Flashback: Black Friday, le Big Mac and Bif

In this week's newsletter drawing from the CBC archives: young Howie Mandel answers a few questions, actor Keanu Reeves goes ...

Flashback: The return of King

In this week's newsletter looking inside the CBC archives: how nuclear fear hit home in 1983, Zellers returns again, and a young Rick Moranis.
Waterloo Region Record

Amid current CBC turmoil, This Hour Has Seven Days stands out as Golden Age

Imagine a TV show that was a mash-up of “60 Minutes” and “The Daily Show.” Fifty years ago, Canada had such a show in “This Hour Has Seven Days.” An episode of the series, plucked from the CBC ...
The Globe and Mail

As King of Kensington turns 50, it shows the challenge of keeping classic Canadian TV in circulation

King of Kensington, a wildly popular CBC sitcom that premiered 50 years ago this fall, had a major impact on how Canada understood itself and its changing cities in the 1970s. But, long out of reruns ...