CSI

Our pop-culture podcast talks to CityNews’ Shauna Hunt, discusses the cancellation of two defining TV shows, and debates the Hamburglar rebrand

Canada’s best-known forensics expert has a lot to teach kids at CSI summer camp

Working backwards to find out what went wrong

Movies like “Avatar” have been huge hits, but on the small screen, the genre’s not doing that well

Networks are discovering their most loyal viewers like over-60s like Ted Danson

Hugo Chávez looks to Castro for care, J-Lo and Marc Anthony call it quits, and Shaq gets a new job

‘Friends’ had gay-friendly messages; a new book calls it propaganda

Donald Trump gets sued, Rita Chretien is found alive, and Don Cherry is angry about something again

Shows from CSI to South Park are cashing in on our fascination with the disorder

Is television critical analysis taking the place of good old-fashioned fandom?

Today the popular shows, like ‘Parent­hood,’ are sweet and mushy, not mean like ‘Damages’

My anthropology class recently watched a documentary about Neanderthals. One of the discoveries that was highlighted in the documentary was a site called Shanidar, in Iraq, which showed evidence of a Neanderthal burial- complete with funeral flowers. This led anthropologists to conclude that Neanderthals, contrary to the ‘brute’ stereotype, were capable of showing compassion.