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Life Goals It’s time to kick it up a notch! With FIFA WORLD CUP 2026™ just around the corner, Canada Soccer will announce the official roster for the Canadian Men’s National Team in a primetime special titled CANADA ROSTER REVEAL SHOW, tonight at 7 p.m. ET, airing simultaneously on TSN and CTV, and streaming on Crave. Canada was drawn into Group B for the 48-team tournament, alongside Bosnia and Herzegovina, Qatar, and Switzerland, with Canadian matches scheduled for June 12 in Toronto, June 18 in Vancouver, and June 24 in Vancouver. As the exclusive Canadian broadcaster and streamer of FIFA WORLD CUP 2026™, all 104 matches are available on TSN, with coverage also on CTV and Crave. Earlier this week, TSN confirmed its all-star broadcast team of hosts, analysts, and reporters, and all the info can be found here.

Farm Charm “It’s not exclusively like a sit-down show, but there are elements of podcasting, elements of a talk show, and then elements of just sort of an out-in-the-field location variety show, where we do all sorts of activities, and things that you would do in the Canadian wilderness.” Those enticing words come from Canadian comedy legend Tom Green, talking about his new show THE TOM GREEN FARM in an interview with TV critic Bill Harris for The Lede. Premiering tonight with the first two episodes on Crave, THE TOM GREEN FARM finds Green embracing his rural property in Eastern Ontario, while celebrity guests pop by to have all measures of fun, including Tony Hawk, Michael Cera, and Priyanka. Expanding on the unique concept, the new podcast THE TOM GREEN FARMCAST also launches today on iHeartRadio Canada and everywhere podcasts are found.

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Comedian Andrew Phung hosts the 2026 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS, airing live on Sunday, beginning at 8 p.m. ET on CTV and Crave. It’s the culmination of Canadian Screen Week, which honours homegrown television and film excellence. Many Bell Media series – including HEATED RIVALRY, THE TRAITORS CANADA, and LATE BLOOMER, just to name a few – are hoping to take home a big haul of hardware, and the full list of nominees can be found here. As for special honours of note, Mike Myers (the Austin Powers and Shrek films, all on Crave) will be presented with the Academy Icon Award, while Sophie Nélisse (YELLOWJACKETS, HEATED RIVALRY, also on Crave) will receive the Radius Award, which recognizes Canadian artists and professionals whose work is making significant waves globally.

Temperature Rising Host Ariana Madix shares some simple advice with every LOVE ISLAND USA contestant as they enter the villa. “It sounds cliché, but be yourself,” Madix said. “Because being yourself is what made the people who make the show fall in love with you, and that’s what’s going to make the audience fall in love with you. It’s what’s going to make the Islander that you have a crush on fall in love with you.” Sounds logical enough, as Season 8 of LOVE ISLAND USA – which has become a pop-culture phenomenon, especially in the past couple of seasons – premieres Tuesday, June 2, only on Crave. “When I got the job (prior to Season 6), I don’t know that I would have expected what happened with the show to happen,” Madix added. “The show really took off in a different way than it had before.” Seasons 6 and 7, with Madix hosting, are on Crave now.

Finale Focus HBO’s HACKS has come to a halt, with the series finale having dropped last night on Crave, where it’s available now. There was a sentimental and subsequently funny moment during a panel discussion marking the end of the show on Wednesday in Los Angeles, when star Jean Smart said, “this is tough,” and reached over to touch the knee of co-star Hannah Einbinder. Overwhelmed with emotion, Einbinder clasped her hands over her face for a few moments. But to find out what Einbinder did next, click here. Speaking of finales, there are two other major ones coming up on Sunday: HBO’s EUPHORIA wraps up its third season on Crave, with hopes for a presumably unlikely fourth season building among determined fans; and CTV’s SULLIVAN’S CROSSING airs its Season 4 finale (streams next day on Crave).

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