Category: Television

As children, most people have no idea what they want to be when they grow up. However, in some parts of the world, a child’s future is determined the moment he or she is born. With the powerful and privileged Al-Fayeed family in the FX TV drama Tyrant, Khaled Al-Fayeed, the long-serving dictator of the...

Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season Six debuts on Blu-ray, with all six discs neatly housed in a standard-width, slim case. The TNG upgrade process that began two years ago (and will conclude later this year with the series’ seventh and final season) is a seemingly well-oiled machine at this point. Technical specs for...

“Reach for the stars” is an expression that one can apply to a variety of pursuits, personal as well as professional. Born in Bristol, England and having grown up in Birmingham, veteran stage, feature film and television actor Kevin McNally looked to the heavens for inspiration when it came to what career he one day...

Changing of the guard — it happens all the time in the workplace when a new boss takes over the reins. In season two of the Canadian police procedural TV drama Motive, Vancouver city police Detective Angie Flynn and her partner Detective Oscar Vega along with their colleagues wish good luck to their newly promoted...

Canada may have been on the other side of the pond while the historic battle known as World War II unfolded, but as a country it was no less invested in the conflict as far as manpower and womanpower. While their husbands, brothers, cousins, and other male family members (as well as friends) were risking...

It is rare that an actor has a chance to walk in the well-worn shoes of a character already familiar to TV audiences. Kenneth Choi is one such actor. He can currently be seen as Captain Ed Rollins in NBC’s remake of the long-running police procedural crime drama Ironside, which aired on the same network...

When it comes to its victims, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) does not discriminate. It does not consider your sex, race, religious beliefs or other factors before striking, and the cause can differ from one person to the next. Combat military personnel, those caught in a natural disaster or the survivor of a violent crime are...

Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Sonny and Cher — besides having been married in real life, these celebrity couples once worked side-by-side on their own TV shows. Over the years, art has also imitated life in the same way on the UK small screen, one example being Dame Judi Dench and...

A 1930s Balkans railway journey filled with mystery and suspense, and a look at the inner sanctum of the UK legal system. British actor Tom Hughes does double duty this month and next in the States when he dips a proverbial toe in both these worlds. First off in The Lady Vanishes (airing Sunday night,...

Continuum, the mind-bending sci-fi series that is part time travel adventure and part procedural, is nearing the end of a successful second season on its native Canadian channel Showcase. Meanwhile, south of the border it is halfway through the same season on Syfy. The show stars Rachel Nichols as tough cop Kiera Cameron who has...