http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:59:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/25/how-many-episodes-should-we-watch-at-a-time/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/25/how-many-episodes-should-we-watch-at-a-time/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:10:12 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235636 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/25/how-many-episodes-should-we-watch-at-a-time/feed/ 0 I highly recommend Todd VanDerWerff’s latest TV think piece, “In Defense of Slow TV,”... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/what-do-tv-ratings-mean/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/what-do-tv-ratings-mean/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:01:52 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234757 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/what-do-tv-ratings-mean/feed/ 0 This is a question that I occasionally have to turn over in my mind... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/tv-bashing-vs-internet-bashing/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/tv-bashing-vs-internet-bashing/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:00:44 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232302 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/tv-bashing-vs-internet-bashing/feed/ 0 Another article that I heard a few people talking about over New Year’s was... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/26/who%e2%80%99s-laughing-now/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/26/who%e2%80%99s-laughing-now/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:20:01 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/27/who%e2%80%99s-laughing-now/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/26/who%e2%80%99s-laughing-now/feed/ 0 Dramas and reality shows are getting trounced by half-hour comedies http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/05/lose-everything-find-a-fairy-jobmother/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/05/lose-everything-find-a-fairy-jobmother/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:30:01 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/lose-everything-find-a-fairy-jobmother/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/05/lose-everything-find-a-fairy-jobmother/feed/ 0 A new batch of reality shows is facing up to the fact we live in difficult times http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/nobody-watches-anything/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/nobody-watches-anything/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:00:09 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=217970 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/nobody-watches-anything/feed/ 4 Here’s a reason why TV ratings have become more interesting in recent years: paradoxically,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/28/badlands-humour/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/28/badlands-humour/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:30:01 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=216453 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/28/badlands-humour/feed/ 0 A new animated series based in Alberta is brimming with inside jokes for Canadians http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/can-sci-fi-be-saved/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/can-sci-fi-be-saved/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:50:01 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/can-sci-fi-be-saved/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/can-sci-fi-be-saved/feed/ 2 Movies like "Avatar" have been huge hits, but on the small screen, the genre’s not doing that well http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/25/why-old-people-are-suddenly-watchable/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/25/why-old-people-are-suddenly-watchable/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:25:59 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=210111 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/25/why-old-people-are-suddenly-watchable/feed/ 0 Networks are discovering their most loyal viewers like over-60s like Ted Danson http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/08/the-ashton-kutcher-phenomenon/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/08/the-ashton-kutcher-phenomenon/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:00:27 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=207522 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/08/the-ashton-kutcher-phenomenon/feed/ 1 Bright young actors, not aging stars, are grabbing up the hottest roles this fall http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/28/intelligent-viewers-have-spoken/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/28/intelligent-viewers-have-spoken/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:05:34 +0000 Patricia Treble http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=205699 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/28/intelligent-viewers-have-spoken/feed/ 2 A show once dubbed ‘grandparents’ TV’ is rocking the ratings wars http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/06/review-primetime-propaganda-the-true-hollywood-story-of-how-the-left-took-over-your-tv-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/06/review-primetime-propaganda-the-true-hollywood-story-of-how-the-left-took-over-your-tv-2/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:00:38 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199542 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/06/review-primetime-propaganda-the-true-hollywood-story-of-how-the-left-took-over-your-tv-2/feed/ 0 Book by Ben Shapiro