Fame at Last
The Fox, Bill O’Reilly/John Doyle battle as reported April 25, 2004 by The New York Times: WORD FOR WORD When a Canadian Insults Fox News, Them’s [Expletive] Fighting Words! By CLIFFORD KRAUSS...
View ArticleA toast to Irish prime-time
Hello and Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you. “Ireland, Ireland, damp sod of earth/lost on the surf of the North Atlantic/Ireland, Ireland, mountains and mist/Vodka and chips, it’s so romantic.” Those are...
View ArticleTara and Jackie: messed-up, gutsy, real
There’s a tall woman, fortysomething, staring right at you. Skeptical look on her face. You know what’s she’s thinking: “Life is full of little pricks.” When Nurse Jackie (TMN/Movie Central, 10 p.m.)...
View ArticleThe CRTC justifies its existence
There’s a large group of Canadians who are champion complainers. Whine, whine. Gimme, gimme. No fair. I want my MTV/HBO/Showtime/Fox News/that channel with all the celebrity news. I want it now and I...
View ArticleWhy the CBC should stop the hissy fit
Monday afternoon, just after the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) made public its intriguing but slippery plan to solve the infamous fee-for-carriage dispute, the...
View ArticleThe G20 will come and go, but the World Cup will keep on going. Yes!
Portugal fans blow vuvuzelas before the World Cup group G soccer match between Portugal and North Korea in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, June 21, 2010. AP John Doyle The Globe and Mail Published on...
View ArticleProtest coverage: all live, all the time, all shallow
In the 77th minute of the pulsating World Cup game between Ghana and the U.S.A. – then tied 1-1 – the text crawled across the TV screen. G20 protests, violent clashes. Some people looked at their...
View ArticleWe’re a nice nation, easily shocked
Ed Robertson (left) and Jim Creeggan, from the Barenaked Ladies, perform during a sound check in preparation for Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill. John Doyle The Globe and Mail Thursday,...
View ArticleA sad summer of ‘fame whores’ and footballers
Jillian Harris with Ed Swiderski: The engagement is off. AP John Doyle The Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, July 8 I love this summer. Mind you, it makes me sad. But in a good way. One day last...
View ArticleTV is not dead, just on a summer pause
John Doyle The Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 In the past few days, as people prattled on about the retirement of Lloyd Robertson, the arrival of Lisa LaFlamme as CTV’s news anchor...
View ArticleYour average TV-actor scandal is a bit lame
Lea Michele thinks well of herself. John Doyle The Globe and Mail Published on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 During the World Cup (I’ll stop mentioning it soon), the English team caused much mirth when...
View ArticleA summer of TV changes. What’s it all mean?
Audrina Patridge, Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port: their genre-bending on The Hills is no more. John Doyle The Globe and Mail Published on Thursday July 15, 2010 Who coined the line “Summertime and the...
View ArticleHow the CBC ruined my vacation
U.S. Olympic women’s soccer player Hope Solo attends a training session during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Eltham College in London. (NIGEL RODDIS/REUTERS) Back in the paper. And at ya: How Hope...
View ArticleOla! Where’s my La Liga?
Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo controls the ball during their Spanish first division soccer match against Valencia at Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid August 19, 2012.(SERGIO PEREZ/REUTERS) Outrage in...
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