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Ed Sheeran has COVID–and there are concerns

Ed Sheeran has been diagnosed positive with COVID-19, leaving the producers of Saturday Night Live just a day or two

And the latest word on sex robots is…what? Uh, okay. I’ll stick with music news for May 13, 2021. These

Before we begin, please give it up for this rooster who gave it his all. Now go out there are

Okay, I laughed. (Via Tom) Moving to music new for October 26, 2020… I laughed at this, too. (Via Tom

Two weeks until the US presidential election. And wouldn’t you know it, but this could happen the day before. So

On this day in 1951, the first-ever colour TVs went on sale. No one care and less than a month

Last night’s SNL season opening with Kanye West was…okay. Not that we should have been surprised, though, because you never

The musical guest is always a big draw for Saturday Night Live. Having attended a couple of tapings in Studio

The most devastatingly good impersonation of the year has to be Melissa McCarthy in her role as sweaty Sean Spicer,

France now has its own version of Saturday Night Live, which, by the way, is called Saturday Night Live. One

The most recent episode of Saturday Night Live drew the highest ratings of the season. It’s easy to understand why:

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver