I haven’t been a regular Simpsons watcher in a long time, but back in the day I loved the hell out of it and watched religiously. So thanks for all the laughs, Sam Simon. After stints writing for “Taxi,” ”Cheers” and ”The Tracey Ullman Show,” Simon helped launch ”The Simpsons” in 1989. He left the …
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TNA Is Back On Canadian TV
They didn’t tell us how many years, but TNA and the Fight Network just announced that they’ve signed a multi-year deal to bring Impact and some of the company’s other shows back to Canadian television. Since TNA’s relationship with Spike TV ended, there was no way to see Impact up here aside from torrents if …
Could It Be? Could I Be Getting My Blind Guy Cable Box?
I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself, but this nugget I found buried near the bottom of a release from the CRTC sounds pretty promising. Lord knows I’ve been surprised before, but there don’t seem to be many ways to twist this into meaning anything other than what it sounds like it …
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Rick Mercer Trains For The Parapan Am Games With One Of Our Friends
For once, a person I know was on TV and it wasn’t because of something sad and crappy. Here’s our good buddy Jason Dunkerley on last night’s episode of the Mercer Report as part of a segment about training for this year’s Parapan Am Games.
Why Is This Still A Thing?
Remember that post I wrote last March when it was time for 2014’s first installment of semi-annual clock jiggering horseshit? Since it’s 2015 and I’m too tired to write it again, here’s basically the same thing in video form. Seriously, enough already.
R.I.P. Tony Verna. Let’s Take Another Look At That. R.I.P. Tony Verna.
So long to Tony Verna, who died in January at age 81 after a battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. You may not recognize the name (I didn’t), but you almost certainly know what he’s famous for. He’s the guy who, in the early 1960s, invented instant replay and quite literally changed sports forever. CBS used …
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May Leonard Nimoy’s Memory Live Long
Soundtrack time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C70QRbawN8 I know the whole world knows this by now but I might as well join the chorus of those saying goodbye to Leonard Nimoy. He died on Friday, at age 83. I wasn’t the hugest of original Star Trek fans, even though it was awesomely forward-thinking for its time. But without that, …
The WWE Network Is Finally Available On Bell
Update: If you’ve looked at the comments under this post, you’ve seen people complaining and rightfully so about the lack of on demand access given to Bell customers. As of this report last night, that’s no longer the case. I went just now to check it out for myself and there are now options for …
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So Long, Leslie Gore
No doubt, most people are going to remember Lesley Gore for It’s My party, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsYJyVEUaC4 but personally I’ve always been more of a You Don’t Own Meguy. And don’t even try telling me that Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows isn’t one of the most fun songs ever. That’s not to say there’s anything wrong with It’s …
More Canadian TV Companies Will Be Offering WWE Network In Time For Wrestlemania
This press release started making the rounds today. It’s great news for a lot of folks, but Bell customers, which is a hell of a lot of people, are still left out. I can only imagine the sorts of silliness that could be holding that deal up. Rogers today announced that it has reached carriage …
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