The Hour News

Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality.

Here's what's happening today on the small screen: * George Stroumboulopoulos gets festive on The Hour Holiday Special tonight.

Looking for a Christmas gift with a local flavour for the White Stripes fan in your life? How about the Under Great White Northern Lights limited-edition box set, which features a DVD documentary of their 2007 Canadian tour , a DVD of their 10th anniversary show, a live album on CD and double vinyl, a 208-page hard cover book and more.

To Bloor Street we went the other night to the spot where Kathleen Turner and Ted Turner once hung , where Garth Drabinsky and Conrad Black once mingled , where Dean and Dan picked up fashion tips, where Rod Stewart once came and where a certain celebrity once very famously helped himself to some devil's power .

Flashpoint wins big at Gemini Awards Hugh Dillon poses with his trophy for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series at the 24th Annual Gemini Awards in Calgary, Saturday.

Actor Cory Monteith, seen in Santa Monica, Calif., in May, returns to Calgary as one of the presenters of the Gemini Awards on Saturday night.

The producers and stars of Flashpoint pose with the Gemini for best drama series in Calgary on Saturday Canada's Gemini Awards touched down in Calgary on Saturday night, with the slick Toronto-set cop drama Flashpoint the evening's big winner.

Calgary - The Canadian Press Published on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 10:34PM EST A list of the Gemini Awards handed out Saturday at a gala in Calgary: Best dramatic series: "Flashpoint" Best comedy program or series: "Rick Mercer Report" Best dramatic miniseries: "Burn Up" Best reality program or series: "Dragons' Den" Best performance by an actor in ...

There won't be any crass insults, ego-driven stage invasions or embarrassing wardrobe malfunctions at this year's Gemini Awards if everything goes according to Ron James' plan.

George Stroumboulopoulos came to the attention of the nation's music fans on MuchMusic, but he got his start in radio.

Do you like the music of Timber Timbre, Lamb Of God, Tom Waits and Ray Charles? Then George Stroumboulopoulos has a radio show for you.

The Canadian star of the U.S. musical comedy "Glee" is among the celebrities who will present awards at this year's Geminis, honouring the best in homegrown television.

Fredericton's own Andrew Bravener just might be the next George Stroumboulopoulos.

Canada's "aggressive" war in Afghanistan is all about "teaching lessons with weapons" and will leave nothing behind "except the blood we've lost there," the journalist son of late prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau said Thursday.

George Stroumboulopoulos is to play four hours of contemporary music on Sunday nights on CBC Radio 2. The Strombo Show , a Sunday evening music show hosted by CBC personality George Stroumboulopoulos, will be added to the CBC Radio 2 schedule this November.

The intriguing Michael J. Fox is the only guest tonight as The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos returns for its new season on CBC.

Give up on climate? or fight on? Program Type: Weekly Program Featured Speakers/Commentators: James Lovelock, James Hansen, Kathy Mattea, and more Broadcast Restrictions: For non-profit use only.

International superchef Gordon Ramsay, as famous for his demonic meltdowns and apoplectic cursing as for his sublime cooking, will be in Whistler in the next season of his unscripted TV reality show, Hell's Kitchen.

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons was interviewed on yesterday's edition of "Good Day Philadelphia" . Watch his appearance below.

It didn't take Larry King long to turn the interviewing tables on George Stroumboulopoulos.