Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist. Monday America’s Got Talent is back, and they’ve made a change! This time around, Piers Morgan is gone and replacing him is none other than Howard Stern, [...]

BY: Elly Dowson and Christine Liber LOCATION: The laneway between Kenwood Avenue and Wychwood Avenue, near St. Clair and Bathurst. PHOTOS BY: Christine Liber FIELD NOTES: While we at Torontoist appreciate all the quirks of the urban canvas that bring our city to life, we understand not all graffiti is to everyone’s tastes. When Elly [...]

BY: Jace, three years old LOCATION: High Park PHOTO BY: Lindsey McKague FIELD NOTES: There’s a new contender in town for the title of most despised Torontonian, that person being whoever burnt down one of the best playgrounds in Toronto. (Seriously, who does that?) Tragic though this loss might be, it’s wonderful seeing different groups [...]

Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist. Monday The Big Decision is the latest in CBC’s bold line of “let’s have people beg the stars of Dragon’s Den for help” shows. In this one, [...]

While the brownfield on Sterling Road just east of the West Toronto Railpath is known to most as a first-class eyesore, a proposed development might not only revitalize the property, but possibly also the chronically underdeveloped Junction Triangle neighbourhood that surrounds it. That is, if the City of Toronto and corporate interests can agree it [...]

Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist. Monday Tonight on 2 Broke Girls, they finally answer the question of what the titular broke girls are going to do when winter comes and they still [...]

Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist. Monday How to tell that the networks have hit the bottom of the idea well when it comes to prime-time game shows: You Deserve It, which is [...]

When east-enders Rachel Conduit and Bruce Dawson first started searching for locations to open a new bar, they had trouble. According to Conduit, landlords just didn’t trust that another watering hole wouldn’t “destroy the building and the neighbourhood.” Now, a year into their business, The Avro has done just the opposite—they’ve built it. “When we [...]

Surprise Homecoming is formulaic. You know what you're gonna get: soldier-reunion porn. Lots and lots of soldier-reunion porn: kids hugging fathers and mothers, husbands hugging wives, parents hugging their kids. Also, for some reason, Billy Ray Cyrus. We're not entirely clear on why he's there, to be honest. (TLC, 8 p.m.)

We're not sure if CTV's decision to begin airing So You Think You Can Dance Canada during the American season of So You Think You Can Dance is a good programming decision or a bad one. The argument for it being a good decision: airing it concurrently with the American season gives fans of the show a double-shot of what they enjoy at a time when there's little competition for eyeballs. The argument for it being a bad decision: overexposure of the format exhausts even the hardcore fans of the show and decreases the audience. Televisualist leans towards it being a bad idea, but we'll see. (8 p.m.)

Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist. NORM MACDONALD’S WORDS ARE LIKE PAIN! Illustration by Brett Lamb/Torontoist. Monday Marijuana: A Chronic History is a pretty decent documentary about how we came to marijuana’s illicitness—an [...]