For the third week in a row, viewers in English Canada made 9-1-1 their favourite TV series of the week. The imported first responder drama drew 1,865,000 viewers to top the list of 30 most-watched shows October 11-17 among total viewers according to Numeris. It was followed by three other usual suspects imported by Global:
Sometimes a show comes along and critics are stumped. We love it, it’s refreshingly different, but it seems like a bingeable streaming or pay-cable show instead of something on a traditional broadcaster. It isn’t about FBI agents or first responders. It’s on opposite The Bachelorette. It ticks every box in terms of diversification and inclusion.
Here’s news that should leave 007 fans shaken and stirred — “No Time to Die” begins streaming today, November 9, 2021. After several delays due to the worldwide pandemic (it was originally supposed to premiere two years ago in November of 2019), Daniel Craig’s fifth and final turn as “licenced to kill” M16 spy James
Remember Al Pacino shouting “Attica” in “Dog Day Afternoon”? That’s about all anyone remembers 50 years after the deadliest prison riot in America’s history. The actual revolt, the bloodiest in American history, is detailed in the new Showtime documentary “Attica” (also currently streaming on Crave). This is an unblinking look at the upstate 1971 New
As Peter Mansbridge says on the current episode of brioux.tv the podcast, its been a great fall for Canadian authors. His book, “Off the Record,” has been near the top of the Canadian nonfiction bestsellers list since it was released by Simon & Schuster in September. Other books by Mark Messier, Jean Chretien, Judy Wilson-Raybould,
It’s not too late to fill up on that finale episode of Corner Gas Animated. Created by Brent Butt, the series premiered its final half-hour earlier this week on the CTV Comedy Channel but you can still stream it on-demand at CTV.ca or on Crave. When Butt guested on brioux.tv the podcast earlier this year,
The week of October 11-17 looks pretty much exactly like the week right before in English Canada according to Numeris’ latest tally of TV viewing habits. At the top for the second week in a row was Global’s simulcast of the import drama 9-1-1. The Ryan Murphy-produced Fox series, now in its fifth season, looks
Canada’s longest-running scripted entertainment series is not The Beachcombers or Wayne & Shuster or even Murdoch Mysteries. It is This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Premiering in 1993, the Halifax-based sketch comedy made stars out of brash Newfoundlanders Mary Walsh, Cathy Jones, Greg Thomey and Rick Mercer. Turnovers in the cast and writing talent – a