ad has the fictional character Kenny Powers taking over as CEO

by Chris Sorensen - Thursday, July 28, 2011
Testosterone on and off the screen

Rabid fans of fantasy writer George R.R. Martin think he’s been slacking off

by Brian Bethune - Tuesday, April 19, 2011
The woman who shoos off sacred cows

Canadian readers would be absolutely venomous if i wrote that i was purchasing a horse…

by Barbara Amiel - Thursday, March 24, 2011
‘Boardwalk Empire’ takes on ‘Mad Men’

HBO is hoping its new period drama can beat the one it turned down

by Jaime Weinman - Saturday, September 18, 2010
Get a Show On HBO and You’re Set For Life

The only show they tried to cancel recently was ‘The Life and Times of Tim,’ and they just un-canceled it

by Jaime Weinman - Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Fangs down, ‘True Blood’ is the trashiest show on TV

Remember when HBO prided itself on doing high-class programming? That’s changed.

by Jaime Weinman - Friday, June 18, 2010
Clinton was right about everything

The nostalgia in HBO’s ‘The Special Relationship’ is all for the former U.S. president, not Tony Blair

by Jaime Weinman - Friday, May 28, 2010