Posted on February 13th
The safe bet
the eye of the storm
When we stumbled upon The Eye of the Cyclone after STAT last Monday, between laughs we wondered why we had given up on this family comedy. Rhythmic, funny, intelligent and full of good feelings without being Gnangnan, season two presents the excellent comic-natural acting of Christine Beaulieu, with whom we are convinced we have developed such a complicit relationship that we believe that she speaks directly to us every time she breaks the fourth wall. This week we must see how she takes revenge after discovering boxes of empty biscuits in her pantry… Another detail to mention: the third season is currently on the ICI Tou.tv extra, section Véro . TV, landed.
ICI Télé, Monday, 7:30 p.m
The surprise
PHOTO JULIEN FAUGÈRE PROVIDED BY TVA
Get me out of here!
Get me out of here!
We were expecting to hate this new TVA reality show, adapted from the British format I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here. Watching 10 Quebec personalities camp out in the middle of the Costa Rican jungle got us just as interested as watching 16 of them form alliances in a fake house that looks like a Guzzo cinema. But now after watching the first episodes we know that we will see the following ones. Watching Colette Provencher mistake Chefs de Bois inaugural winner Jean-Michel Leblond for a technician from the show and Rahmane Belkebiche (Revolution) having no idea who Nathalie Simard is is just as – if not more – entertaining – Watching as Jean-François Mercier trembles while jumping out of a helicopter.
VAT, from Sunday, 6:30 p.m
The novelty
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The Web War
The Web War
Jonathan Roberge hosts and hosts this friendly show where two personalities compete with digital content. The funniest part of the duel is undoubtedly the first round, entitled Private Detective, where we uncover the virtual past of the guests. In the first episode, Marie-Soleil Dion comes out of Pascal Morissette’s old Facebook status to (gently) humiliate him (“I have gastro”). To get revenge, he digs up some gems from the actress’ Twitter account (“I’m Packing Baby”). The rest of the fight feels slightly stuffy as pugilists are asked to present fun videos dug up around the internet.
Unis TV, from Friday, 10 p.m
Rolling the dice
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Just for one night
Just for one night
Just for Laughs attempts to reinvent the comedy gala formula with this series of four themed – and uncensored – nights bringing together multiple stand-up comedians. Mariana Mazza hosts the most explosive of them in Les Foufounes Electriques de Montréal in a wrestling ring. This unique meeting, punctuated by commentary from the duo Pat Laprade and Kevin Raphaël, brings together Korine Côté, Dave Morgan, PO Forget, Katherine Levac and Simon Delisle, all of whom have adopted wrestler nicknames for the occasion: Hôtesse de fer, Denim, D-Ception, K-Ramel and Chim-Yo. The other episodes, also colorful and directed by Christian Lalumière, will be directed by PA Méthot, Dominic Paquet and Rachid Badouri.
Prime video