http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/b_oswald Most recent (7 days) columns en-gb Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:20:25 CDT Well, this much is certain: no one is going to say that the producers of HBO's True Blood tiptoed timidly into their sixth season. Indeed, the TV adaptation of Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse novel series returns with a frenzied, blood-soaked, action-packed vengeance this weekend (Sunday at... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:30:51 CDT Any student of history -- heck, anyone who's ever been a student at all -- would recognize Leonardo da Vinci as one of the world's greatest multi-faceted intellects -- a painter, sculptor, inventor, mathematician, engineer, anatomist, cartographer, writer and more. But only a viewer of the new Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:06:28 CDT There's a funny thing that happens when Darrin Rose puts on a show. And by funny, he actually means strange. Many of the people who buy tickets know Rose as a regular on MuchMusic's Video On Trial, a supporting-cast member on the CBC sitcom Mr. D or the host of Comedy Network's revival of the Thu, 30 May 2013 09:10:55 CDT If you know you're only going around the track one more time, you might as well put the pedal to the metal and make it the wildest ride possible. That seems to be the attitude of the producers and cast of Less Than Kind, the locally shot comedy series that has its fourth -- and final -- season Thu, 30 May 2013 06:34:50 CDT It's a small, entertainment-industry insider sort of distinction, but it needs to be made: Behind the Candelabra isn't just a movie; it's a show. In addition to being a biographical film about one of the world's most famous entertainers and his tumultuous relationship with a much-younger lover, Sat, 25 May 2013 09:37:27 CDT The rookie mistakes are in the distant past. The rookie jitters have long since been laid to rest. Even the sophomore-slump concerns are ancient history. Rookie Blue is a fourth-year series, and it looks and acts like it's all grown up. The Canadian-made cop drama, a resident of the Thu, 23 May 2013 03:18:57 CDT There's funny, and then there's FUNNY. And then there's Mel Brooks. With a career that spans more than 60 years and has encompassed pretty much every aspect of comedic endeavour -- movies, TV, Broadway; writing, directing, acting, producing; joke writing, script writing, songwriting and Mon, 20 May 2013 10:31:41 CDT In the TV business, having the most-watched network means having the least-broken schedule. And in TV, as in life, the simple rule is that if it ain't all that broke, don't fix it all that much. CBS, the top-rated U.S. network for several years, unveiled a fall lineup that includes just five new Thu, 16 May 2013 10:03:28 CDT More fantasy. More scandalous misbehaviour. More superheroics. More sitcom laughs. And a lot less dancing. ABC's schedule for the 2013-14 TV season, which was unveiled Tuesday in New York, includes eight new titles -- four dramas, four comedies -- half of which will be used to construct an Wed, 15 May 2013 17:39:20 CDT The pieces of the prime-time puzzle are falling into place. NBC and Fox have unveiled their schedules for the 2013-14 television season, bringing more than a dozen new titles to prime time this fall and introducing almost as many rookie shows at midseason. The announcements are part the annual Tue, 14 May 2013 09:09:54 CDT