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November/December 2020 / Television

The Boring Brilliance of Hinterland Who’s Who

October 21, 2020October 22, 2020 - by Tom Jokinen

Fifty years later, the iconic one-minute nature docs remain the best television to ever come out of Canada

Photo collage of stills from the TV show I May Destroy You. In the center is the actress Michaela Coel, wearing a head wrap and looking over her shoulder at the viewer. She is surrounded by panels in purple, pink, blue and orange.

Arts & Culture / Television

Almost Every TV Show Gets Sexual Assault Wrong

October 15, 2020October 16, 2020 - by JP Larocque

Television has historically failed to depict the survivor experience. I May Destroy You finally does it justice

Screenshot of the actress who plays Anne Shirley on the TV show Anne with an E. She has red hair and freckles and is looking towards the top of the frame while wrapped in a grey blanket.

Arts & Culture / Television

When Anne with an E Fans Waged War against Netflix

August 5, 2020October 13, 2020 - by John Semley

In their campaign to save the show, fans stopped behaving like an audience and started acting like owners

A screen shot from the Batwoman TV show in which Kate Kane (Ruby Rose) and Sophie Moore (Meagan Tandy) hold hands and look into one another's eyes.

Television

The Undeniable Queerness of Superhero Stories

January 17, 2020January 20, 2020 - by Anna Peppard

The genre is built on themes of transformation, disguise, and duality—a reality that LGBTQ folks live every day

Television

Stop Trying to Make TV Smart

August 7, 2019November 1, 2019 - by Brooke Clark

Your favourite show probably doesn’t have a deeper meaning. That’s okay

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November 2018 / Television

This New CBC Show Is an Antidote to Reality TV

October 31, 2018July 10, 2019 - by Caoimhe Morgan-Feir

In an era where sensationalism on our screens dominates, In the Making is a venture into authenticity

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June 2018 / Television

The Future of TV

June 18, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Adam Sternbergh

What is must-see TV at a time when everyone watches it alone?

Television

A Lifetime of Gay-Rights Activism in Sixty Seconds

June 13, 2018November 12, 2019 - by David Demchuk

The first LGBTQ2 Heritage Minute profiles Jim Egan and his long fight for equal rights

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Television

The Handmaid’s Tale Steps Deeper Into Darkness

April 17, 2018October 23, 2019 - by Lauren McKeon

The second season of the show is looking less and less like fiction

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Television

Inside the All-Consuming World of Paw Patrol

November 1, 2017May 12, 2020 - by Jason McBride

How a made-in-Toronto cartoon about superhero puppies became a worldwide hit