A half hour, politically incorrect sketch comedy show that showcased the talents of veteran performers John Byner and Bob Einstein as Super Dave Osbourne.
4REAL is a series of half-hour episodes hosted by sol Guy as he travels to remote locations with celebrity guests to connect with young leaders who, under extreme circumstances, are affecting real change on some of the most pressing issues of our time.
Celebrity guests for Season One are Cameron Diaz, Mos Def, Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, Casey Affleck, K'naan, M.I.A. and Flea. The shows take you on unique adventures with these celebrities, but ultimately it's the young leaders who emerge as the stars. 4REAL inspires viewers with stories of their courage, creativity and dedication to tackling issues such as poverty, environment, health, children's and indigenous rights, drugs and violence in their communities and beyond.
4REAL is airing globally on National Geographic Channels International in 166 countries and 35 languages, as well as on MTV in Canada.
4REAL is produced by Vancouver-based Direct Current Media.
The series also air on The CW on fall 2008 as part of the Media Rights Capital Sunday block. It was r
SPUN OUT is a multi-camera sitcom that stars Dave Foley, Paul Campbell, Darcy Michael, Al Mukadam, Holly Devo, Becky Dalton, and J.P. Manoux. Beckett Ryan (Paul Campbell, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA), a struggling writer who ends up working at the public relations firm after suffering his own PR disaster. No matter how bizarre the cases are that the agency takes on, they pale in comparison to the workplace romances, rivalries, personal successes, and often hilarious failures of the close-knit and dysfunctional colleagues.
"Uncle Bobby" aired from 1964 to 1979 on CFTO-TV in Toronto, starting locally before briefly joining the CTV Network. Starring Bobby Ash, a former UK comedian and clown, the show featured puppets and guests like Bimbo: The Birthday Clown and various performers. Produced at CFTO's Channel Nine Court studios, it became known for Uncle Bobby's catchphrase, "MMMM...BOBBY'S HERE!!!" Engaging kids as "bobbysoxers," it transitioned to "Kid's Corner" in 1979, continuing as a syndicated Saturday morning program.
The Bobby Vinton Show was a Canadian musical variety television series produced for the Canadian Television Network between 1975 and 1978, with a total of 52 episodes broadcast. Featuring Bobby Vinton, a best-selling popular music singer since the early 1960s, the series mixed comedy skits with musical interludes.
Italian cuisine is so much more than pizza and pasta – but there’s still lots of tasty pasta in Bonacini’s Italy. Celebrity Chef Michael Bonacini cooks his way through 15 Italian regions, exploring the flavours and ingredients that make these areas unique.
Each episode takes us through an entire meal from one region, from antipasto, soup, or salad, to delicious primo, succulent secondo, and even sometimes a decadent dolce. As he cooks, Michael regales viewers with stories of his travels in Italy and tells us interesting facts about each region he focuses on.
Set in a warm, contemporary kitchen, Michael inspires viewers to try their hand at making sumptuous Italian fare.
When the leads dry up and a case goes cold, there’s only one thing that keeps investigators going—the hunch that Somebody’s Hiding Something. From grieving family and friends to jilted lovers and eyewitnesses, investigators pores over every detail and discrepancy to uncover the motive for the murder—along with the reason for suppressing a key piece of evidence. It’s a real-life psychological thriller, and every episode features a genuine murder mystery that keeps armchair detectives guessing until the very last frame.
Kreskin, also known as The Amazing Kreskin, is an American mentalist who entertained studio audiences with this TV series from 1972 to 1975. It was broadcast throughout Canada on CTV and distributed in syndication in the US. The series was produced in Ottawa, Ontario at the CJOH-TV studios.
Inspired by people who are making a difference in their communities, each episode follows the Holmes family as they surprise these deserving people by transforming their spaces.
Together is a Singaporean Chinese drama produced in 2009. It was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It is MediaCorp's 46th anniversary year-end blockbuster drama, and was sponsored by the Media Development Authority of Singapore. It made its debut on 30 November 2009 and ended on 18 January 2010. This drama serial consists of 36 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9:00 pm.
The series also utilized the writer and some cast members from The Little Nyonya, a 2008 production by MediaCorp that went on to become the highest rated Singaporean TV series in 15 years.
The series title also refers to the children's folk song "The More We Get Together" and the tune is played during the interlude and in the introduction of the theme song.
Whether it’s a birthday, anniversary, a sports game, or just expressing gratitude for a loved one, Mary's Kitchen Crush is filled with recipes for every occasion. As Mary Berg prepares the meal, she guides viewers thoroughly the recipe, offering up plenty of helpful tips and takeaways.
The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame are also inducted as part of the awards ceremonies.
Follow actor and writer Mark McKinney as he embarks on an epic quest to answer perhaps the most pressing question of our age – who are we when we’re not working? Mark travels throughout North America to meet the world’s most audacious hobbyists, and the communities of like-minded obsessives who nurture them, all to find that one, true, perfect hobby he can claim as his own.
Open Mike with Mike Bullard was a Canadian late-night talk show which was broadcast live from 1997 to 2003 on CTV and on The Comedy Network in primetime. It was hosted by comedian Mike Bullard and initially taped at a studio at the back of Wayne Gretzky's restaurant in Toronto, Ontario before CTV moved the show to Toronto's historic Masonic Temple. Open Mike with Mike Bullard featured two or three panel guests and one musical or comedy performance nightly. The show's bandleader and musical director was Orin Isaacs. Part of Bullard's comedic style was interacting with audience members during his opening monologue, often deriving humour from finding ways to poke fun at an audience member's expense.
In the summer of 2003, Bullard's contract with CTV expired. He did not like their practice of shutting the show down for summers; he knew that it interrupted his exposure and he did not like to see reruns that were dated. He arranged and signed a multi-year deal to start a new, similar show on Global called The Mike Bulla
Time of Your Life was a Canadian television soap opera which ran production from August 1988 to May 1989. The series was created by producer Harry Jakobs and Maryse Wilder, Rhea Cohen and Maurice Thevenet. The series was shot in Montreal, in a studio with built sets in an industrial lot warehouse on Royalmount and The Decarie Expressway near Montreal's racetrack Blue Bonnets and Orange Julep. It was loosely based on the low budget Canadian independent feature Rebel High. The series debuted on October 17, 1988 and was aired right after the American soap opera General Hospital at 4pm, daily Monday through Friday replacing Bob Barker's The Price Is Right. Making it at that period Canada's first daily syndicated soap opera with all 130 episodes shot two weeks in advance to air date until completion of the first season cliffhanger.