The Great Canadian Baking Show Is a Pile of Wet Dough
The CBC promised a homemade alternative to The Great British Bake Off. The show we got has nothing meaningful to say about the country
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Books on TV: Is the Boom in Adaptations a Boon for Authors?
How a surge in TV production is shaking up the publishing industry
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The Superficial Diversity of Canadian TV
How risk avoidance shapes our entertainment
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Looney Tunes Will Never Die and That’s All, Folks!
How Bugs Bunny and his pals managed to become a TV success impervious to time and changing standards
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The Wheel of Time: Why It’s So Hard to Accept Adaptations of Our Favourite Books
The challenge for Robert Jordan fans is to avoid nitpicking the flashy new Amazon series
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I’m Sick of Reboots and Rewatches and You Should Be Too
We’ve all spent the pandemic in a pop culture feedback loop. For the love of God, make it stop
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The Sports Collectible Market Is Booming. Is It about the Money or the Memories?
Rookie cards are selling for millions and NFTs are thriving. The question isn’t just how big the bubble will grow but what will happen once it pops
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Gotta Catch ’Em All: Why Old Pokémon Cards Are Suddenly Worth Thousands
Thanks to online marketplaces and nostalgic millennials, the prices of old trading cards are rising to dizzying new heights
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Adding Colour to the Romance Genre
When historical romance novels focus solely on white leads, it sends a message about whom the industry thinks is deserving of love
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OCD Is Not a Joke
People with obsessive-compulsive disorder are often depicted as Type A clean freaks. The reality is much worse
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